These are the topics I covered at each lecture. All readings are from the text.
| |
Date |
Topic |
Readings |
| 1. |
Mar 30 |
Course introduction, hardware, software, programming |
§1.1–1.5 |
| 2. |
Apr 1 |
Introduction to Python; IDLE |
§1.6–1.9 |
| 3. |
Apr 3 |
Software development; identifiers, expressions |
§2.1–2.3 |
| 4. |
Apr 6 |
Input, output, and assignment statements |
§2.4–2.5 |
| 5. |
Apr 8 |
Loops with definite range |
§2.6–2.7 |
| 6. |
Apr 10 |
Numeric datatypes, how computers represent numbers |
§3.1, 3.4 |
| 7. |
Apr 13 |
Datatype conversions, math library |
§3.2–3.3, 3.5–3.7 |
| 8. |
Apr 15 |
Lists, sequences |
§4.1–4.3 |
| 9. |
Apr 17 |
Strings, file input/output |
§4.4–4.6 |
| 10. |
Apr 20 |
Midterm #1 |
none |
| 11. |
Apr 22 |
Functions |
§6.1–6.2 |
| 12. |
Apr 24 |
Function parameters |
§6.3–6.4 |
| 13. |
Apr 27 |
Function values, functions and program structures |
§6.5–6.7 |
| 14. |
Apr 29 |
Decision structures |
§7.1–7.3 |
| 15. |
May 1 |
Exception handling |
§7.4–7.6 |
| 16. |
May 4 |
Loops in general |
§8.1–8.3 |
| 17. |
May 6 |
Boolean datatype, its uses in loops and conditionals |
§8.4–8.6 |
| 18. |
May 8 |
Top-down design |
§9.1–9.3 |
| 19. |
May 11 |
Bottom-up design |
§9.4–9.6 |
| 20. |
May 13 |
Sequential collections |
§11.1–11.2 |
| 21. |
May 15 |
Local variables, function calling stacks, basic recursion |
none |
| 22. |
May 18 |
Non-sequential collections |
§11.6 |
| 23. |
May 20 |
Midterm #2 |
none |
| 24. |
May 22 |
Searching |
§13.1 |
| |
May 25 |
Memorial Day (University holiday) |
none |
| 25. |
May 27 |
Recursion |
§13.2 |
| 26. |
May 29 |
More recursion |
§13.4 |
| 26. |
Jun 1 |
Sorting |
§13.3 |
| 28. |
Jun 3 |
Review session for final |
none |
