Introduction to Computing Lectures for Spring 2010
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01 |
Jan 12 |
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02 |
Jan 14 |
Questions on Waterfall model, binary numbers, character sets |
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03 |
Jan 19 |
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04 |
Jan 21 |
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05 |
Jan 26 |
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Questions on format operator, If and while statements, random module |
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06 |
Jan 28 |
Continue discussion of If and while statements |
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07 |
Feb 02 |
Ch 6.1-6.2: Function definition, parameter passing, run-time stack |
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08 |
Feb 04 |
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09 |
Feb 09 |
More Practice with Top-down Design |
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10 |
Feb 11 |
Strings operations and methods. |
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11 |
Feb 16 |
Strings and Text Files |
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12 |
Feb 18 |
File-system functions and practice with top-down Design |
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13 |
Feb 23 |
Review for Test 1 |
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14 |
Feb 25 |
Test 1: Chapters 1 – 3 |
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15 |
Mar 02 |
List operations and methods. |
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16 |
Mar 04 |
Tuple and dictionary operations and methods. |
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17 |
Mar 09 |
Recursive functions |
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18 |
Mar 11 |
NO CLASS – AT A CONFERENCE |
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Spring Break, March 15-19 |
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19 |
Mar 23 |
Higher-order functions and lambda expressions |
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20 |
Mar 25 |
Develop function to find words in a line of text, and Turtle graphics (ch. 7) |
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21 |
Mar 30 |
Image module |
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22 |
Apr 01 |
Introduction to classes and objects |
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23 |
Apr 06 |
Review for Test 2 |
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24 |
Apr 08 |
Test 2: Chapters 4 - 6 |
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25 |
Apr 13 |
Introduction inheritance |
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26 |
Apr 15 |
Introduction GUI modules: Tkinter and Tix |
http://infohost.nmt.edu/tcc/help/pubs/tkinter/ |
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27 |
Apr 20 |
More GUI widgets and handling keyboard and mouse events: Menu, Menubutton, Radiobutton, Scrollbar, Canvas |
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28 |
Apr 22 |
Introduction to threads |
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29 |
Apr 27 |
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30 |
Apr 29 |
Review for Final Exam |
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Final Exam, Thursday (May 6) 10-11:50 AM in ITT 322 |
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