When human beings acquired language, we learned not just how to listen but how to speak. When we gained literacy, we learned not just how to read but how to write. And as we move into an increasingly digital reality, we must learn not just how to use programs but to make them.
In the emerging, highly programmed landscape ahead, you will either create the software or you will be the software. It's really that simple: Program, or be programmed. Choose the former, and you gain access to the control panel of civilization. Choose the latter, and it could be the last real choice you get to make.
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| Week | Date | Topic | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 16 | What is computational thinking? Introduction to Python [slides] [4-per-page] | Reading: Guttag 1, Downey 1 Video: The birth of the computer, George Dyson |
| 2 | Sep 23 | No class (Religious holiday) | |
| 3 | Sep 30 | Control flow [slides] [4-per-page], Functions [slides] [4-per-page] | PA1 out Reading: Guttag 2.2-2.4, 4.0-4.2, Downey 3, 5.1-5.7 |
| 4 | Oct 7 | Collections [slides] [4-per-page], Lists [slides] [4-per-page], Sets [slides] [4-per-page], Dictionaries [slides] [4-per-page], File I/O [slides slides] | Reading: Guttag 5.4, 4.6, 5.1, 5.2, 5.5, Downey 10-12, 14 [Exercise 1, Solution] [Exercise 2, Solution] [Exercise 3, Solution] |
| 5 | Oct 14 | Sorting [slides] [4-per-page] | PA1 due Reading: Guttag 10.2 |
| 6 | Oct 21 | Midterm exam 1 | PA2 out Reading: |
| 7 | Oct 28 | :No class (Republic day) | |
| 8 | Nov 4 | Exception Handling [slides] [4-per-page], Debugging [slides] [4-per-page], Testing [slides] [4-per-page] | PA2 due, PA3 out Reading: Guttag 6, 7, Downey Debugging sections of each chapter, Appendix A [Exercise 4] |
| 9 | Nov 11 | Development Strategies, Function Design [slides] [4-per-page], Algorithmic speed [slides] [4-per-page] | Reading: Guttag 4.2, 9, Downey 3.12, Appendix B [Exercise 5] |
| 10 | Nov 18 | List comprehensions [slides] [4-per-page], Data Visualization [slides] [4-per-page], Statistics [slides] [4-per-page] | PA3 due Reading: Guttag 5.2.2, 11-14, 16 RiseSetData.zip [Exercise 6, Solution] |
| 11 | Nov 25 | Recursion [slides] [4-per-page] | PA4 out Reading: Guttag 4.3, 4.3.1, Downey 5.8-5.10, 6.5 [Exercise 7, Solution] |
| 12 | Dec 2 | Midterm exam 2 | Reading: |
| 13 | Dec 9 | C for Python programmers [slides] [4-per-page] | PA4 due, PA5 out Reading: [Exercise 8, Solution] |
| 14 | Dec 16 | Pointers in C [slides] [4-per-page] | Reading: Kernighan and Ritchie 5.6-5.11 [Exercise 9, Solution] |
| 15 | Dec 23 | Pointers in C (cont'd.) | PA5 due |
The materials used in this class largely rely on lecture notes by Ruth E. Anderson taught in CSE 140 Data Programming, Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington (as credited within).
| 2 Midterm exams | 55% (25 + 30) |
| Final exam | 40% |
| Class participation | 5% |
| Programming Assignment 1 | 1 October, 2015 |
| Programming Assignment 2 | 22 October 2015 |
| Programming Assignment 3 | 5 November 2015 |
| Programming Assignment 4 | 26 November 2015 |
| Programming Assignment 5 | 10 December 2015 |
| Midterm Exam 1 | 21 October 2015 |
| Midterm Exam 2 | 2 December 2015 |
| Final Exam | To be announced later.. |
The most efficient way of developing a C program is to use a Unix environment:
sudo apt-get install build-essential or equivalent.gcc-core, gcc-g++, gdb.Your programs need to work in the standard environment as we evaluate them on dev.cs.hacettepe.edu.tr. However, if you'd like to use a GUI, these are the IDEs that seem to work well:
All work on assignments must be done individually unless stated otherwise. You are encouraged to discuss with your classmates about the given assignments, but these discussions should be carried out in an abstract way. That is, discussions related to a particular solution to a specific problem (either in actual code or in the pseudocode) will not be tolerated.
In short, turning in someone else’s work, in whole or in part, as your own will be considered as a violation of academic integrity. Please note that the former condition also holds for the material found on the web as everything on the web has been written by someone else.
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