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In lieu of a course textbook, assigned readings are mainly the Notes and Examples from lecture. It is a good idea to skim the assigned reading before the lecture for the main ideas, attend lecture, and then to go through the assigned reading again to fill in the details that you missed, both in your initial skim of the reading and in the lecture.

Date	Lecture Topics	Readings	Assigned Work
Week 0
Lectures	Course introduction What is Python? What are software libraries? Designing and writing larger programs (briefly) Launching a Python shell Expressions and evaluation Types, objects, numbers, and operators Variables Values have types; variables do not Naming conventions Statements Booleans Writing Python scripts Printing output and reading input	Course Reference Front page of Project Guide N: Course Introduction N: Python Basics
Week 1
Lectures	Strings Conversions between types Conditionality using the if statement Truth testing and "truthiness" Repetition using the while loop Ranges Iteration using the for loop Abstraction Writing functions Parameters and arguments Type checking and type errors Scope and scoping rules	N: Python Basics N: Functions
M 9/30			Lab sections begin meeting today Project 0A due 11:59pm
F 10/4			Project 0B due 11:59pm
Week 2
Lectures	Built-in data structures in Python Tuples Lists Type annotations (briefly) Files and the built-in open function Why it's important to close files Higher-level file access File systems and related modules in Python's standard library Paths Exceptions and exception handling try statements try, except, else, and finally clauses	N: Tuples and Lists N: Type Annotations N: File Systems N: Exceptions
F 10/11			Exercise Set 1 due 11:59pm
Week 3
Lectures	Testing Categories of test cases Automation of testing using the assert statement Recursive data structures File systems as a recursive data structure Recursive functions When recursion is — and is not — appropriate in Python Python programs that span multiple files Modules and the import statement Namespaces (briefly) if __name__ == '__main__'	N: Testing N: Recursion N: Modules
Videos	Overview of computer networks (briefly) Network input and output Some necessary background on how the Internet works IP addresses, ports, packets, routers, etc. Sockets A socket's input and output streams Servers and clients Using sockets in Python Bytes vs. strings (briefly) An example Python socket "echo" client Using "pseudo-file" objects to treat socket input/output as text	N: Networks and Sockets
F 10/18			Exercise Set 2 due 11:59pm
Week 4
Lectures	Namedtuples Sets Dictionaries Network protocols The importance of knowing who and what to trust Public and protected functions in a module Implementing a custom text-based protocol in Python More details about import and multiple modules Naming conventions for modules	N: Namedtuples N: Sets and Dictionaries N: Protocols
M 10/21			Project 1 due 11:59pm
Week 5
Lectures	Why namedtuples are a limited way to create new kinds of objects Classes Objects and their attributes Constructors, initialization, methods, and the self parameter The difference between method calls and function calls Why we specify some parts of a class as public and others as private Naming conventions for classes More about classes	N: Classes
M 10/28			Exercise Set 3 due 11:59pm
Th 10/31	NO LECTURE TODAY
F 11/1			Project 2 due 11:59pm
Week 6
Lectures	Duck typing Interfaces Consistently designing multiple similar classes Using objects of multiple similar classes without explicitly knowing their types Web APIs URLs with query parameters URL encoding (briefly) JSON (JavaScript Object Notation), and why it matters even if you're not writing JavaScript Using Python's standard library to access web APIs	N: Duck Typing and Interfaces N: Web APIs
Videos	Pushing out the boundaries even further: the web URLs HTTP GET requests Writing a Python program that downloads a web page given its URL Why standards are so important on the Internet Why HTTP is for more than just web browsers	N: URLs and HTTP
F 11/8			Exercise Set 4 due 11:59pm
Week 7
Lectures	Objects, references, and id Multidimensional data Multidimensional list algorithms Test-driven development Unit tests as a way of improving one's design Refactoring (briefly) The unittest module in the Python standard library When Python's standard library falls short Why we need third-party libraries Installing third-party libraries Virtual environments	N: Two-Dimensional Lists N: Test-Driven Development N: Third-Party Libraries
M 11/11	University Holiday: Veterans' Day — NO LABS TODAY
W 11/13			Project 3 due 11:59pm
F 11/15			Exercise Set 5 due 11:59pm
Week 8
Lectures	What libraries we might need if we want to implement games Writing a visual game in Python Getting started with PyGame Displays and surfaces The game loop Events Colors Drawing and animation Clocks The "Spots" game, using PyGame Models and views Keeping model and view code separate	N: PyGame Basics N: The "Spots" Game
F 11/22			Exercise Set 6 due 11:59pm
Week 9
Lectures	Handling additional kinds of events Using modules and classes to improve our design The fractional coordinate system Two-way coordinate conversions Augmenting our games with additional features Two ways of handling keyboard input Mixers and generating sound	N: The "Spots" Game N: Inputs and Sounds
W 11/27			Project 4 due 11:59pm
Th 11/28	University Holiday: Thanksgiving — NO LECTURE TODAY
F 11/29	University Holiday: Thanksgiving — NO LABS TODAY
Week 10
Lectures	Graphical user interfaces The tkinter module in the Python standard library Event-based programming Creating a window and letting tkinter manage it Widgets Behaviors and events Buttons, commands, and event handler functions Bound methods in Python The grid layout manager Model/view separation in a tkinter application Applying test-driven development to a "real" project Why model/view separation makes testing better	N: Tkinter Basics N: Tkinter Layout N: A Tkinter Application
M 12/2			Exercise Set 7 due 11:59pm
W 12/4			Project 5 due 11:59pm
F 12/6			Exercise Set 8 due 11:59pm
Finals Week
Th 12/12	FINAL EXAM: 4:00pm-6:00pm, BS3 1200