Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Python . Fall 2016 (MIT)

• 1. What is Computation
• Python vs. Math
• Bindings
• Branching and Iteration
• Strings
• Comparisons
• Branching
• While Loops
• For Loops
• String Manipulation, Guess and Check, Approximations, Bisection
• String Manipulations
• For Loops With Strings
• 4. Decomposition, Abstraction, and Functions
• Function Calls
• Functions as Arguments
• 5. Tuples, Lists, Aliasing, Mutability, and Cloning
• Tuples
• Simple Lists
• List Operations
• List Aliasing Mutation
• 6. Recursion and Dictionaries
• 7. Testing, Debugging, Exceptions, and Assertions
• Black Box and Glass Box Testing
• Errors
• Exceptions