Overview of Course Topics

These are the high-level modules in this course.

Introduction

• Algorithms. First Python program. 

Chatbots

• Variables. Assignment. Input. Conditionals (If statements). Booleans. Importing Modules. 
• Primitive data types. String, Booleans, Integers. Conversions. String methods.  

Recommendation Systems

• For loops. 
• Accumulation pattern. Tracing code. Reading text files. 
• Maximum in a list or file. Linear search.

Graphics

• Turtle module 
• Defining functions 
• Fruitful vs. non-fruitful functions 
• While loops 

Computer Vision

• Image manipulation 
• List of lists (2D lists) 
• Nested loops 

Under the Hood 

• Lists and functions  
• Clones and alias  
• Bits and bytes  
• Recursion 

Internet and Big Data

• Searching, sorting 
• Time complexity 
• Analysis of algorithms (intro) 
• Map, filter, reduce (time permitting)