OPS435 Python Weekly Schedule 2019 Winter

Instructors: Raymond Chan

Note: Each OPS435 section may have a different due dates for labs, tests and assignments. This schedule is considered to be a general guideline for week-by-week content.

OPS435 Weekly Task Update

week	Topics	Reading/Reference	Tasks/Labs
1: Jan 7-11	Course Overview Introduction Why Python? Languate: natural & formal Python Environment Concepts: keywords builtins Python Shell: help() dir() type() import	Think Python: Chapter 1 What is a program? Input, process (sequence, looping, repetition), output complier, interpreter Debugging Automate with Python: Chapter 1 & 2 Python Basics Flow Control	Lab 1: Setup & Using Python
2:Jan 14-18	Python Basics: Objects Variables Operations Built-in Functions	Think Python: Chapter 2 Variable, expressions and statements Script mode and interactive mode Python math operators and order of operations String operation '+' and '*' Automate with Python: Chapter 3 & 4 Functions Lists	Lab 2: Understanding Python Code
3:Jan 21-25	Reusing Python Code: Functions Lists	Think Python: Chapter 3 Functions Function calls Adding new functionse Definitions and usess Flow of execution Parameters and arguments Variables and parameters Fruitful functions and void functions Automate with Python: Chapter 5 & 6 Dictionaries and structuring data Manipulating Strings	Lab 3: Reusing Python Code
4:Jan 28-Feb 1	Basic Data Structures and String Manipulation: Tuples Lists Sets Dictionaries Strings	Think Python: Chapter 5 Conditionals and recursion Boolean expression Logical operators Conditional execution Alternative execution Chained conditionals Nested conditionals Recursion Infinite recursion Keyboard Input Automate with Python: Chapter 7 & 8 Regular Expressions Reading and Writing Files	Lab 4: Basic Data Structure & String Manipulation
5:Feb 4-8	Files, Exceptions: File Handling Error Handling	Think Python: Chapter 14 - Files Reading and writing Format operator Filenames and paths Catching exception Databasess Picking Pipes Writing modules Automate with Python: Chapter 9 & 10 Organizing Files Debugging	Lab 5: Files & Error Handling
6:Feb 11-15	Review and Catch up		Assignment 1
7:Feb 18-22	Mid-Term Test This week. Topics: Lab 1 to Lab 5 and All topics covered from week 1 to week 5		Catch up
Break Week: Feb 25-Mar 1
8:Mar 4-8	Classes: Components of a class Classes and objects	Think Python: Chapter 15 - Classes and objects Programmer-defined types Attributes Instances and return values Objects are mutable Copying	Lab 6: Writing Python Classes
9:Mar 11-15	Classes: Designing classes	Think Python: Chapter 16 - Classes and functions Pure functions Modifiers Prototyping versus planning	Lab 7: Classes, Objects & scope
10:Mar 18-22	Classes: Understanding scope	Think Python: Chapter 17 - Classes and methods The init method The __str__methond Operator overloading Type-based dispatch Polymorphism	Lab 8: Configuration management
11:Mar 25-29	Configuration management: Fabric Ansible		Assignment 2
12:Apr 1-5	Python Networking Network Client Network Server Asynchronous Python Networking		Assignment 2 Due this week.
13:Apr 8-12	Exam Review
Exam Week: Apr 15-19