CMPT 120 - Introduction to Computing Science and Programming 1

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Grades for our Assignment 5 have been released and solution to Assignment 4 and 5 has been posted under Assignment 5 below.
If you have questions about the marking of your Assignment 4, please, see Christian during his office hours or post your questions on the Discussion Forum of CourSys.
If you have questions about the marking of your Assignment 5, please, see Rohan during his office hours or post your questions on the Discussion Forum of CourSys.

You have until Friday April 19 to bring your questions, regarding the marking of your Assignment 4 and/or Assignment 5 to the appropriate TA. We shall not be attending to such questions beyond this deadline!

Office hours for Week 14 - Monday April 15 to Friday April 19 - in the usual locations:
- Monday April 15 - Anne - 2pm to 3:30pm
- Tuesday April 16 - Arsh - 11:30am to 1:30pm
- Tuesday April 16 - Rohan - 1:30am to 3:30pm
- Wed. April 17 - Arsh - 1:30pm to 2:30pm
- Wed. April 17 - Rohan - 2pm to 3pm
- Wed. April 17 - Anne - 2:30pm to 4pm
- Thursday April 18 - Sitong - 8:30am to 11:30am
- Thursday April 18 - Rohan - noon to 3pm
- Friday April 19 - Christian - 10am to 3pm
- Friday April 19 - Anne - 3pm to 4:30pm

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Python How to install Python IDLE:

Lecture: Download the partial lecture notes found under the column Lecture in the table below and complete them during our in-person lectures.
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Cheat Sheet: How to create cheat sheets for this course.

Date			Reading	Lecture	Assignment

Week 1 - Introduction to Computing Science
M	Jan.	8	Week 1 Readings + Instructions regarding our readings over the semester	Lecture 1 - Course Overview - pdf, recording (passcode: CMPT120) A word about Academic_Honesty
W	Jan.	10		Lecture 2 - CS and Problem Solving - pdf, recording (passcode: CMPT120) Natural Language, Flowchart, Pseudocode, Diagram illustrating an algorithm, greetingsWithNameAlg.py, greetingsWithName.py	Assignment 0 - due on CourSys on W Jan. 17 at 23:59:59 To practise - Worth 0 marks
F	Jan.	12	Reference: "f" String Formatting	Lecture 3 - Natural Language Processing and Chatbots - Intro - pdf, recording (passcode: CMPT120) greetingsWithNameBand.py, greetingsWithNameBandRandom.py

Week 2
M	Jan.	15	Week 2 Readings	Lecture 4 - Natural Language Processing and Chatbots - Branching - pdf, recording (passcode: CMPT120) howIsItGoing.py
W	Jan.	17		Lecture - Cancelled - Snow Day!	Assignment 1 - due on CourSys on W Jan. 31 at 23:59:59
F	Jan.	19		Lecture 5 - Natural Language Processing and Chatbots - More Branching - pdf, recording (passcode: CMPT120) login.py positiveNumberFromUser.py howIsItGoing-v2.py Grade_to_Letter_Converter_Comments.py

Week 3
M	Jan.	22	Week 3 Readings	Lecture 6 - Natural Language Processing and Chatbots - Efficiency, Robustness and Testing - pdf, recording (passcode: CMPT120) Grade_to_Letter_Converter.py Grade_to_Letter_Converter_Improved.py GuessingGame.py
W	Jan.	24		Lecture 7 - Practice Exam #1 Bring pens, pencils and paper! pdf, Solution recording (passcode: CMPT120)
F	Jan.	26		Lecture 8 - Natural Language Processing and Chatbots - for loop - pdf, recording (passcode: CMPT120) GuessingGameUserInputValidation.py

Week 4
M	Jan.	29	Week 4 Readings	Lecture 9 - Cryptography and Encryption - pdf, recording (passcode: CMPT120) OddEvenEncryptionComments_v1.py OddEvenEncryptionComments_v2.py
W	Jan.	31		Lecture 10 - Practice Exam #2 Bring pens, pencils and paper! pdf, Solution	Assignment 2 - due on CourSys on W Feb. 14 at 23:59:59
F	Feb.	2		Lecture 11 - Cryptography and Encryption - pdf, recording (passcode: CMPT120) Encryption: OddEvenEncryption_v1.py Encryption: OddEvenEncryption_v2.py

Week 5
M	Feb.	5	Week 5 Readings	Lecture 12 - Cryptography and Encryption - pdf, recording (passcode: CMPT120) Encryption and decryption: OddEvenEncryptionBOTH.py Python Visualizer
W	Feb.	7		Lecture 13 - Practice Exam #3 Bring pens, pencils and paper! pdf, Solution PredictingChatbot.py MilkSurveyBot.py
F	Feb.	9		Lecture 14 - Cryptography and Encryption - pdf, recording (passcode: CMPT120) Encryption and decryption: OddEvenEncryptionFunctionsWhileEmptyString.py Python Visualizer Print_Star_5_Times_Comments.py GreetingUserComments.py SumOfFirstTenComments.py SumOfListComments.py Print_Star_5_Times.py SumOfFirstTen.py LargestOf3.py SumOfList.py PrintXOfSymbol.py

