OPS435 Python Weekly Schedule 2018 Summer

Instructors: Raymond Chan - (First Half) Andrew Oatley-willis (Second Half)

Note: Each OPS435 instructor will indicate the due dates for labs, tests and assignments. This schedule is a considered to be a general guideline for week-by-week content.

OPS435 Weekly Task Update

week	Topics	Reading/Reference	Tasks/Labs
1: May 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	Lab 1: Setup & Using Python
2:May 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 '*'	Lab 2: Understanding Python Code
3:May 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	Lab 3: Reusing Python Code
4:May 28-Jun 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	Lab 4: Basic Data Structure & String Manipulation
5:Jun 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	Lab 5: Files & Error Handling
6:Jun 11-15	Review and Catch up		Assignment 1 Due Date: Jun 14, 2018
7:Jun 18-22	Mid-Term Test Date: June 19, 2018 Topics: Lab 1 to Lab 5 and All topics covered from week 1 to week 5		Catch up
Break Week: Jun 25-29
8:Jul 2-6	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:Jul 9-13	Classes: Designing classes	Think Python: Chapter 16 - Classes and functions Pure functions Modifiers Prototyping versus planning	Assignment 2 Due Date: August 2, 2018
10:Jul 16-20	Classes: Understanding scope	Think Python: Chapter 17 - Classes and methods The init method The __str__methond Operator overloading Type-based dispatch Polymorphism	Lab 7: Classes, Objects & scope
11:Jul 23-27	Configuration management: Fabric Ansible		Lab 8: Configuration management
12:Jul 30-Aug 3	Python Networking Network Client Network Server Asynchronous Python Networking		Assignment 2 Due this week: August 2, 2018
13:Aug 6-10	Exam Review
Exam Week: Aug 13-17