CMP 210 Syllabus - Spring 2018
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Weeks |
Topics |
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1 |
Knowledge, machines, languages; Intro to Python: types, variables, operators and branching |
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2 |
Bindings, strings, input/output, IDEs, control flow, iteration, guess and check |
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3 |
Approximate solutions, bisection search, floats and fraction, other applications |
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4 |
Functions: Decomposition and abstraction, functions and scope, keyword arguments specifications, iteration vs recursion, Fibonacci, recursion on non-numerics, files |
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5 |
Tuples and Lists: Tuples, lists, list operations, mutation, aliasing, cloning |
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6 |
Dictionaries: functions as objects, dictionaries, , examples, Fibonacci and dictionaries, global variables |
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7 |
Debugging: programming challenges, classes of tests, bugs, debugging |
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8 |
Assertions and Exceptions: Assertions, exceptions, examples |
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9 -10 |
Classes and Inheritance: object oriented programming (OOP), class instances, methods, classes examples,
hierarchies, defining your own types, building a class, visualizing a hierarchy, adding another class,
using inherited methods, generators |
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11 |
Computational Complexity: program efficiency, big-O notation, complexity classes, analyzing complexity |
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12 |
Searching and Sorting Algorithms: indirection, linear search, bisection search, bogo and bubble sort, selection sort, merge sort |
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13 |
Visualization of Data: visualizing results, overlapping displays, adding documentation, changing data display, examples |
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14 |
Summary and review |
Notes:
- The time line shown above serves as a very rough guide.
- Unless otherwise noted, readings will be from the notes.
- See the Exams page for scheduling of examinations.
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Last modified: 1/19/2018
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