COMPSCI 119

Fall 2018

Introduction to Programming with Python

Professor William T. Verts

Rooms, Email, Web

• Classroom: Goessmann 20, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 1:25PM-2:15PM
  
• Me: William T. Verts verts@cs.umass.edu Office Hours LGRC A357: M/W/F 2:45-3:45
• Office Hours for all my Classes
• Semester Calendar


• Syllabus
• Textbook: Computer Science Companion Third Edition, Revised 2017 (by me)
  NOTE: the 2016 unrevised 3^RD edition is acceptable, but not preferred
• Optional Textbook: Introduction to Computing and Programming in Python Fourth Edition (2015), by Mark Guzdial and Barbara Ericson
• Different Environments for running Python
• How to run Windows software when all you have is a Mac

Notes and Code

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• JES Reference (2 pages, February 18, 2014)
• Code: First.py
• Code: Hailstones.py
• Code: SquareRoot.py
• Code: Calculator.py
• Code: BuildLists.py
• Code: BuildMoreLists.py
• Code: ListHandlers.py
• Code: EarlyGraphics.py
• Review for Midterm 1
• Code: BounceBall.py
• Code: Sierpinski Gasket Fractal (Can you improve the code?)
• Code: Sierpinski Gasket Fractal (Improved code)
• Code: Simple Orthographic 3D
• Code: Updated Orthographic 3D
• Code: 3D plus Blending
• Code: 3D, Blending, and Parabolas
• Review for Midterm #2
• Midterm 2 Solution Key Spring 2018
• Factorial functions
• Make Movie
• Polynomials 1 - Basics: Add/Subtract/Normalize
• Polynomials 2 - Basics + Multiply/Differentiate/String
• Fish Tank using Object Oriented Programming
• Midterm 1 Solution Key
• Midterm 2 Solution Key
• Midterm 3 Solution Key

Assignments

• Request My Grades
• On-Line Quizzes, Forms, and Homeworks
• Form to submit lab assignments for grading
• Lab Assignment #1 - First Python program: Entering and Printing Exam Grades (due on or before Wednesday, October 10)
• Lab Assignment #1 - Grading Rubric
• Lab Assignment #2 - Greebles (due on or before Friday, November 2)
• Lab Assignment #2 Code Framework
• Lab Assignment #3 - Fish Tank (due Friday November 16)
• Lab Assignment #3 - Framework Code
• Lab Assignment #4 - Dialing a Phone (due Friday December 7)

Links

• Dr. Bill's home page
• JES Jython programming environment (NEW, JES 5.02, May 2015)
• My Software Page

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