CSC111 Class Page 2015

--D. Thiebaut (talk) 15:00, 13 January 2015 (EST)

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Main Page | Syllabus | Weekly Schedule | Links & Resources |Piazza

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Week 1 Jan 26

Topics: Introduction, Python, Idle, Piazza, Moodle submission	Lab/Hw	Reading
Monday Syllabus Introduction to CSC111 Lecture notes Wednesday Introduction to Idle, the integrated development environment (IDE) for the class Playing with our programming language, Python. The idea this week is to use intuition to put some Python code together and make it generate different outputs We will use these concepts, that will be covered in details starting next week. variables strings of characters loops Introduction to the Lab (Wednesday and Thursday afternoon) Lecture notes Friday Review of Lab 1 Introduction to Homework 1, Q&A Go over a few problems, and understand how the def statement works. Variables Rules for labeling a variable CamelCase for regular variables, uppercase for constants Thinking of a variable as a box, or drawer. Variables can switch contents Lecture notes	Lab #1 Prep. Lab #1 Homework #1, due 2/3/15 at 11:55 p.m.	Lecture notes Read Chapter 1 in Zelle (textbook)

 

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Week 2 Feb 2

Topics: Chapter 2: variables, definite loops, input	Lab/Hw	Reading
Monday: snow day! Wednesday Variables: simultaneous assignment Where do variables live? Programming: from problem to solution: an iterative process definite loops: looping through items in a list the range() function: allows iteration through various lists of numbers Input: getting information from the user (keyboard) Lecture notes Friday Julia Edward and Marina Cheng, on Smithies in CS. Their presentation is available here. eval(input( "Enter number" ) ) vs input(eval( "Enter number" )) Programming Examples (see lecture notes) Lecture notes	Lab #2 Homework #2, due 2/10 at 11:55 p.m.	Read Chapter 2 in Zelle.

 

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Week 3 Feb 9

Topics:	Lab/Hw	Reading
Monday 2/9 Another snow day???	Homework Lab	Chapter 3 in Zelle.

 

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Week 4 Feb 16

Topics:	Lab/Hw	Reading
Wednesday: Rally Day, no class, no labs.	Homework No Labs this week

 

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Week 5 Feb 23

Topics:	Lab/Hw	Reading
	Homework Lab

 

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Week 6 Mar 2

Topics:	Lab/Hw	Reading
	Homework Lab

 

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Week 7 Mar 9

Topics:	Lab/Hw	Reading
Monday 3/9   Wednesday 3/11 In Class Midterm (closed books, closed computers) Friday 3/13	Homework Lab

 

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Week 8 Mar 16

Topics:	Lab/Hw	Reading
SPRING BREAK

 

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Week 9 Mar 23

Topics:	Lab/Hw	Reading
	Homework Lab

 

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Week 10 Mar 30

Topics:	Lab/Hw	Reading
	Homework Lab

 

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Week 11 Apr 6

Topics:	Lab/Hw	Reading
	Homework Lab

 

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Week 12 Apr 13

Topics:	Lab/Hw	Reading
	Homework Lab

 

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Week 13 Apr 20

Topics:	Lab/Hw	Reading
	Homework Lab

 

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Week 14 Apr 27

Topics:	Lab/Hw	Reading
	Homework Lab

Links_and_Resources

On-Line Python books

• disocovermagazine.com blog. Check out the answers posted by many readers. They contain some interesting links that you may find useful!

Python keywords

The list of all the reserved words of the Python language

and del for is raise assert elif from lambda return break else global not try class except if or while continue exec import pass yield def finally in print.

Python Programs in Textbook

• All the programs of Zelle's Python textbook

Misc

• If you decide to work in pairs for the homework assignments, you need to follow the protocol for 'pair programming' as discussed in this article.

• Video talks on Python:
  • Guido van Rossum, and Python 3000

• • a video of digital horses: what we can do with lists of objects!