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Prof and TAs

Dominique Thiébaut email
Dept. Computer Science
Ford Hall, 356.
Telephone: 3854
Office hours TBA, and by appointments

 



Click here for TA hours this week.

Weekly Schedule

Week Topics Reading
Week 1
1/25
  • 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
2/1
  • Monday:
    • discuss the article on pair programming
    • Robert Fulghum Quotes
    • Beginning discussion of what computer science is about. Towers of Hanoi
    • Block-Structured Languages
    • Understanding blocks
    • What's a variable?
    • Naming convention
    • Assignment
    • Multiple assignments
    • Loops
    • Semantics versus Syntax
    • Loop examples
  • Wednesday
  • Friday


Week 3
2/8
  • Monday
  • Wednesday
  • Friday

 

Week 4
2/15
  • Monday
  • Wednesday No class, Rally Day
  • Friday

 

Week 5
2/22
  • Monday
  • Wednesday
  • Friday

 

Week 6
3/1
  • Monday
  • Wednesday
  • Friday

  • Lab #6
  • Homework #6: Skipped for this week: prepare for midterm!

 

Week 7
3/8
  • Monday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday: Midterm Exam
  • Friday

 

Week 8
3/15

SPRING BREAK

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Week 9
3/22
  • Monday
  • Wednesday
  • Friday

 

Week 10
3/29
  • Monday
  • Wednesday
  • Friday

 

Week 11
4/5
  • Monday
  • Wednesday
  • Friday

 

Week 12
4/12
  • Monday
  • Wednesday
  • Friday: No Class

 

Week 13
4/19
  • Monday
  • Wednesday
  • Friday

 

Week 14
4/26
  • 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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