Course Calendar Spring 2020
This schedule is subject to change. Please check back frequently.
| Week | Date | Lecture | Assignment | Resources and Readings |
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| Week 1 | April 8th |
Class Overview & Python Basics Course Overview Creating and Running Python Programs Basic syntax overview: variables, control-flow, and function basics Sequences: Lists, Tuples, and Strings |
Homework #1 Out |
Week 1 & 2 Readings: Lutz. Ch. 1-7, Ch 12-13, Ch. 16 Week #1 Content |
| Week 2 | April 15th & 16th |
Expanding the Basics: Compound Data Types, Functions, Modules, Interaction Compound data types: Dictionaries, and sets Python conceptual hierarchy User interaction: basic input/output and command line arguments. Working with Files. |
Homework #1 Due (April 16th 11:59pm)
Homeowrk #2 Out |
Week 1 & 2 Readings: Lutz. Ch. 1-7, Ch 12-13, Ch. 16 Week #2 Content |
| Week 3 | April 22nd & 23rd |
Advance Functions, Generators, Functional Programming Advance functions mechanisms: postional vs keyword arguments, scope, closures Generator functions and expressions Functional programming mechanisms |
Homework#2 Due (April 23rd 11:59pm)
Homework #3 Out |
Week #3 Content Readings: Lutz. Ch. 14, 17,18,19,20 |
| Week 4 | April 29th & 30th |
Object-Oriented Programming: Classes Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming Class Coding Basics Class Inheritance & Polymorphism |
Homework #3 Due (April 30th 11:59pm)
Homework #4 Out`
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Week #4 Content Readings: Lutz. Ch. 26-28 |
| Week 5 | May 6th & 7th |
Advance Object-Oriented Programming & Abstract Data Types Class Inheritance & Polymorphism (cont.) Abstract Base Classes Designing Classes Overview Properties |
Homework #4 Due (May 7th 11:59pm) Homework #5 Out |
Week #5 Content Readings: Lutz. Ch. 29, |
| Week 6 | May 13th & 15th |
The Python Data Model Special methods (i.e., dunder) Decorators Context Managers |
Homework #5 Due (May 14th 11:59pm)
Midterm Review Notes
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Week #6 Content Readings: Lutz. Ch. 30-32, 39. |
| Week 7 | May 20th & 21st |
Modules, Packages, and Distrubtion Midterm
Hashtables
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Homework #6 Out |
Week #7 Content |
| Week 8 | May 27th & 28th |
Python Scientific Stack Numeric and Data Processing: pandas, numpy, matplotlib |
Homework #6 Due (May 28th @
11:59pm)
Homework #7 Out Final Project Out |
Week #8 Content Readings: See Week 8 Slides |
Week 9 | June 3rd & 4th |
Python Scientific Stack (cont.) and Software Quality Assurance Python Scientific Stack: pandas Python Testing Exceptions |
Homework #7 Due (June 4th @ 11:59pm)
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Week #9 Content Readings: Ch. 15, 21, 33-35 |
| Week 10 (Finals Week Spring 2020) | June 10th |
No class. |
Final Project Due (June 10th @ 11:59pm)
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