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	Reference	Labs
Week 1: Jan 9 - 15	Setting up your Linux and Python environment: Installing Linux Distribution Installing Python and Software(IPython, screen, tmux, ide, etc) Python Basic Syntax, Variables, Operators	Lecture Notes: Welcome to OPS435 Installing Linux Basic Syntax, Variables, Operators	Lab 1: Setup & Using Python
Week 2: Jan 16 - 22	Understanding Python Code: User Input Arguments Logic(if/else) Indentation Loops(while/for/nested)	Lecture Notes: Python User Input and Logic Looping Through Python	LAB 2: Understanding Python Code
Week 3: Jan 23 - 29	Reusing Python Code: Lists Functions Libraries Scope	Lecture Notes: Python Lists Python Functions and Libraries	LAB 3: Reusing Python Code
Week 4: Jan 30 - Feb 5	Basic Data Structures and String Manipulation: Dictionaries Tuples Multidimensional Lists String Manipulation Regular Expressions Input Validation	Lecture Notes: Python Data Structures Handling Python Strings	LAB 4: Basic Data Structures & String Manipulation EXTRAS: Advanced String Formatting
Week 5: --------	Objects and Files: File Handling Error Handling Classes Objects Namespaces	Lecture Notes: Python Files and Errors: Creating and Using Objects:	LAB 5: Objects and Files
Week 6: --------	Assignment 1	Lecture Notes: Assignment 1	Assignment 1
Week 7: --------	Midterm	Lecture Notes:
Study Week: Feb 27 - Mar 5
Week 8: --------	Ansible	Lecture Notes:	LAB 6:Using Ansible (part 1)
Week 9: --------	Ansible	Lecture Notes:
Week 10: --------	Openstack/Ansible	Lecture Notes:	LAB 7:Using OpenStack / Ansible (part 1)
Week 11: --------	Assignment 2	Assignment 2
Week 12: --------	Python Networking	Lecture Notes:	LAB 8: Python Networking
Week 13: --------	Exam Review	Exam Review	LAB 8: TBA
Exam Week: Apr 17 - 21