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! week
! Topics
! Reading/Reference
! Tasks/Labs
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| 1: Sept 14 - 18
| <b>Course Overview</b>
<ul>
   <li>Introduction</li>
   <li>Why Python?</li>
   <li>Natural languate & formal language</li>
</ul>
<b>git and github.com</b>
<ul>
</ul>
<b>Python components:</b>
<ul>
   <li>keywords</li>
   <li>symbols</li>
   <li>modules</li>
   <li>objects</li>
</ul>
<b>Python Shell</b>
<ul>
   <li>builtin modules</li>
   <li>builtin functions:<ul>
       <li>help()</li>
       <li>dir()</li>
       <li>type()</li>
       </ul></li>
   <li>keyword: import</li>
</ul>
| <ul>
   <li>Think Python: Chapter 1
       <ul>
	   <li>What is a program?</li>
	   <li>Input, process (sequence, looping, repetition), output</li>
	   <li>complier, interpreter</li>
	   <li>Debugging</li>
       </ul>
    </li>
    <li>Automate with Python: Chapter 1 & 2
        <ul>
	    <li>Python Basics</li>
            <li>Flow Control</li>
        </ul>
     </li>
</ul>
| <ul>
   <li>[[OPS435_Online_Lab1 |Lab 1:<br>git, github.com, and Python]]</li>
</li>
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| 2: Sept 21 - 25
| <b>Python Basics:</b>
<ul>
   <li>Objects</li>
   <li>Methods and properties</li>
   <li>Operators</li>
   <li>expressions</li>
   <li>statements</li>
</ul>
| <ul>
   <li>Think Python: Chapter 2 
       <ul>
	   <li>Variable, expressions and statements</li>
	   <li>Script mode and interactive mode</li>
	   <li>Python math operators and order of operations</li>
	   <li>String operation '+' and '*'</li>
       </ul>
    </li>
    <li>Automate with Python: Chapter 3 & 4
        <ul>
            <li>Functions</li>
            <li>Lists</li>
        </ul>
     </li>

</ul>
| <ul>
   <li>[[OPS435_Online_Lab2 |Lab 2:<br>Understanding Python Code]]</li>
</li>
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| 3: Sept 28 - Oct 2
| <b>Reusing Python Code:</b>
<ul>Functions
    <li>keyword: def</li>
    <li>function parameters</li>
    <li>return value</li>
    <li>keyword: None</li>
</ul>
| <ul>
   <li>Think Python: Chapter 3 Functions
       <ul>
	   <li>Function calls</li>
	   <li>Adding new functionse</li>
	   <li>Definitions and usess</li>
	   <li>Flow of execution</li>
	   <li>Parameters and arguments</li>
	   <li>Variables and parameters</li>
	   <li>Fruitful functions and void functions</li>
       </ul>
    </li>
    <li>Automate with Python: Chapter 5 & 6
        <ul>
            <li>Dictionaries and structuring data</li>
            <li>Manipulating Strings</li>
        </ul>
     </li>

</ul>
| <ul>
   <li>[[OPS435_Online_Lab3 |Lab 3:<br>Reusing Python Code]]</li>
</li>
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| 4: Oct 5 - 9
| <b>Basic Data Structures and String Manipulation:</b>
<ul>
    <li>Integers</li>
    <li>Strings</li>
    <li>Tuples</li>
    <li>Lists</li>
    <li>Dictionaries</li>
    <li>Sets</li>
</ul>
| <ul>
   <li>Think Python: Chapter 5 Conditionals and recursion
       <ul>
	   <li>Boolean expression</li>
	   <li>Logical operators</li>
	   <li>Conditional execution</li>
	   <li>Alternative execution</li>
	   <li>Chained conditionals</li>
	   <li>Nested conditionals</li>
	   <li>Recursion</li>
	   <li>Infinite recursion</li>
	   <li>Keyboard Input</li>
       </ul>
    </li>
    <li>Automate with Python: Chapter 7 & 8
        <ul>
            <li>Regular Expressions</li>
            <li>Reading and Writing Files</li>
        </ul>
     </li>

