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Problem-Solving and Abstraction
CMPU-101 Section 02
Vassar College, Fall 2021
Syllabus / Course Wiki
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Fall 2021 Schedule
The table below is your guide to the entire semester. Each row corresponds to a week of the semester, and the week numbers in the first column are clickable links that connect this page to the lecture notes and other course materials for that week. The last column lists the sections intext/html2021-10-29T03:47:08+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)lab7
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<h1 id=“lab-7-call-the-plumber-_a-k-a-_-a-tree-by-any-other-name-”>Lab 7: Call the Plumber (<em>a.k.a.</em> A Tree By Any Other Name)</h1>
<h2 id=“learning-objectives”>Learning objectives</h2>
<p>The purpose of this lab is to:</p>
<ul>
<li>give you practice modeling phenomena in our world using Trees</li>
<li>give you practice working with structurally recursive data definitions </li>
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Lab 2: Conditionals and Reading Code
10 September 2021
Today's lab
The purpose of this lab is to give you practice:
* using Boolean expressions
* reading and writing if expressions
* writing functions that use if expressions
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<h1 id=“assignment-2-ads-take-aim”>Assignment 2: Ads Take Aim</h1>
<p><strong>Due:</strong> Thursday September 23, 2021 at 11:59PM ET.</p>
<p><img src=“<https://www.cs.vassar.edu/~cs101/images/targeted-ad.jpeg>” alt=“Targeted Advertising”></p>
<h2 id=“setup-and-handin”>Setup and Handin</h2>
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Week 7
Lists as Structural Data and Recursive Functions
Ch. 10: Processing Lists (recursion)
Tues
* lecture 13 slides (with thanks to Prof. Gordon)
* contains review from last time (through slide 46)
* Designing list functions (begins on slide 47)
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<h1 id=“assignment-3-sunny-days”>Assignment 3: Sunny Days</h1>
<p>Due: Thursday, 30 September 2021 at 11:59 p.m.</p>
<p><img src=“<https://www.cs.vassar.edu/~cs101/images/DSCF5442.jpeg>” alt=“Sunrise/Sunset”></p>
<h2 id=“introduction”>Introduction</h2>
<p>We love sunny summer days, but the equinox is already behind us, and we
know the hours of daylight are beginning to dwindle. In this assignment,
we'll use our experience working with tables (in class and in lab) to
process a table of…text/html2021-09-30T01:21:31+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)week5
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Week 5
More Tables / Midterm 1
Ch. 8: Processing Tables with Nested Functions
TUESDAY
* Announcement:
* Coaching Hours posted!
* I'm grading assignment 2 (available soon in Gradescope)
* Reminders:
* Check Campuswire regularly for important and timely class announcements, like coaching hourstext/html2021-10-29T03:08:17+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)week9
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Week 9
Data Types
* Ch 11 Introduction to Structured Data
* Ch 13 Recursive Data
* Ch 14 Trees
Tuesday
Structured and Conditional Data
Recursive Data
* Welcome back!
* CPO notes: lecture15 code
* lecture slides
Thursday
* Reminder: Assignment 5 due this Thursday (tomorrow), 11:59pm
* Reminder: not too late to turn in any outstanding labs/assignments for which solutions haven't been posted (no late penalty)text/html2021-09-03T16:49:10+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)lab1
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Lab 1: Getting Started
3 September 2021
Linux accounts
The instructor will provide instructions to log into your Linux accounts
on the classroom workstations and set your passwords.
Today's lab
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<h1 id=“lab-4-cleaning-table-data”>Lab 4: Cleaning Table Data</h1>
<h2 id=“learning-objective”>Learning Objective</h2>
<p>The objective of this lab is to gain familiarity with sanitizing, visualizing, and gaining insights from data.</p>
<p>Up until now, the data that you worked with had been sanitized for you (i.e. you could expect Pyret to process the data without any extra work). The data in this lab, however, is being ported directly from Google Forms submissions, so there exists data …text/html2021-10-09T14:55:21+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)week6
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Week 6
Lists
Ch. 9: Introduction to Lists
* Midterm grades
* will be released soon! (Wednesday night or Thurs at the latest)
Tues
* DCIC Ch. 9: Lists
* CPO notes: see lecture code, as usual
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Week 11
Python
* Ch 24: Modifying Variables
Reminders:
* This Fri, Nov 12: Midterm 2
* Review session Thursday, Nov 11
Tuesday
Destructive Programming
* Colab notes: week-11.ipynb
* Configure Colab:
* Turn on the “show indentation guides” option in Colab and set the indentation width to 4 spaces.text/html2021-12-02T02:23:47+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)week14
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Week 14
Tables in Python
Tues Nov 30
* colab notebook
* Office hours today will be on zoom from 2:30 to 3:30: <https://vassar.zoom.us/j/2477993620>
Thurs Dec 2
* Exams have been returned via Gradescope
* (It's OK to talk about the exam now)
* Solutions posted on Campuswire in #section 2 room