ESC180: Introduction to Computer Programming

Logistics

Lectures

Mon 10am, Thurs 12pm, Fri 1pm on Zoom (passcode: 101877)

Projects

Project 1: Gamification. gamify.py. Due Oct. 9 at 10:59 p.m. Submit on Gradescope.

Project 2: Gomoku. gomoku.py. Due Nov. 6 at 10:59p.m.

Project 3: Synonyms using AI. synonyms.py, test.txt. Due Dec. 7 at 10:59p.m..

Labs

Labs posted ahead of time are subject to change

Lab 1: Tracing and Conditionals (assigned Sept. 14, show the TA by Sept. 19). Solutions

Lab 2: Local and Global Variables (assigned Sept. 21, show the TA by Sept. 26). Solutions

Lab 3: Multifile projects, Computation Using Loops (assigned Sept. 28, show the TA by Oct. 3). Solutions

Lab 4: Computation Using Loops II (assigned Oct. 5, show the TA by Oct. 10). Solutions

Lab 5: Lists and Lists of Lists (assigned Oct. 12, show the TA by Oct. 17). Solutions

Lab 6: Tic-tac-toe. ttt.py (assigned Oct. 26, show the TA by Oct. 31). Solutions

Lab 7: Gaussian Elimination. Sample run of GE, numpy_arrays.py (assigned Nov. 2, show the TA by Nov. 7). Solutions.

Lab 8: Files and Dictionaries (assigned Nov. 16, show the TA by Nov. 21). Solutions.

Lab 9: Processing Large Text Files (assigned Nov. 23, show the TA by Nov. 28)

Lab 10: Recursion (assigned Nov. 30, show the TA by Dec. 5). Solutions. Video solutions: Iterative is_balanced(), implementing the iterative is_balanced() recursively (and tracing the solution). A genuinely recursive approach (tracing the genuinely recursive approach). A recursive str.find().

Exams

Midterm

The midterm will be held online on Oct. 22. Past midterms are below.

• 2016 midterm paper, solutions + notes on marking

• 2015 midterm paper. Reference sheet. Solutions: Part 1, Part 2 (contains optional advanced material).

• 2014 midterm and aid sheet. (Solutions). Note: in Q2d, True and False should switch places. Another solution is to go return not (a==b==c). Not covered yet: Q2(a), Q2(c), Q3(d), the bonus is difficult without more material.

• 2010 midterm. (Solutions; note that there is a small bug in the solutions to the last question and that the midterm was written in Python 2, which means that it uses print <things-to-print> instead of print(<things-to-print>).)

Exam

The exam will be held in December. Past exams are below.

• 2016 exam paper (reference sheet). Solutions + marking scheme.

• 2015 exam paper (reference sheet). Partial solution of the challenging problems. I encourage people to work on the problems in the beginning of the exam by themsleves. (Note that Q8 and Q9 were supposed to be very challenging -- exam grades were adjusted.)

• 2014 exam paper (reference sheet). Solutions and my favourite solution of Q7. Video solution of Q7.

• 2010 exam paper. Some solutions.

An inclusive environment

We strive to build and maintain an inclusive environment in class — an environment that allows every student to reach their full potential. Please do not hesitate to contact me and/or your preceptor to let us know if you need special accommodation or with any concerns.