| Week | Dates | Topic | Reading (optional in parens) | Homework |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sept 24 | Introduction to the Course, Computers, and Python. |
Zelle ch 1 Downey ch 2, 6-7 |
HW0: SW installation; basic string operations |
| 2 | Sep 29, Oct 1 |
Operations on strings and lists. Iteration on sequences. File operations. Version control. |
Zelle ch 3 Zelle ch 7 Zelle 4.5 (Downey ch 5) |
HW1: Count chars, words, lines in a file; setting up an svn repository. HW2: File operations. |
| 3 | Oct 6, Oct 8 |
Conditionals Dictionary data structure Mashups & APIs |
Zelle ch 3 Zelle ch 7 Zelle 4.5 (Downey ch 5) |
P0: Find an interesting API HW3: Contributor counts |
| 4 | Oct 13, 15 |
Functions. Parameter passing and returning values Indefinite iteration; nested data structure, and nested iteration JSON processing Ideation & Prioritization |
Zelle ch 6 “The Art of Brainstorming” |
HW4: Refactor HW3 using functions; output as .csv files; generate charts in Google Docs, Excel, or D3 P1: Adding value to data |
| 5 | Oct 20, 22 |
Objects and Classes Mid-quarter course feedback URL lib; Try/except; Note: class will end early on 22 October |
Zelle ch 8 Zelle ch 10 Tutorial on urllib2; |
HW5: Calculate likes and comment frequencies from a JSON feed, use classes |
| 6 | Oct 27, 29 |
REST APIs Sorting List comprehensions |
List comprehensions: Wikipedia; another explanation w/ nice examples |
HW6: Fetching and processing a live feed. |
| 7 | Nov 3, 5 |
Google App Engine App Engine & HTML Forms |
Severance ch 2; CSS tutorial |
P2: Project proposal. HW7: APIs |
| 8 | Nov 10, 12 |
HTML & CSS (briefly) 12 Nov: Review time. Bring questions. Note: Sean away 12-16 November |
Review — exercises from books. | HW8: Sorting; more data processing. Review |
| 9 | Nov 17, 19 |
17 November: App Engine & OAuth 19 November: topic TBD, maybe DataStore? |
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| 10 | Nov 24, 26 |
24 Nov: Exam in class 26 Nov: optional project time. |
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| 11 | Dec 1, 3 | App engine: Datastore Map-Reduce |
Map-Reduce: tutorial (don't worry too much about the syntax), App Engine Overview |
R1: Resource writeup |
| F | Dec 11 | P3 & P4: Final projects due / presentations |