Computer Science 2500:
Data Analysis with Scripting Languages
(Fall 2009)
http://www.cs.mun.ca/~harold/Courses/CS2500
Lecture Outline (Tentative)
- Introduction to Python (2 lectures)
- Basic Python I (File I/O; Control Structures; Basic Types (Numbers,
Strings); Complex Types (Lists, Tuples, Dictionaries, Sets);
Persistent Object Storage I)
(14 lectures)
- Basic Python II (Functions; Modules; Advanced File Access; Regular
Expressions and Pattern Matching) (9 lectures)
- Advanced Python (Simple GUI Programming using Tkinter; Numerical
Computing using NumPy; Graphical Plotting using Matplotlib;
Persistent Object Storage II;
Debugging and Optimizing Python Code) (8 lectures)
Evaluation Scheme
| Assignments (9) |
35% |
|
| Class Exams (2) |
30% |
Wednesday, October 7
Wednesday, November 4 |
| Final exam |
35% |
TBA |
Students must pass the final exam to pass the course.
Assignment Deadlines (Tentative)
| Assignment | Given | Due |
| Assignment #1 | Sep 9 | Sep 18 |
| Assignment #2 | Sep 18 | Sep 25 |
| Assignment #3 | Sep 25 | Oct 2 |
| Assignment #4 | Oct 2 | Oct 16 |
| Assignment #5 | Oct 16 | Oct 23 |
| Assignment #6 | Oct 23 | Oct 30 |
| Assignment #7 | Oct 30 | Nov 13 |
| Assignment #8 | Nov 13 | Nov 20 |
| Assignment #9 | Nov 20 | Dec 4 |
Textbook
Lutz, M. (2008) Learning Python (Third edition). O'Reilly.
[ISBN: 978-0-596-51398-6]
Recommended Readings
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Langtangen, H.P. (2008) Python Scripting for Computational Science
(Third Edition). Texts in Computational Science and Engineering no. 3.
Springer; Berlin. [ISBN: 978-3-540-73915-9]
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Lutz, M. (2006) Programming Python (Third edition). O'Reilly.
[ISBN: 978-0-596-00925-0]
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Lutz, M. (2005) Python Pocket Reference (Third edition). O'Reilly.
[ISBN: 978-0-596-00940-3]
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Martelli, A. (2006) Python in a Nutshell (Second edition). O'Reilly.
[ISBN: 978-0-596-10046-9]
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Martelli, A., Ravenscroft, A.M., and Ascher, D. (2005) Python
Cookbook (Second edition). O'Reilly. [ISBN: 978-0-596-00797-3]
Created: June 15, 2009
Last Modified: September 2, 2009