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What to do, When
Tuesday	Thursday	Friday
No class September 3	Session 1 (September 5) Preparation Introduction to: Python, PyCharm, Git, Objects, and Simple Loops We will use this Testing your PyCharm and Git handout in-class during Session 1. No need to do anything with it until class.	Session 2 (September 6) Preparation Defining Functions Calling Functions & Methods Using Objects Correcting Syntax Errors Tracing Function Calls by Hand
Session 3 (September 10) Preparation Definite Loops, Accumulators, and Summing Arguments and Parameters Names: Scope and Lifetime Memory: The Stack, Heap and Garbage Collector Unit Testing; Test-Driven Development Tracing Loops by Hand Pair Programming	Session 4 (September 12) Preparation The Accumulator Pattern: Summing, Counting, and in Graphics Conditionals Debugging with Print Code Reviews Tracing Code by Hand	Session 5 (September 13) Preparation Boolean Logic Debugging Run-Time Errors Stack Traces Practice for Exam 1
Session 6 (September 17) Preparation Names are References to Objects Box-and-Pointer Diagrams Mutating Objects The Debugger Your first priority is to prepare for Exam 1. Here is the in-class exercise, to be done per instructions you receive from your instructor.	Session 7 (September 19) Preparation Exam 1 is Wednesday, September 18 in the evening from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Follow the link for rooms, your Admission Ticket and more. No class Thursday, September 19.	Session 8 (September 20) Preparation Implementing Classes, I
Session 9 (September 24) Preparation Implementing Classes, II	Session 10 (September 26) Preparation Sequences, I What is a Sequence? Patterns for Sequences: Iterating Through All or Part of a Sequence	Session 11 (September 27) Preparation Sequences, II Patterns for Sequences: Find, Building a Sequence, and Max-Min
Session 12 (October 1) Preparation Sequences, III More Patterns: XXX Mutating Lists	Session 13 (October 3) Preparation Debugging Revisited Practice for Exam 2	Session 14 (October 4) Preparation Putting It All Together Handed out in class (do NOT print): Practice paper-and-pencil problems for Exam 2. Check your answers against this Answer Key.
Session 15 (October 8) Preparation Exam 2 is Tuesday, October 8. Start any time from 5 to 9 p.m. (your choice) or possibly earlier. Follow the link for rooms, your Admission Ticket, and more. No regular class Tuesday, October 8.	Fall break October 10	Fall break October 11
Session 16 (October 15) Preparation Waiting for Events Indefinite Loops Input from a Console	Session 17 (October 17) Preparation Loops within Loops Sub-Sequences within Sequences	Session 18 (October 18) Preparation More Loops within Loops More Sub-Sequences within Sequences
Session 19 (October 22) Preparation Practice for Exam 3	Session 20 (October 24) Preparation Practice for Exam 3	Session 21 (October 25) Preparation Optional Exam 2b paper-and-pencil exam to raise your paper-and-pencil score from Exam 2. Handed out in class (do NOT print): Practice paper-and-pencil problems for Exam 3. Check your answers against this Answer Key.
Session 22 (October 29) Preparation Iterative Enhancement Functional Decomposition Bigger problems; More complicated logic and loops Slides for today Put your names here when you have COMPLETED the exercise	Session 23 October 31 (Happy Halloween!) Preparation Exam 3 is Wednesday, October 30 in the evening from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Follow the link for rooms, your Admission Ticket, and more. There IS regular class Tuesday, October 29. Regular class is cancelled on Thursday, October 31, since Exam 3 is the preceding evening.	Session 24 (November 1) Preparation Capstone Team Project begins Stage 1 begins Using a Team Repository Introduction to Robots Robot Motion
Session 25 (November 5) Preparation Capstone Team Project Stage 1 continues Robot Sensors	Session 26 (November 7) Preparation Capstone Team Project Stage 1 continues Event-Driven Programming Graphical User Interface (GUI) Programming Tkinter for a GUI for Teleoperation MQTT for Computer-to-Computer Messaging Printing Sensor Values Integrating MQTT with Tkinter for a GUI for Teleoperation Follow these instructions with your instructor -- do NOT get ahead.	Session 27 (November 8) Preparation Capstone Team Project Stage 1 finishes, Stage 2 begins Robot Can Be Teleoperated and Print Sensor Values Simple Object-Oriented Design
Session 28 (November 12) Preparation Capstone Team Project Stage 2 finishes, Stage 3 begins	Session 29 (November 14) Preparation Capstone Team Project Stage 3 continues	Session 30 (November 15) Preparation Capstone Team Project Stage 3 (and the project) ends
Capstone Team Project - Specification and How To Turn It In. No final exam for those who have above a 70% average on BOTH paper-and-penci and on-the-computer exams.