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(full semester) Introduction to CS and Programming using Python
(Spring 2024)

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Class Structure

1) Watch Videos before Class

noted in Calendar below
bring any questions to class

2) In-person Class (no zoom/recording will be available) Mon, Wed 3pm-4:30pm-ish in 1-190

a deeper dive into concepts
and more in-class coding

3) Optional Recitations Fri 2pm in 32-044

extra practice and help, discussion-based
relation of 6.100 materials to progress in generative-AI

Office Hours

In-person in 38-370 and on Zoom
(get a spot via the Help Queue)
No OH during lecture hours
Tues: 11am to 9pm
Wed: 11am to 9pm
Thurs: 9am-9pm
Friday 9am-5pm

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This Week's Pset

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Calendar and Materials 6.100L - Spring 2024

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

2/5: Lecture 1 zip
Link: in-class content

Topics: Introduction to Python: knowledge, machines, objects, types, variables, bindings, IDEs

Readings: Ch 1, Ch 2.1-2.2

Lec1 Finger Ex. out PS 0 out PS 1 out

2/6

2/7: Lecture 2
Link: in-class content

Topics: Core elements of programs: strings, input/output, f-strings, operators, branching, indentation

Readings: Ch 2.3-2.4

Lec2 Finger Ex. out Lec1 Finger Ex. due

2/8

Microquiz 0 (testing microquiz mechanics, not for points, take it on your own between 4:30pm and 9:30pm)

2/9

Check+Submit this box if you will attend this recitation.

PS 0 due at 9PM (No checkoff for PS 0)

2/12: Lecture 3
Link: in-class content

Topics: Program Flow: control flow, loops

Readings: Ch 2.5-2.8

Microquiz 1 (30 minutes in-class on your computer)

Lec3 Finger Ex. out Lec2 Finger Ex. due

2/13

2/14: Lecture 4
Link: in-class content

Topics: Iteration, simple programs: guess and check, binary, fractions

Readings: Ch 3.1, 3.3

Lec4 Finger Ex. out Lec3 Finger Ex. due

2/15

2/16

Recitation 2 Chatbots as coders Watch this before recitation

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2/19: Holiday No Class or OH

2/20: Lecture 5
Link: in-class content

Topics: Simple Algorithms: approximation method, floats

Readings: Ch 3.3, 3.2

Microquiz 2 (30 minutes in-class on your computer)

Lec5 Finger Ex. out Lec4 Finger Ex. due PS 1 halfway-handin due at 9PM No OH

2/21: Lecture 6
Link: in-class content

Topics: Simple Algorithms: bisection search, Newton-Raphson

Readings: Ch 3.4, 3.5

Lec6 Finger Ex. out Lec5 Finger Ex. due

2/22

2/23

Recitation 3 Coaching for PS 1

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2/26: Lecture 7
Link: in-class content

Topics: Functions: decomposition, abstraction, specifications

Readings: Ch 4.1-4.2

Microquiz 3 (30 minutes in-class on your computer)

Lec7 Finger Ex. out Lec6 Finger Ex. due

2/27

2/28: Lecture 8
Link: in-class content

Topics: Functions: environments, scope, functions as objects

Readings: Ch 4.3-4.6

Lec8 Finger Ex. out Lec7 Finger Ex. due PS 2 out PS 1 due at 9PM

2/29 PS 1 Checkoffs start

3/1

Recitation 4 Neural networks

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Last Day We Accept Adds

3/4: Lecture 9
Link: in-class content

Topics: Tuples and lists

Readings: Ch 5.1-5.3

Microquiz 4 (30 minutes in-class on your computer)

Lec9 Finger Ex. out Lec8 Finger Ex. due

3/5

3/6: Lecture 10
Link: in-class content

Topics: List operations, mutability: mutation, aliasing, tricky examples with loops over L

Readings: Ch 5.3-5.5

Lec10 Finger Ex. out Lec9 Finger Ex. due PS 2 halfway-handin due at 9PM

3/7 PS 1 Checkoff due at 8PM

3/8

Recitation 5 Coaching for PS 2

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3/11: Lecture 11
Link: in-class content

Topics: Alising and cloning

Readings: Ch 5.3-5.5

Microquiz 5 (30 minutes in-class on your computer)

Lec11 Finger Ex. out Lec10 Finger Ex. due

3/12

3/13: Lecture 12
Link: in-class content

Topics: List comprehensions, more functions as objects, default arguments, Debugging: glass box/black box testing, examples

