This course introduces the students to how to design, write and debug computer programs using python along with programming best practices and the fundamental techniques used in the development of software applications using python. Topics include data representation and storage using python data types and variables, control flow via conditionals and loops, complex data structures (e.g., lists, sets, dictionaries, and tuples) and error handling. Students will learn procedural programming using custom functions, standard libraries, modules and packages, and object-oriented programming paradigms using class, objects, methods, and attributes. This course includes both lecture and laboratory.
Fall and Spring.