Agenda

The Basics

• • 1.1  Using Jupyter, Variables, Expressions and Statements
  • 1.2  Values and Data Type
    • Type conversion functions

• 1.3 Variables
  • Variable Names and Keywords
• 1.4 Statements and Expressions
• 1.5 Operators and Operands
• 1.6 Input

Functions

• 2.1 The Function
• 2.2 Functions that Return Values
• 2.3 Variables and Parameters are Local

Simple Graphics

• 3.1 Hello Turtles!
• 3.2 Our First Turtle Program
• 3.3 The for Loop

Python Modules

• 4.1 Modules and Getting Help
• 4.2 The math module
• 4.3 The random module
• 4.4 The time module

Advanced Graphics

• 5.1 Intro to Matplotlib, 2D plot
• 5.2 Plotting a line
• 5.3 Plotting a function

Logical operators

• 6.1. Boolean Values and Boolean Expressions
• 6.2. Logical operator, Precedence of Operators
• 6.3. Conditional Execution: Binary Selection
• 6.4. Omitting the else Clause: Unary Selection
• 6.5. Nested conditional, Chained conditional

Objects

• 71. Object-oriented programming
• 7.2. A change of perspective
• 7.3. Objects Revisited
• 7.4. User Defined Classes
• 7.5. Improving our Constructor
• 7.6. Adding Other Methods to our Class
• 7.7. Objects as Arguments and Parameters
• 7.8. Converting an Object to a String
• 7.9. Instances as Return Values
• 7.10 Classes and Objects – Digging a Little Deeper
  • 17.10.1. Fractions
  • 17.10.2. Objects are Mutable
  • 17.10.3. Sameness
  • 17.10.4. Arithmetic Methods

Iteration

• 8.1. Iteration Revisited
• 8.2. The for loop revisited
• 8.3. The while Statement
• 8.4. Randomly Walking Turtles
• 8.5. The 3n + 1 Sequence
• 8.6. Newton’s Method
• 8.7. The Accumulator Pattern Revisited
• 8.8. Other uses of while
• 8.9. Algorithms Revisited
• 8.10. Simple Tables
• 8.11. 2-Dimensional Iteration: Image Processing
  • 8.11.1. The RGB Color Model
  • 8.11.2. Image Objects
  • 8.11.3. Image Processing and Nested Iteration
• 8.12. Image Processing on Your Own

Strings

• 9.1. Strings Revisited
• 9.2. A Collection Data Type
• 9.3. Operations on Strings
• 9.4. Index Operator: Working with the Characters of a String
• 9.5. String Methods
  • 9.5.1. String Format Method
• 9.6. Length
• 9.7. The Slice Operator
• 9.8. String Comparison
• 9.9. Strings are Immutable
• 9.10. Traversal and the for Loop: By Item
• 9.11. Traversal and the for Loop: By Index
• 9.12. Traversal and the while Loop
• 9.13. The in and not in operators
• 9.14. The Accumulator Pattern with Strings
• 9.15. Turtles and Strings and L-Systems
• 9.16. Looping and Counting
• 9.17. A find function
• 9.18. Optional parameters
• 9.19. Character classification

Lists

• 10.1. Lists
• 10.2. List Values
• 10.3. List Length
• 10.4. Accessing Elements
• 10.5. List Membership
• 10.6. Concatenation and Repetition
• 10.7. List Slices
• 10.8. Lists are Mutable
• 10.9. List Deletion
• 10.10. Objects and References
• 10.11. Aliasing
• 10.12. Cloning Lists
• 10.13. Repetition and References
• 10.14. List Methods
• 10.15. The Return of L-Systems
• 10.16. Append versus Concatenate
• 10.17. Lists and for loops
• 10.18. Using Lists as Parameters
• 10.19. Pure Functions
• 10.20. Which is Better?
• 10.21. Functions that Produce Lists
• 10.22. List Comprehensions
• 10.23. Nested Lists
• 10.24. Strings and Lists
• 10.25. list Type Conversion Function
• 10.26. Tuples and Mutability
• 10.27. Tuple Assignment
• 10.28. Tuples as Return Values

11. Files

• 11.1. Working with Data Files
• 11.2. Finding a File on your Disk
• 11.3. Reading a File
• 11.4. Iterating over lines in a file
• 11.5. Alternative File Reading Methods
• 11.6. Writing Text Files
• 11.7. With Statements
• 11.8. Glossary
• 11.9. Exercises

Dictionaries

• 12.1. Dictionaries
• 12.2. Dictionary Operations
• 12.3. Dictionary Methods
• 12.4. Aliasing and Copying
• 12.5. Sparse Matrices
• 12.6. Glossary
• 12.7. Exercises

Exceptions

• 13.1. What is an exception?
• 13.2. Exception Handling Flow-of-control
• 13.3. Summary
• 13.4. Standard Exceptions
• 13.5. Principles for using Exceptions
• 13.6. Exceptions Syntax
  • 13.6.1. Catch All Exceptions
  • 13.6.2. Catch A Specific Exception
  • 13.6.3. Catch Multiple Specific Exceptions
  • 13.6.4. Clean-up After Exceptions
  • 13.6.5. An Example of File I/O

GUI and Event Driven Programming

• 14.1. Graphical User Interfaces
• 14.2. GUI Programming
• 14.3. GUI Programming Options
• 14.4. TKinter
• 14.5. Tkinter Pre-programmed Interfaces
• 14.6. Tkinter Custom Interfaces
• 14.7. Hello World
• 14.8. Tkinter Standard Dialog Boxes
  • 14.8.1. Messages
  • 14.8.2. Yes/No Questions
  • 14.8.3. Single Value Data Entry
  • 14.8.4. File Chooser
  • 14.8.5. Color Chooser
• 14.9. GUI Widgets
• 14.10. Creating Widgets
• 14.11. Layout Mangers
• 14.12. Specifying Dimensions
• 14.13. Place Layout Manager
• 14.14. Grid Layout Manager
• 14.15. Pack Layout Manager
  • 14.15.1. Summary
• 14.16. Widget Groupings
• 14.17. Command Events
• 14.18. Hello World Again
• 14.19. Other Events
• 14.20. Low-Level Event Processing
• 14.21. Focus
• 14.22. Event Binding
• 14.23. Event Descriptors
• 14.24. Event Objects
• 14.25. Event Processing
• 14.26. The Design of GUI Programs
• 14.27. Common Widget Properties
• 14.28. Specific Widget Properties
• 14.29. Widget Attributes
• 14.30. Timer Events
  • 14.30.1. Animations and Repeated Tasks
  • 14.30.2. Canceling Timer Events
  • 14.30.3. Multiple Parameters to Timer Callbacks
• 14.31. A Programming Example
  • 14.31.1. A Whack-a-mole Game
  • 14.31.2. Summary
• 14.32. Managing GUI Program Complexity
  • 14.32.1. Creating the View
  • 14.32.2. Creating the Model
  • 14.32.3. Creating the Controller

Recursion

• 15.1. What Is Recursion?
• 15.2. Calculating the Sum of a List of Numbers
• 15.3. The Three Laws of Recursion
• 15.4. Converting an Integer to a String in Any Base
• 15.5. Visualizing Recursion
• 15.6. Sierpinski Triangle
• 15.7. Glossary
• 15.8. Programming Exercises

Labs

• Is it a prime number
• Astronomy Animation
• Turtle Racing Lab
• Drawing a Circle
• Lessons from a Triangle
• Finally a Circle
• Counting Letters
• Approximating the Value of Pi