Week 6
M	Feb.	12	Week 6 Readings	Lecture 15 - Graphics and Animation - pdf, recording (passcode: CMPT120) Where to put functions in a program Canvas.py DrawSquare.py
W	Feb.	14		Lecture 16 - Practice Exam #4 Bring pens, pencils and paper! pdf, Solution TicTacToe.py	Assignment 3 - due on CourSys on W March 6 at 23:59:59 Turtle_Canvas_Too_Small.py Turtle_Shapes.py
F	Feb.	16		Lecture 17 - Graphics and Animation - pdf, recording (passcode: CMPT120) DrawSquare_TwoTurtles.py Cookies.py

Reading Week - No classes! Yay!

Week 7
M	Feb.	26	Week 7 Readings	Lecture 18 - Graphics and Animation - pdf, recording (passcode: CMPT120) Cookies_Radius.py Cookies_RepeatedCode.py Cookies_with5Chips.py OperationsOnList.py
W	Feb.	28		Lecture 19 - Practice Exam #5 Bring pens, pencils and paper! pdf, recording (passcode: CMPT120) Solution Palindrome.py StrangeCalculator.py
F	March	1		Lecture 20 - Graphics and Animation - pdf, recording (passcode: CMPT120) Factorial.py

Week 8
M	March	4	Week 8 Readings	Lecture 21 - Graphics and Animation - pdf, recording (passcode: CMPT120) RecursivePalindrome.py IterativeTree.py RecursiveTree.py RecursiveTree4Seasons.py
W	March	6		Lecture 22 - Practice Exam #6 Bring pens, pencils and paper! pdf, recording (passcode: CMPT120) Solution reverseString.py printStars.py
F	March	8		Lecture 23 - Midterm - in B9201 Information about our Midterm To read before our midterm! Marking Scheme Solution Midterm Feedback

Week 9
M	March	11	Week 9 Readings	Lecture 24 - Computer Vision and Image Processing - pdf, recording (passcode: CMPT120) beach.jpg, kid-green.jpg File_IO_Demo_Read_File.py
W	March	13		Lecture 25 - Computer Vision and Image Processing - pdf, recording (passcode: CMPT120) File_IO_Demo_Grid_File.py CombinedImages_PixelValue.py	Assignment 4 - due on CourSys on W March 27 at 23:59:59 Assignment_4.py maze_1.txt, maze_2.txt maze_3.txt, maze_4.txt
F	March	15		Lecture 26 - Practice Exam #7 Bring pens, pencils and paper! pdf, Solution

Week 10
M	March	18	Week 10 Readings	Lecture 27 - Computer Vision and Image Processing - pdf, recording (passcode: CMPT120) CombinedImages.py myColourModule.py
W	March	20		Lecture 28 - Practice Exam #8 Bring pens, pencils and paper! pdf, Solution
F	March	22		Lecture 29 - Computer Vision and Image Processing pdf updated on March 24 recording (passcode: CMPT120) JellyBeanColourCounter_1.py JellyBeanColourCounter_2.py

Week 11
M	March	25	Week 11 Readings	Lecture 30 - Under the Hood - Binary Encoding - pdf, recording (passcode: CMPT120) JellyBeanColourCounter.py - Final version myColourModule.py
W	March	27		Lecture 31 - Under the Hood - Binary Encoding - pdf, recording (passcode: CMPT120) In-Class Activity #9 (replacing Practice Exam #9)	Assignment 5 - due on CourSys on W April 10 at 23:59:59 Assignment_5.py maze_1.txt, maze_2.txt maze_3.txt, maze_4.txt Turtle Maze Calculation Some help with the function coordinateToMazePosition(x, y, cellSize = 20) Solution
F	March	29		Good Friday - No Class - Yay!

Week 12
M	April	1	Week 12 Readings	Easter Monday - No Class - Yay!
W	April	3		Lecture 32 - Internet and Big Data - pdf, recording (passcode: CMPT120) LinearSearch.py
F	April	5		Lecture 33 - Internet and Big Data - pdf, recording - Unfortunately, no recording today! Here is a visualizer!

Week 13
M	April	8	Week 13 Readings	Lecture 34 - Internet and Big Data - pdf, recording (passcode: CMPT120)
W	April	10		Lecture 35 - Internet and Big Data - pdf, recording (passcode: CMPT120)
F	April	12		Lecture 36 - Practice Exam #10 Bring pens, pencils and paper! pdf, Solution - Partial solution: solution to Part 1.

Week 14 and Week 15
Sa	April	20		Final Exam - Saturday April 20 from 19:00 to 22:00 in RCB Images Theatre Information about our Final Exam To read before our Final Exam!

CMPT 120 - D300 - Introduction to Computing Science and Programming 1 - Spring 2024

Anne Lavergne - Office: TASC1 9227

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