Lectures

The reading for this lecture is Section 6.2.

Your first assignment was very much do-this/do-that. Today we step back and see how we would design a complex program from the beginning.    Watch ›

The reading for this lecture is Sections 5.1-5.7.

In this lecture, we demonstrate the difference between program structure and program flow. We also introduce our first control structure: the conditional.    Watch ›

The online reading is Docstrings in Python.

In this lecture we introduce the concept of testing as a formal process. This material forms the basis of software engineering.    Watch ›

The reading for this lecture is Sections 8.1-8.2, 8.5, 8.8.

In this lecture we introduce how to process text in Python. These techniques will be used in the first assignment.    Watch ›

The reading for this lecture is Chapter 3, Sections 6.1-6.3.

In this lecture we introduce how to define our own functions. We also develop a mental model for executing functions.    Watch ›