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Version of September 29, 2025 at 10:48AM
This is what I plan to cover, and when. It will undoubtedly change as the quarter progresses. If there is a topic you’re interested in but not shown, please let me know; I may well change things to cover it. All readings are from the texts unless otherwise indicated.
| # | date | topic | notes |
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| 1. | Sep 29 | Intro to class, programming; basic input, output, strings; variables, expressions, assignments, types | Reading: §1, 2 |
| 2. | Oct 6 | Conditions, loops; import; more on output; built-in functions | Reading: §3 except 3.7, 4.1–4.4, 5, 6.11 |
| 3. | Oct 13 | Strings, string methods, lists, operations | Reading: §6, 8; homework 1 due |
| 4. | Oct 20 | Sequences, tuples, recursion; random numbers | Reading: §4.5, 10 |
| 5. | Oct 27 | Files, dictionaries | Reading: §7, 9; homework 2 due |
| 6. | Nov 3 | Exceptions, defining and calling functions | Reading: §3.7, 4.6–4.12 |
| 7. | Nov 10 | Regular expressions, some gotchas | Reading: §11; homework 3 due |
| 8. | Nov 17 | Using the web, JSON, XML, classes and objects | Reading: §12, 13 |
| —. | Nov 24 | no class | homework 4 due |
| 9. | Dec 1 | Methods and classes | Reading: §14 |
| —. | Dec 8 | homework 5 (project) due |
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