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Computer Programming Introduction

New York University

Department of Computer Science

Schedule

Date Class Topics Notes Helpful resources Quiz due Assignment due
5/19 1 Overview 1. Syllabus
2. Why are you here?
3. Variables, literals, & expressions		 1. Basic computer concepts
2. terminology		    
5/20 2 Input & output - Discord for Education
- Input & output		 Video Tutorials:
1. How to clone a GitHub Assignment
2. Setup Visual Studio Code for Python programming
3. Modify & Run a Python program in Visual Studio Code
4. Run Unit Tests in Visual Studio Code
5. How to submit code to GitHub from Visual Studio Code

Optional: Wentworth et al., Chapter 1		 Student intake questionnaire 1. Complete consent form
2. Join Discord
3. Set up Python
4. Complete practice project
5/21 3 Data types Data types Optional: Wentworth et al, Chapter 2 Basic computer concepts  
5/22 n/a no class        
5/26 4 Strings 1. Strings
2. raw strings
3. formatting strings		 Optional: Wentworth et al, Chapter 8 Numeric expressions Input & output
5/27 5 Boolean logic Boolean logic   Data types, variables, and literals Data types
5/28 6 Decision-making - Decision-making
- Flow charts		 Optional: Wentworth et al, Chapter 5 String operations  
5/29 7 Functions Functions Optional: Wentworth et al, Chapter 4 Boolean expressions  
6/2 8 Functions   Optional: Wentworth et al, Chapter 6 Decision-making Boolean logic
6/3 9 Review Review     Decision-making
6/4 10 Modules Modules     String operations
6/5 11 Exam 1     Exam 1 Practice: Quiz Exam 1 Practice: Quiz,Code
6/9 n/a no class        
6/10 12 Exam #1 post-mortem       Functions
6/11 13 For loops For loops Optional: Wentworth et al, Chapter 7 Functions  
6/12 14 Text files Text files Optional: Wentworth et al, Chapter 13    
6/16 15 While loops While loops   For loops For loops
6/17 16 Loops recap Loops recap      
6/18 n/a no class        
6/19 17 Lists Lists Optional: Wentworth et al, Chapter 11 While loops While loops
6/23 18 More Lists More Lists      
6/24 19 Dictionaries Dictionaries Optional: Wentworth et al, Chapter 20 Lists Lists
6/25 20 More Dictionaries More Dictionaries      
6/26 21 Review     Dictionaries Dictionaries
(no late work accepted past this date)
6/30 21 Review        
7/1 22 Exam 2     Student outtake questionnaire