CSC120H Fall 2018: Lectures

Lectures

Lecture slides and content for each week can be found on this page.

NOTE: Any lecture notes and worksheets used in class, as well as the Python programs demonstrated in lecture, will be uploaded here after class each week.

Week of	Topics/Worksheets	Lecture Material (MWF @ 12pm)
Sept. 6 (Week 0)	Introduction	M
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		F	Welcome to CSC120! First lecture on Sept. 7th. Introduction (PDF)
Sept. 10 (Week 1)	Topics: Introduction to Python   Expressions and Variables    Using functions Textbook: Chapter 1. What's Programming? Chapter 2. Hello, Python Worksheets (all PDF): Variable Memory Model Variable Assignment Statements Other resources:	M	Intro to Python Slides (PDF) Python Shell (txt)
		W	Python Shell (txt) Variables Slides (PDF) Board 1 (jpg) Board 2 (jpg) Teaching Lab - Wing screenshots
		F	Visualizing variable swapping Functions Slides (PDF) Function Definitions Slides (PDF)
Sept. 17 (Week 2)	Topics: Functions   Function Definitions    String intro Textbook: Chapter 3. Designing and Using Functions Chapter 4. Working with Text Worksheets (all PDF): Function Definitions, starter code Function Design Recipe, starter code Nested Calls String Operations Other resources: Fuction Design Recipe Summary (PDF)	M	subtract_four.py function_definitions.py
		W	Fuction Design Recipe Slides (PDF) origin.py coffee.py cents.py tax.py
		F	Python Shell (txt)
Sept. 24 (Week 3)	Topics: Booleans   If statements    Textbook: Chapter 5. Making Choices Chapter 6.1 Importing Modules Worksheets (all PDF): Boolean Functions, starter code If Statments, starter code No If Required, starter code	M	Python Shell (txt) bool_funcs.py
		W	If-Statement Slides (PDF) flights.py if.py no_if.py
		F	return_vs_print.py
Oct. 1 (Week 4)	Topics: String Methods   Loops    Textbook: Chapter 7. Using Methods Chapter 9.2. Processing Characters in Strings Worksheets (all PDF): String Methods For loops over strings, starter code	M	Python Shell (txt) For Loops slides (PDF)
		W	for_loop_patterns.py For loop code
		F	Python Shell - using string methods review (txt) While Loops slides (PDF) while_loops_intro.py
Oct. 8 (Week 5)	Topics: While Loops   Lists    Textbook: 2.7 Describing Code 8.1 Storing and Accessing Data in Lists 8.2 Modifying Lists 8.3 Operations on Lists 8.4 Slicing Lists 8.5 Aliasing: What’s in a Name? 8.6 List Methods 9.3 Looping Over a Range of Numbers 9.6 Looping Until a Condition Is Reached Worksheets (all PDF): While Loops (code) List methods and operations	M	Thanksgiving - no lecture
		W	Python Shell (txt) get_answer.py
		F	Python Shell (txt)
Oct. 15 (Week 6)	Topics: While Loops   Lists    Textbook: 8.7 Working with a List of Lists Chapter 9. Repeating Code Using Loops Worksheets (all PDF): For loops over lists (code)	M	while_loops.py (worksheet from last week) list_looping_intro.py
		W	loop_over_list.py nested_list_loops.py
		F	two_conditons_pseudocode.py (Exercise 4)
Oct. 22 (Week 7)	Textbook: Chapter 10. Reading and Writing Files Worksheets (all PDF): Files Worksheet Q1: budgie_budget.csv Q3: words.py dictionary.txt Q4: ascii_triangle.py	M	Midterm!
		W	files_demo.py
		F	words.py ascii_triangle.py
Oct. 29 (Week 8)	Textbook: Chapter 11. Storing Data Using Other Collection Types (you can skip the set material) Worksheets (all PDF): Dictionary worksheet (Q3 code) (Q4 code)	M	Python Shell (txt) letter_counts.py
		W	checkout.py
		F	placements.py dict_invert.py files.py (first two functions from lab 7)
Nov. 5	Reading Week: No Lectures or Labs
Nov. 12 (Week 9)	Textbook: Sections 10.4 - 10.9 Files: precipitation.csv	M	dict_tuples.py imports.py more_file_reading.py
		W	Install matplotlib and numpy modules. Look at the end of the Lab 8 handout for details.
		F	database_intro.py weather_db_nov16.py database_intro_slides.pdf
Nov. 19 (Week 10)	Topics: Databases and SQLite Files: precipitation.csv temperature.csv weather_db_nov23.py (starter code) Resources: DB Browser for SQLite (Useful app for browsing SQLite databases)	M	weather_db_nov19.py
		W	Python Shell: Database Queries Overview (txt)
		F	Python Shell: String Formatting (txt) weather_db_nov23.py
Nov. 26 (Week 11)	Topics: Databases and SQLite Files: precipitation.csv temperature.csv geography.csv weather_db_nov26.py (starter code)	M	Aggregate Functions Slides (PDF) weather_db_nov26.py
		W	weather_db_nov28.py
		F	Lab 10 SQL solutions
Dec. 3 (Week 12)	Topics: Fun topics: Recursion and Runtime complexity	M	recursion.py
		W	runtime.py Website on sorting algorithms
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