CSE 160 Winter 2017
Lecture Topics

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DateDescription
January 4 L0: Introduction (PDF, PPT) & Intro to Python (PDF, PPT)
Read: ThinkP 1 OR ICPUP 1; Optional: PTut 1
January 6 L1: Intro to Python (cont.) & Loops (PDF, PPT)
Read: L2: the Python interpreter (PDF, PPT), ThinkP 2, 7.1, 7.2; ICPUP 2.0-2.1; PTut 3; Eval 1-4; Shell usage
Do: Reading quiz L2
January 9 L3: Control flow: Loops & If Statements (cont.)
Read: ThinkP 5.1-5.7; PTut 4-4.3, 5.7; ICPUP 2.2-2.4; Eval 5, 7.1
Do: Reading quiz L3
January 11 L4: Functions (PDF, PPT)
Read: ThinkP 3; ICPUP 4.0-4.2; PTut 4.6-4.8; Eval 8
Do: Reading quiz L4
January 13 L5: Functions (cont.) and Lists (PDF, PPT)
Read: ThinkP 10; PTut 5.1 only(not 5.1.1, 5.1.2. etc.); ICPUP 5.4; Eval 6
Do: Reading quiz L5
January 18 L6: Lists; File IO (PDF, PPT)
Read: ThinkP 14 (Review 5.3 and 5.5); PTut 7.2-7.2.1; ICPUP 4.6
Do: Reading quiz L6, FileIOex.py silly.txt
January 20 L7: Data Structures: Sets (PDF, PPT)
Read: PTut 5.4; ICPUP 5.1, 5.2; ThinkP 12
Do: Reading quiz L7, silly-list.py, silly-set.py, silly.txt
January 23 L8: Dictionaries (PDF, PPT)
Read: ThinkP 11; PTut 5.5-5.8; ICPUP 5.5
Do: Reading quiz L8
Dictionary practice problems, Starter Code, silly-dict.py, silly.txt
January 25 L9: Sorting (PDF, PPT)), Graphs (PDF, PPT)
Read: sorting 1-5 (do not worry about "lambda"), networkX graph library
Do: No Reading Quiz
January 27 L10: Debugging (PDF, PPT)
Read: ThinkP Debugging sections of each chapter, Appendix A; ICPUP 6.2
January 30 L11: Sharing, mutability, and immutability (PDF, PPT), Data Structures Grid
Read: PTut 5.3; Python Documentation Section 3.1
February 1 L12: Review (come with questions)
Data Structures Grid, Dict Example, Function Examples, Environment Frames Ink, Environment Frames (Final)
February 6 L13: HW5 Topics, OAELT Assessment
Read: Skim Python style and examples
February 8 L14: Interpreting Exceptions (PDF, PPT, code)
February 10 L15: Testing (PDF, PPT)
Read: ICPUP 6.1
February 13 L16: Development Strategies, Function Design (PDF, PPT, Handout, Data)
Read: ICPUP 4.2; ThinkP 3.12
February 15 L17: Visualization (PDF, PPT), code 1, 2, 3, 4)
Read: PyPlot Tutorial; ICPUP 11 (Optional)
February 17 L18: Function writing activity & Statistics (PDF, PPT, code)
Read: Intro and examples section (only) of "Statistical hypothesis testing"; ICPUP 12-14, 16 (Focus on 12 & 16)
February 22 L19: Statistics & Plotting Examples (continued)
Do: Reading quiz L19
February 24 L20: Design examples (PDF, PPT, Ex1.py, sample_text.txt)
Read: ThinkP 14.9, Optional: 13
February 27 L21: Data abstraction (PDF, PPT, WordCounts-dict.py, WordCounts-list.py)
Read: ThinkP 15, ICPUP 8.0, 8.1, 8.3 (skim 8.2, 8.3.1, and 8.4), Abstraction
Do: Reading quiz L21
March 1 L22: More on Classes (PDF, PPT, vehicle.py, cards.py, test_cards.py)
March 6 L24: List Comprehensions (PDF, PPT)
Read: (Optional, on list comprehensions, may be useful on project) PTut 5.1.4
March 8 L25: Recursion (PDF, PPT)
Read: ThinkP 5.8-5.10, 6.5; ICPUP 4.3, 4.3.1
Do (OPTIONAL): Reading quiz L25
March 10 L26: Algorithmic speed (PDF, PPT) & WrapUp (PDF, PPT)
Read: ThinkP Appendix B; ICPUP 9
Do (OPTIONAL): Reading quiz L26