CIT 591 Programming Languages & Techniques I
Fall 2011, David Matuszek

We cover Python for approximately the first half of the course, up until the midterm. After that, we transition to Java.

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Meeting times Lecture MW 3:00-4:30 DRL 3W2 Lab MCIT: F 3:00-4:30 Moore 207 Beginner's section TBD    Office hours Piazza Always open, 24/7   Whenever my door is open. Specific office hours: 3:00-4:30 Tuesdays and Thursdays Moore 176 TBD Moore 100A TBD Moore 100A Search Dave's web sites: Loading

Links Last year's CIT591 Academic Integrity Policy Textbook and Resources MCIT schedule Java version test page Java Syntax Pages (online) or as a downloadable .zip file Eclipse FAQ and Eclipse Tips SwingExamples.jar Piazza Sakai

Date	Lectures, Assignments, etc.
Sept 7	Welcome; Very fast introduction to Python
Sept 9	Python warm-up exercises (not to hand in) Python cheat sheet Length conversions
Sept 12	Simple functions
Sept 14	Concise Guide to Python
Sept 16	Flash Cards
Sept 19	Strings. Escaped characters. Raw strings. Lots of string methods. Functions vs. methods.
Sept 21	"Fun with Pair Programming" video Unit testing and TDD in Python
Sep 23	Add period ends Opening Bridge Bid opening_bridge_bid_test.py
Sept 26	Statement types: assert, break, continue, while-else, for: with or without indexing, pass. , try/catch, raise.
Sept 28	While idioms. Operators. Strings, lists, tuples, and sets.
Sept 30	Sudoku and some data sudoku-test.py
Oct 3	Functions in more detail. global and nonlocal statements.
Oct 5	Modules.
Oct 7	Fraction Calculator and starter files fractiontest.py and fraction.py
Oct 10	Fall break
Oct 12	Dictionaries. Functional programming.
Oct 14	Readability Measures Functional Programming in Python 3 Drop period ends
Oct 17	Classes.
Oct 19	Recursion.
Oct 21	No new programming assignment, therefore no lab.
Oct 24	Review; questions and answers.
Oct 26	Midterm Exam
Oct 28	Family weekend. Yes, we do have lab. Getting started with Eclipse Self Portrait
Oct 31	Very fast introduction to Java From Python to Java
Nov 2	Numbers and arrays
Nov 4	Saddle Points SaddlePoints.java
Nov 7	Arrays, Scanner, the Java API
Nov 9	format and printf, Comments, Javadoc
Nov 11	Name That Number
Nov 14	Javadoc example, class, static Unit testing in Java
Nov 16	Abstract classes, interfaces, toString, JUnit, assert JUnit
Nov 18	Jigsaw Puzzle Last day to withdraw
Nov 21	Graphical user interfaces (GUIs) Swing
Nov 23	Day before Thanksgiving (No class)
Nov 25	Thanksgiving break (No lab)
Nov 28	Simple Java I/O
Nov 30	Model-View-Controller Style
Dec 2	Text Translator
Dec 5	Java O-O Summary
Dec 7	Java O-O Summary continued Java O-O Concepts
Dec 9	No lab today.
R Dec 15, W Dec. 21, 3pm-5pm	Final Exam, DRLB A6

Key
A PowerPoint document, usually one of my lectures	An assignment	Software that will be useful in this course
A tutorial	Additional information about the assignment or topic	Official specification (always offsite)
An article; indicates offsite	Example	Quiz or exam