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    Assignments

    In addition to assignments, this section includes an introductory handout on Python and IDLE (see session 1) and a sample exam students could take at the end of the course (see sessions 9-10).

    SES # TOPICS DESCRIPTIONS ASSIGNMENTS SUPPORTING FILES
    1 Variables and operators Day 1 covered variables and their manipulation through operators. (PDF)

    Getting Started: Python and IDLE (PDF)
    2 Conditionals and iteration Day 2 covered control flow with if-elif-else statements, while loops and for loops. (PDF)  
    3 Functions Day 3 covered how to define and use functions. (PDF)  
    4 Control flow with while Day 4 covered strings, lists, and environment diagrams, as well as (optionally) list comprehensions. (PDF)  
    5 Project 1: structuring larger programs

    For this project, download hangman_template.py; rename it to hangman.py. Also download words.txt and save it in the same directory.

    For the optional part you'll need hangman_lib.py; save it in the same directory. An example of how to use this file is found in hangman_lib_demo.py.

    		 (PDF)

    hangman_template.py (PY)

    words.txt (TXT)

    hangman_lib.py (PY)

    hangman_lib_demo.py (PY)
    6 Review, dictionaries

    Day 6 covered some review problems, and went over dictionaries.

    Code you'll need: names_ages.py and inventory.py

    		 (PDF)

    names_ages.py (PY)

    inventory.py (PY)
    7 Introduction to objects

    Save graphics.py in the directory where you do your work. Open it in IDLE and run it; you should see graphics_result.png pop up. When you close the pop-up, some errors will display in the interpreter; you can ignore these.

    You'll also need the documentation for the graphics module; rgb.txt, a list of all colors Python recognizes; and wheel.py (for exercise 7.3).

    		 (PDF)

    graphics.py (PY)

    Graphics documentation (PDF)

    (The graphics.py package and documentation are courtesy of John Zelle, and are used with permission.)

    graphics_result.png (PNG)

    rgb.txt (TXT)

    wheel.py (PY)
    8 Objects and inheritance Day 8 covered objects and inheritance. (PDF)  
    9-10 Project 2: working in a team For this project, download tetris_template.py and save it in the same directory that you saved graphics.py in. Please edit this file, and place your code in the sections that say "YOUR CODE HERE". (PDF)

    tetris_template.py (PY)

    Sample exam (PDF)