| January 6 |
Introductions; syllabus highlights; the notional machine
No reading
[outline]
[notional machine diagram]
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| January 8 |
Variables and arithmetic
Read Think Python, Chapter 1
[outline]
[weather.py]
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| January 10 |
Get to know you activity; numeric data types; error messages; the math library
Read Think Python, Chapter 2
[outline][weather_v2.py][math_demo.py][make_change.py]
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| January 13 |
Better living through functions and conditionals
Read Think Python, Chapter 3 (skip 3.8 and 3.9) and Think Python, Sections 6.1 and 6.2
[outline]
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| January 15 |
Functions and conditionals part 2
Read Think Python, Chapter 5 (through 5.7)
[outline][abs.py]
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| January 17 |
Practice functions and conditionals; quiz
Read Non-Programmer's Tutorial for Python 3/Defining Functions and Non-Programmer's Tutorial for Python 3/Decisions
[outline][marathon.py]
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| January 20 |
Lists and for loops
Read Pair Programming Guidelines and Think Python, Chapter 10 (through 10.4)
[outline][guess.py]
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| January 22 |
Lists and for loops part 2
No reading
[outline][pgl.py][art.py][scrabble.py][upper_right.py]
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| January 24 |
Practice with loops
Read Think Python, Chapter 8 (except 8.4)
[outline][grid.py]
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| January 27 |
Nested lists; strings; input/output
Read Think Python, Chapter 9
[outline][contains.py][file.py, happy_little_file.txt, ]
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| January 29 |
Scope; tuples; assignment and mutability
Read Think Python, Chapter 12
[outline][word-check.py, word-check-fixed.py, words.txt][alias.py][experiment with pythontutor.com (see outline for examples)!]
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| January 31 |
while loops; quiz
Read Think Python, Chapter 7 (7.3 to 7.5)
[outline]
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| February 3 |
while loops part 2; mid-term review
No reading
[outline]
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| February 5 |
Debugging activity
Read Think Python, Appendix A (skip A.2.2)
[outline][is_sorted.py][clamp.py][find_max.py][vowel_count.py][lotka-volterra.py][lotka-volterra-corrected.py]
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| February 7 |
Slicing
No reading
[outline][slicing.py]
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| February 12 |
2D data; image data
No reading
[outline][image.py]
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| February 14 |
Final project overview; quiz
Read Final Project Description
[vpython_funtimes.py]
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| February 17 |
Objects part 1
Read Think Python, Chapter 15
[outline][card.py][point.py][student.py][history.py]
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| February 19 |
Objects part 2
Read Think Python, Chapter 17
[outline][class_mystery.py][rectangle.py][fraction.py][cuckoo.py]
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| February 21 |
Advanced objects
Read Think Python, Chapter 17
[outline][aliens.py][pgl.py][alien-small.png]
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| February 24 |
Dictionaries
Read Think Python, Chapter 11
[outline][sorted_list.py][hashing.py]
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| February 26 |
Recursion
Read Think Python, Chapter 5 (5.8–5.10)
[outline][char_count.py][rings.py (dictionary mystery)][basic-recursion.py][rec-sum-str.py]
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| February 28 |
Binary; quiz
No reading
[outline]
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| March 2 |
Sorting
Read Zelle, section 13.3
[outline]
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| March 4 |
Sorting part 2
Read A Tour of 5 Sorting Algorithms in Python
[outline][mergesort.py][sorting_test.py]
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| March 6 |
Useful Python stuff
No reading
[outline][format_strings.py][seq_scaling.py][multi_assignment.py][conditional_expr.py][list_comprehension.py]
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| March 9 |
Beyond 111
[outline]
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| March 11 |
Ask me anything; course evals
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