Session Details

Week 1, Session 3 — Thu Mar 11

Reading

1. Zelle §2.5 - 2.8
   (14 pages)

HW Due

1. HW 2
   but the Song 'n' Dance robot project is not due until Session 4 (Monday)

Topics

1. byte code
2. Program output ( print statements)
3. Identifiers, expressions, syntax versus semantics
4. print statements
5. Variables and assignment
6. Definite loops ( for statements)
7. range function
8. math library
9. The accumulator pattern
10. Pair programming

Outline

1. [5 min] Hand-back quizzes, discuss questions
2. [3 min] Configure IDLE:
   • Fix IDLE start-up directory using step 4 of the Installing Python instructions
   • Make Run do a Save by going in IDLE to Options, Configure IDLE…, General tab, under Autosave Preferences
3. [2 min] Review saving and running Python programs. Byte code (.pyc files).
4. [5 min] Identifiers, expressions
5. [2 min] syntax versus semantics, print statements
6. [3 min] Variables and assignments
7. [5 min] Sequences, lists, range function
8. [3 min] definite loops, for loops, counted loops, examples using loops
9. [15 min] The accumulator pattern
10. [2 min] Types: int and float
11. [2 min] dir and help . Built-in and math library functions
12. [3 min] Break. Get robots from locker if you have not already done so.
13. [5 minutes] Watch this pair programming video
14. [50 min] Do loop practice, using pair programming: factorial.py and barChart.py

Resources

1. Slides:Assignment, loops and types

HW Assigned

1. HW 3