Introduction to CS and Programming using Python
(Fall 2022)

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1pm in 34-101
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Calendar and Materials 6.100A - Fall 2022

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Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
9/5 PS 0 out
9/6
9/7: Lecture 1 zip
Admin and overview, what is computation, intro to programming languages and Python, assignment, types (int, float, str), objects, branching, indentation
Readings: Ch 1, Ch 2.1-2.3
Lec1 Finger Ex. out
9/8
9/9: Recitation 1 notes PS 0 due at 9PM (No checkoff for PS 0)
9/12: Lecture 2 zip
Iteration (while loops, basic for loops with range), guess and check algorithms, Strings (insertion, deletion)
Readings: Ch 2.4-2.8, 3.1, 5.1, 5.2
Lec2 Finger Ex. out Lec1 Finger Ex. due PS 1 out
9/13
Microquiz 0 (testing microquiz mechanics, not for points, take it on your own between 4:30pm and 9:30pm)
9/14: Lecture 3 zip
Floating point, approximate solutions, bisection methods
Readings: Ch 3.2-3.5
Microquiz 1 (30 minutes at the end of class)
Lec3 Finger Ex. out Lec2 Finger Ex. due
9/15
9/16: Recitation 2 notes Last Day to Add 6.100A
9/19: Lecture 4 zip
Decomposition, abstraction, functions, scope, functions as objects
Readings: Ch 4.1-4.4
Lec4 Finger Ex. out Lec3 Finger Ex. due PS 2 out
9/20 PS 1 due at 9PM
9/21: Lecture 5 zip
Tuples, for loops over sequences, lists, mutability, aliasing,
Readings: Ch 5.1-5.5
Lec5 Finger Ex. out Lec4 Finger Ex. due PS 1 Checkoffs start
9/22
9/23: Student Holiday No Recitation or OH
9/26: Lecture 6 zip
Dictionaries, comprehensions, exceptions, assertions
Readings: Ch 5.7-5.9, Ch 9
Lec6 Finger Ex. out Lec5 Finger Ex. due PS 3 out
9/27 PS 2 due at 9PM
9/28: Lecture 7 zip
Recursion, start plotting
Readings: Ch 6
Microquiz 2 (30 minutes at the end of class)
Lec7 Finger Ex. out Lec6 Finger Ex. due PS 2 Checkoffs start
9/29 PS 1 Checkoff due
9/30: Recitation 3 notes
10/3: Lecture 8 zip
Plotting, classes
Readings: Ch 13, 10.1
Lec7 Finger Ex. due PS 4 out No L8 Finger Ex.
10/4 PS 3 due at 9PM
10/5: Lecture 9 zip
Efficiency, measuring time, algorithm analysis, implementing lists using indirection
Readings: Ch 11, 12.1
Microquiz 3 (25 minutes at the end of class)
PS 3 Checkoffs start No L9 Finger Ex.
10/6 PS 4 Checkoffs start PS 2 Checkoff due
10/7: Recitation 4 notes Last Day to Drop 6.100A
10/10: Holiday No Class or OH
10/11: Student Holiday No OH
10/12: Lecture 10 zip
Binary search, selection sort, merge sort, amortized analysis, hashing
Readings: Ch 12
No L10 Finger Ex.
10/13 PS 4 due at 9PM
10/14: Recitation 5 notes PS 3 Checkoff due PS 4 Checkoff due
10/17: Lecture 11 zip
Testing and debugging, wrapup
Readings: Ch 8
7:30pm Review Session Slides, Location 32-123 No L11 Finger Ex.
10/18
10/19: Lecture 12 zip
Final Exam In-Class
Final Exam during class time (last names A-H in 10-25 and I-Z in 26-100)
No L12 Finger Ex.
10/20
10/21