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Mini project: a small program step by step

HES 211 · Introduction to Programming with Python — Week 14 of 16

CourseHES 211
Week14 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Mini project: a small program step by step

  1. Planning the program
  2. Building and testing it

What you will be able to do

  • 2.2 Implement sequence, selection, and iteration structures.
  • 3.1 Define and call functions to modularise code.
  • 4.2 Iterate over data structures to solve a problem.

Activity

Build, test and demonstrate a small quiz program.

Study materials

Further resources

  • Think Python, ch. 4: Case study – interface design · PDF · Downey, Think Python 2e (Green Tea Press), ch. 4: planning and building a small program step by step, pp. 29–38 · for registered students
  • Think Python, ch. 13: Case study – data structure selection · PDF · Downey, Think Python 2e (Green Tea Press), ch. 13: a worked mini project from problem to tested program, pp. 125–136 · for registered students
  • Introduction to Computer Science, 2.1: Decomposition · PDF · OpenStax Introduction to Computer Science (2024), 2.1 on breaking a problem into parts before coding, pp. 40–45 · for registered students
  • From engagement to empowerment: project-based learning in Python coding courses · Open-access article · Frydenberg & Mentzer (2021), Information Systems Education Journal. Project-based learning in Python: planning, building, presenting. · for registered students
  • Ten simple rules for making research software more robust · Open-access article · Taschuk & Wilson (2017), PLOS Computational Biology. Short rules for making a small program reliable and testable. · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: What is programming? High- and low-level languages
  • Week 2: Your first Python program
  • Week 3: Variables, data types and constants
  • Week 4: Input, output and calculations
  • Week 5: Making decisions: if, elif and else
  • Week 6: Repeating code: for loops
  • Week 7: Repeating code: while loops
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Functions: reusable code
  • Week 10: Lists
  • Week 11: Looping through data; tuples and dictionaries
  • Week 12: Finding and fixing errors
  • Week 13: Tracing and testing a program
  • Week 14: Mini project: a small program step by step
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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