</ul>
| <ul>
   <li>[[OPS435_Online_Lab4 |Lab 4:<br>Basic Data Structure &amp; String Manipulation]]</li>
</li>
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| 5: Oct 12 - 16 
| <b>Files, Exceptions:</b>
<ul>
   <li>File Handling</li>
   <li>Error Handling</li>
   <li>Builtin error types</li>
</ul>
| <ul>
   <li>Think Python: Chapter 14 - Files
       <ul>
	   <li>Reading and writing</li>
	   <li>Format operator</li>
	   <li>Filenames and paths</li>
	   <li>Catching exception</li>
	   <li>Databasess</li>
	   <li>Picking</li>
	   <li>Pipes</li>
	   <li>Writing modules</li>
       </ul>
    </li>
    <li>Automate with Python: Chapter 9 & 10
        <ul>
            <li>Organizing Files</li>
            <li>Debugging</li>
        </ul>
     </li>

</ul>
| <ul>
   <li>[[OPS435_Online_Lab5 |Lab 5:<br>Files &amp; Error Handling]]</li>
</li>
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| 6: Oct 19 - 23 
| <b>Mid-Term Test</b>
<ul>
   <li>Date: THIS WEEK</li>
   <li>Topics: Lab 1 to Lab 5 and All topics covered from week 1 to week 5</li>
</ul>
| 
| <ul>
   <li>[[OPS435 Online Assignment 1| Assignment 1]]</li>
   <li>Due Date: July 3, 2020</li>
</li>
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| Break Week:<br />Oct 26 - 30
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| 7: Nov 2 - 6
| <b>Classes:</b>
<ul>
   <li>Components of a class</li>
   <li>Classes and objects</li>
</ul>
| <ul>
   <li>Think Python: Chapter 15 - Classes and objects
       <ul>
	   <li>Programmer-defined types</li>
	   <li>Attributes</li>
	   <li>Instances and return values</li>
	   <li>Objects are mutable</li>
	   <li>Copying</li>
       </ul>
    </li>
</ul>
<ul>
   <li>Think Python: Chapter 16 - Classes and functions
       <ul>
	   <li>Pure functions</li>
	   <li>Modifiers</li>
	   <li>Prototyping versus planning</li>
       </ul>
    </li>
</ul>
| <ul>
   <li>[[OPS435_Online_Lab6 |Lab 6:<br>Writing Python Classes]]</li>
</li>
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| 8: Nov 9 -13
| <b>Classes:</b>
<ul>
    <li>Designing classes</li>
    <li>Understanding scope</li>
</ul>
| <ul>
   <li>Think Python: Chapter 17 - Classes and methods
       <ul>
           <li>The __init__ method</li>
           <li>The __str__ methond</li>
           <li>The __repr__ method</li>
           <li>Operator overloading</li>
           <li>Type-based dispatch</li>
           <li>Polymorphism</li>
        </ul>
    </li>
</ul>
| <ul>
   <li>[[OPS435_Online_Lab7 |Lab 7:<br>Classes, Objects &amp; scope]]</li>
</li>
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| 9: Nov 16 - 20
| <b>Configuration management:</b>
<ul>
    <li>Fabric</li>
    <li>Ansible</li>
</ul>
| <ul>
</ul>
| <ul>
   <li>[[OPS435_Online_Lab8 |Lab 8:<br>Configuration management]]</li>
</li>
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| 10: Nov 23 - 27 
| <b>Python Networking</b>
<ul>
   <li>Network Client</li>
   <li>Network Server</li>
   Asynchronous Python Networking</li>
</ul>
| 
| <ul>
   <li>[[OPS435 Online Assignment 2 | Assignment 2]]</li>
   <li>Due on Final Assessment Week - Please check with your professor for the exact date.</li>
</ul>
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| 11: Nov 30 - Dec 4
| <b>Final Assessment Test Review</b>
| 
| <b>Working on Assignment 2 for final assessment test</b>
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| 12: Dec 7 - 11
| <b>Final Assessment</b>
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