OPS435 Python Weekly Schedule 2018 Fall

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: Sep 3-7	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:Sep 10-14	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:Sep 17-21	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:Sep 24-28	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:Oct 1-5	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:Oct 8-12	Review and Catch up		Assignment 1
7:Oct 15-19	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: Oct 22-26
8:Oct 29-Nov 2	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:Nov 5-9	Classes: Designing classes	Think Python: Chapter 16 - Classes and functions Pure functions Modifiers Prototyping versus planning	Lab 7: Classes, Objects & scope
10:Nov 12-16	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:Nov 19-23	Configuration management: Fabric Ansible		Assignment 2
12:Nov 26-30	Python Networking Network Client Network Server Asynchronous Python Networking		Assignment 2 Due this week.
13:Dec 3-7	Exam Review
Exam Week: Dec 10-14