CSC111 Class Page 2015b

--D. Thiebaut (talk) 11:12, 24 August 2015 (EDT)

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

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Week 1 Sept 7

Topics: Introduction, Python, Idle, Piazza, Moodle submission	Lab/Hw	Reading
Wednesday Syllabus Expectations Pair Programming (video to watch on your own) A feel for coding in Python Lecture Notes Friday Review of the lab Variables assignment, variable names camelCase notation Exercises Lecture Notes	Preparation for Lab 1: you may want to do this before the first lab. Lab 1 Homework 1 Solution programs can be found at the end of the lab and homework pages	Read Chapter 1 in Zelle (textbook) Read the article on Pair Programming

 

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Week 2 Sept. 14

Topics: Chapter 2: variables, definite loops, input	Lab/Hw	Reading
Monday: (Lecture presented by Prof. Joe O'Rourke) 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 Wednesday Review & Prep for Lab 2 Exercises Lecture Notes Programs developed in class Friday Numbers of the day: 2,000,000,000 10 - 20,000,000 Printing, and the idea of emptiness: "" and [] Programming exercises from the Lecture Notes Programs developed in class	Lab 2 Homework 2 Solution programs can be found at the end of the lab and homework pages	Read Chapter 2 in Zelle.

 

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Week 3 Sept. 21

Topics: Arithmetic operators, math functions, main().	Lab/Hw	Reading
Monday: Finish the grade program from Friday ( Programs developed in class) 4 minutes from Grier's video: When computers were human. Start at time=28m12s. Women at work tabulating during World War II (Shorpy) Operators: * / + - ** // % abs() The type() function tellerMachine.py example. Formatting numbers (see Section 5.8.2 in Zelle), and example program Lecture Notes Programs developed in class Wednesday Review the tellerMachine.py program. Review a student's solution using a loop. Printing formatted integers and floats with the { } format. Review the bar-graph problem and use the { } format to print the box. Program organization: from now on, we will be using a main() function. int(), round(), float(), abs() ==> the idea of robustness Rule for all programs: add a blank line between input section and output section. Accumulating results in loops. Example: computing the average age of students in the class. Accumulating strings in a loop: Generage a string of 5 groups: "**--**--**" Programs developed in class Friday Monday's class will be on video... stay tuned to Piazza Example of Midterm Exam: Warning: some of the questions refer to material that hasn't be covered as of 9/25/15, but will have been covered by the time the test is administered. Back to Accumulating results: debugging a loop Debugging the program printing alternating patterns Review Challenge #7 from Lab 3 Programs developed in class Lecture Notes & (exta)	Lab 3 Homework 3 Solution programs can be found at the end of the lab and homework pages	Read Chapter 3 in Zelle.

 

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Week 4 Sept. 28

Topics:	Lab/Hw	Reading
Monday: Video class today. The class is covered in 3 different videos. Click on the video icons below, from left to right, please!     Lecture Notes Wednesday Review & Q&A Strings are immutable String methods On-line documentation: docs.python.orgs Exercises Programs developed in class Lecture Notes Friday Split() Functions Lecture Notes A video with some words about real numbers and why they behave strangely: Programs developed in class Lecture Notes	Lab 4 Homework 4 Solution programs can be found at the end of the lab and homework pages	Read Chapter 6 in Zelle

 

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Week 5 Oct 5

Topics: Functions, Files.	Lab/Hw	Reading
Monday: Functions, review Functions returning values Exercises Writing robust programs: they don't crash! Lecture Notes Programs developed in class Wednesday Mountain Day? Friday Review: Functions, parameters, returned values Exercises Programs developed in class Lecture Notes	Lab 5 Homework 5	We are still working with material from Chapter 6.

 

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Week 6 Oct. 12

Topics:	Lab/Hw	Reading
Monday: Fall Break Wednesday Files: reading and writing text files Processing text information (playing with Sherlock) Lecture Notes Programs developed in class Friday: Midterm Exam Example of Midterm Exam	Lab 6 No homework this week

 

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Week 7 Oct 19

Topics: Processing Files	Lab/Hw	Reading
Monday: Finish Dynamic Web Page example The IF statement Boolean values: True and False Lecture Notes Programs developed in class Wednesday Boolean operators: and, or, and not Graphics Graphics library Simple graphic programs Friday Graphic objects: everything is an object! Measuring distances between points on the graphic window. Something fun: Eliza	Lab 7 Homework 7	Chapter 7 in Zelle Documentation for the graphics.py library

 

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Week 8 Oct. 26

Topics:	Lab/Hw	Reading
Monday: Wednesday Friday	Lab Homework

 

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Week 9 Nov. 2

Topics:	Lab/Hw	Reading
Monday: Wednesday Friday	Lab Homework

 

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Week 10 Nov 9

Topics:	Lab/Hw	Reading
Monday: Wednesday Friday	Lab Homework

 

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Week 11 Nov 16

Topics:	Lab/Hw	Reading
Monday: Wednesday Friday	Lab Homework

 

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Week 12 Nov 23

Topics:	Lab/Hw	Reading
Monday: Wednesday: Thankgiving Break Friday: Thankgiving Break	Lab Homework

 

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Week 13 Nov 30

Topics:	Lab/Hw	Reading
Monday: Wednesday Friday	Lab Homework

 

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Week 14 Dec 7

Topics:	Lab/Hw	Reading
Monday: Wednesday Friday	Lab Homework

 

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Week 15 Dec 14

Topics:	Lab/Hw	Reading
Monday: Last Class	Final Exam

Links and Resources

Graphics

• Zelle's graphic library can be found here
• A page with color names supported by the graphics library.

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 lab, you need to follow the protocol for 'pair programming' as discussed in this article.

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