Readings: Ch 4.4, Ch 8

Lec12 Finger Ex. out Lec11 Finger Ex. due PS 3 out PS 2 due at 9PM

3/14 PS 2 Checkoffs start

3/15

Recitation 6 Download this before recitation

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3/18: Lecture 13
Link: in-class content

Topics: Exceptions, assertions

Readings: Ch 9

Microquiz 6 (30 minutes in-class on your computer)

Lec13 Finger Ex. out Lec12 Finger Ex. due

3/19

3/20: Lecture 14
Link: in-class content

Topics: Dictionaries: keys, values, mutability, iteration over a dict, examples

Readings: Ch 5.7

Lec14 Finger Ex. out Lec13 Finger Ex. due PS 3 halfway-handin due at 9PM

3/21 PS 2 Checkoff due at 8PM

3/22

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3/25: Spring Break No Class or OH

3/26: Spring Break No Class or OH

3/27: Spring Break No Class or OH

3/28: Spring Break No Class or OH

3/29: Spring Break No Class or OH

4/1: Lecture 15
Link: in-class content

Topics: Recursion: iteration vs recursion, inductive reasoning

Readings: Ch 6.1

Microquiz 7 (30 minutes in-class on your computer)

Lec15 Finger Ex. out Lec14 Finger Ex. due

4/2

4/3: Lecture 16
Link: in-class content

Topics: Recursion: fibonacci, fibonacci with a dict, recursion on non-numerics, recursion on lists, Towers of Hanoi (extra)

Readings: Ch 6.2-6.4

Lec16 Finger Ex. out Lec15 Finger Ex. due

4/4

4/5

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4/8: Lecture 17
Link: in-class content

Topics: Object Oriented Programming: data abstraction, class def, class instances, methods

Readings: Ch 10.1

Lec17 Finger Ex. out Lec16 Finger Ex. due

4/9

4/10: Lecture 18
Link: in-class content

Topics: Object Oriented Programming: dunder methods, examples

Readings: Ch 10.1

Lec18 Finger Ex. out Lec17 Finger Ex. due PS 4 out PS 3 due at 9PM

4/11 PS 3 Checkoffs start

4/12

Recitation 9 from text frequency to chatbots

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4/15: Holiday No Class or OH

4/16

4/17: Lecture 19
Link: in-class content

Topics: Inheritance: hierarchies, subclasses, using inherited methods, examples

Readings: Ch 10.2

Lec19 Finger Ex. out Lec18 Finger Ex. due PS 4 halfway-handin due at 9PM

4/18 PS 3 Checkoff due at 8PM

4/19

Recitation 10 Coaching for PS 4

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4/22: Lecture 20
Link: in-class content

Topics: Inheritance: more examples

Readings: Ch 10.4

Microquiz 8 (30 minutes in-class on your computer)

Lec20 Finger Ex. out Lec19 Finger Ex. due

4/23

4/24: Lecture 21
Link: in-class content

Topics: Complexity: measuring efficiency, timing programs, counting operations

Readings: Ch 11

Lec20 Finger Ex. due PS 5 out PS 4 due at 9PM No L21 Finger Ex.

4/25 PS 4 Checkoffs start

4/26

Recitation 11 the MIT generative AI tutor

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4/29: Lecture 22
Link: in-class content

Topics: Complexity: Big-Oh notation, Big-Theta notation, complexity relations and classes, calc complexity

Readings: Ch 11

Microquiz 9 (45 minutes in-class on your computer)

Lec22 Finger Ex. out

4/30

5/1: Lecture 23
Link: in-class content

Topics: string and list examples, analyzing complexity, Search: indirection, linear search, bisection search

Readings: Ch 12.1

Lec23 Finger Ex. out Lec22 Finger Ex. due PS 5 halfway-handin due at 9PM (No checkoff for PS 5)

5/2 PS 4 Checkoff due at 8PM

5/3

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5/6: Lecture 24
Link: in-class content

Topics: Sort: bogo, bubble, selection, merge sort

Readings: Ch 12.2

Microquiz 10 (30 minutes in-class on your computer)

Lec23 Finger Ex. due No L24 Finger Ex.

5/7

5/8: Lecture 25
Link: in-class content

Topics: Visualization library

Readings: Ch 13

PS 5 due at 9PM (No checkoff for PS 5) No L25 Finger Ex.

5/9 No OH Today and Beyond

5/10

5/13: Lecture 26
Link: in-class content

Topics: Extras: lists in memory, hashing, simulations, wrap-up, GenAI

Readings: Ch 12.3, Ch 17

No L26 Finger Ex.

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