CSSE120 – Introduction to Software Development

Spring 2008

Schedule Overview

Schedule last updated Fri May 16.

Week	Session	Reading	HW Due	Topics	Slides	Milestone
1	1 Mon Mar 3 Details	Syllabus		Introduction to Course Introduction to Python	Introduction
1	2 Tue Mar 4 Details	1.3, 1.5-2.4 (24 pages)	HW 1	Basic program structure Program output	Writing simple programs
1	3 Fri Mar 7 Details	2.5-3.3 (28 pages)	HW 2	Variables and assignment Definite Loops Basic types: numbers (int and float) Math library Accumulator problem(s)	Assignments through types
2	4 Mon Mar 10 Details	3.4-4.3 (26 pages)	HW 3	Basic types: more numbers, more lists, strings Type conversion	Types, conversions, lists, strings
2	5 Tue Mar 11 Details	4.4-4.7 (28 pages)	HW 4	More on strings Processing files Functions vs. methods	More strings, files, methods
2	6 Fri Mar 14 Details	5.1-5.7, 5.9 (28 pages) Skim 5.8 as reference	HW 5	Eclipse development environment Introduction to Objects and object-oriented programming Graphics	Objects and graphics
3	7 Mon Mar 17 Details	6.1-6.4 (12 pages)	HW 6	Exam review Creating functions Passing values to functions Optional parameters	Functions and parameters
3	8 Tue Mar 18 Details	6.5-6.7, 7.1-7.3 (26 pages)	HW 7	Functions that return results Decision structures ("if" statements)	Return values and if statements
3	9 Fri Mar 21 Details			Exam 1 No regular class session Make sure you bring your laptop and power cord		Exam 1 Room O267 During Normal class meeting time
4	10 Mon Mar 24 Details	7.4-7.6, 8.1-8.2 (15 pages)	HW 8	Conditional program execution Exception handling Debugging Indefinite (while) loops	Exception handling, debugging and indefinite loops
4	11 Tue Mar 25 Details	8.3-8.6 (22 pages)	None	Parameter passing Indefinite loops Common loop patterns	Parameter passing and Indefinite loops
4	12 Fri Mar 28 Details		HW 10 HW 11	Subversion version control system (Subclipse) Nested loops Booleans Synthesizing functions, decision structures, loops, and booleans	Nested loops and subversion
5	13 Mon Apr 7 Details			Tic, tac, toe	Tic Tac Toe exercise
5	14 Tue Apr 8 Details	9.1-9.6 (24 pages)	HW 12 HW 13	Top-Down design Bottom-up testing	Top-Down Design
5	15 Fri Apr 11 Details	10.1-10.5 (23 pages)	HW 14	Defining classes Objects and encapsulation	Defining Classes
6	16 Mon Apr 14 Details	10.6-10.7, 11.1-11.3 (29 pages)	HW 15	Widgets	Widgets
6	17 Tue Apr 15 Details	11.4-11.7 (23 pages)	HW 16	Operations with lists and classes Project preview	Operations on collections and project preview
6	18 Fri Apr 18 Details	12.1-12.2 (14 pages)	HW 17	Object-oriented design Announce teams Project work	Object-oriented Design
7	19 Mon Apr 21 Details	12.3-12.5 (23 pages)	HW 18	Tetris Design Project work	Tetris Design
7	20 Tue Apr 22 Details		HW 19	Exam 2 review Project work	Exam 2 Review
7	21 Fri Apr 25 Details			Exam 2 No regular class session Make sure you bring your laptop and power cord	Week 8 Reminders	Exam 2 Room O267 During Normal class meeting time
8	22 Mon Apr 28 Details	Essential C (for reference)		Intro. to the C Programming Language Some Python-esque features of C Declaring types	C Language Intro
8	23 Tue Apr 29 Details		HW 22 Team Proj. Eval. on ANGEL	More Python-esque C Features C's "true" and "false" values Input of ints with scanf	More C Intro	Project Presentations
8	24 Fri May 2 Details		HW 23	Pointers in C Passing pointers to functions	Pointers in C
9	25 Mon May 5 Details		HW 24	Arrays (but no dynamic allocation) Arrays are Pointers	Arrays and Pointers
9	26 Tue May 6 Details		HW 25	Strings and chars	Characters and Strings
9	27 Fri May 9 Details		HW 26	Structures #define typedef	Structs, typedef, #define
10	28 Mon May 12 Details		HW 27	Dynamic allocation of arrays and Strings Malloc and free Pointers to structs	Dynamic Memory Allocation
10	29 Tue May 13 Details		HW 28	File input/output File parsing	File Input and Output
10	30 Fri May 16 Details		HW 29 (Due Friday night, 11:59 pm)	Course evaluations Final exam review	Course Evaluations and Final Exam Review	Final Exam