OPS435 Python Weekly Schedule

Fall 2017

Instructors: Andrew Oatley-Willis (Section C) Andrew Smith (Sections A and B)

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.

Week	Objectives and Tasks	Labs
Week 1: 17 - 19 Jan	Setting up your Linux and Python environment: Installing Linux Distribution Installing Python and Software(IPython, screen, tmux, ide, etc) Python Basic Syntax, Variables, Operators	Lab 1: Setup & Using Python
Week 2: 22-26 Jan	Understanding Python Code: User Input Arguments Logic(if/else) Indentation Loops(while/for/nested)	LAB 2: Understanding Python Code
Week 3: 29 Jan - 2 Feb	Reusing Python Code: Lists Functions Libraries Scope	LAB 3: Reusing Python Code
Week 4: 5- 9 Feb	Basic Data Structures and String Manipulation: Dictionaries Tuples Multidimensional Lists String Manipulation Regular Expressions Input Validation	LAB 4: Basic Data Structures & String Manipulation EXTRAS: Advanced String Formatting
Week 5: 12 - 16 Feb	Files, Exceptions: File Handling Error Handling	LAB 5: Files & Error Handling
Week 6: 20 - 23 Feb (Monday is a holiday)	Assignment 1	Assignment 1
Study Week: 26 Feb - 2 Mar
Week 7: 5 - 9 Mar	Review
Week 8: 12 - 16 Mar	Midterm All material up to Exceptions
Week 9: 19 - 23 Mar	Classes: Components of a class Classes and objects	LAB 6: Writing Python Classes
Week 10: 26 - 29 Mar (Friday is a holiday)	Classes: Designing classes Understanding scope	LAB 7: Classes, objects & scope
Week 11: 2 - 6 Apr	Final test Exam replacement	Assignment 2 - cancelled
Week 12: 9 - 13 Apr	Configuration management using Fabric	LAB 8: Configuration management
Week 13: 16 - 24 Apr	Python Networking Asynchronous Python Networking
Exam Week: Cancelled