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** Moving a ball around: [[CSC111 moveBall.py | moveBall.py]]. We stopped with this version: [[CSC111 moveBall2.py | moveBall.py, Version 2]]
* '''Friday'''
* '''Friday'''
+ ** Q&A and review of the lab
+ ** Using try/except
+ ** elif tests
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* [[CSC111_Lab_8 | Lab #8 ]] and [[CSC111 Lab 8 Solution Programs | Solution Programs]]
* [[CSC111_Lab_8 | Lab #8 ]] and [[CSC111 Lab 8 Solution Programs | Solution Programs]]
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* We're still in Chapter 7 of Zelle.
* We're still in Chapter 7 of Zelle.
+ * And we are done at the end of the week!
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Weekly Schedule
Week Topics
Reading
Week 1
Monday
Review syllabus
Introduction to computer programming
Wednesday
keywords: 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
Variables
Data types
Functions
Parameter passing
Friday
Read Chapter 1 in Zelle.
Read the article on pair programming. We will discuss it in class on Monday 2/1.
Week 2
Monday :
Wednesday
What's a variable?
Naming convention
Assignment
Multiple assignments
Loops
Semantics versus Syntax
Loop examples
Block and Loop Exercises
Friday
to use main() or not to use main()?
Review the use of parentheses () and brackets []
Difference between a list ( , , ) and a list [ , , ]
More Loop Exercises
Week 3
Monday
Wednesday
Playing with Sound files
Interesting sound bites:
Playing with JES ( sample code )
Friday
Chapter 3 in Zelle.
The math library (I will not cover it in class, but you should read it)
Type conversion (important!)
Week 4
Monday
Types, operators
Working with indexes and strings
Slicing up strings
Wednesday No class, Rally Day
Friday
Week 5
Monday
Poems !!!
Formatted output (Section 4.5.2 in Zelle)
Functions (Section 6.2 in Zelle)
Syntax
Scope
Passing parameters
Examples
Wednesday
Friday
Read Section 6.2 in Zelle
Grahics programming is covered in Chapter 5
Functions and functions returning values are covered in Zelle, Chapter 6, Section 6.5
Week 6
Monday
Random poems, revisited: A look at the work of Eitan Mendelowitz on an interactive setup where random poems are generated. Eitan Mendelowitz's installation, Drafting Poems
In this video, play close attention to the digital horses, and how, in the preliminary movie, we see how the horses are just collections of fixed size blocks (cylinders) attached to each other.
In the next video, the scarabs are objects (particles ) that move on their own, in a given direction, avoiding collision with objects.
What happens if you connect basic shapes together at random , connect them with articulation points, give them energy to move one block around the other, and iterate hundred of thousands of times and keep the best solutions to generate new ones? page ).
Information about Homework assignment
Current assignment: work on style!
Use listmyprogram
Wednesday
Friday
Review of missed lab
Working with Files
Read Chapter 5 in Zelle
Read Chapter 6.
Week 7
Monday
Decision structures with if/else statements.
True/False
The syntax of an if statement
Using if-statements
Logic operators: ==, <, >, <=, >=, !=
Exercises
Wednesday
Thursday : Midterm Exam here . Solution programs for the midterm can be found here . Grade Distribution . No Lab this week. Midterm instead!
Homework #7 (due week after Spring break)
Sections 7.1 and 7.2 on Simple Decisions and Two-Way decisions in Zelle.
Spring Break
Week Topics
Reading
Week 9
Monday
Variations on a scheme: Graphics and if/else statements
clickMe.py Wednesday
Friday
Q&A and review of the lab
Using try/except
elif tests
We're still in Chapter 7 of Zelle.
And we are done at the end of the week!
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Monday
Wednesday
Friday : No Class
Week 13
Week 14
Monday
Wednesday
Friday : Last Class : Final take home exam
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Links and Resources 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 Linux 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 . All the programs of Zelle's Python textbook Software Using SSH on Windows, Linux, or on a Mac with OS X Math
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