Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Python | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | MIT OpenCourseWare

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Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

As Taught In

Fall 2016

Level

Undergraduate

Topics

Engineering
- Computer Science
  - Algorithms and Data Structures
  - Programming Languages

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Lecture Notes

Lecture 1 Code

Lecture 1: Welcome

Lecture 2 Code

Lecture 2: Branching, Iteration

Lecture 3 Code

Lecture 3: String Manipulation, Guess-and-Check, Approximations, Bisection

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Lecture 4: Decomposition, Abstraction, Functions

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Lecture 5: Tuples, Lists, Aliasing, Mutability, Cloning

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Lecture 6: Recursion, Dictionaries

Lecture 7 Code

Lecture 7: Testing, Debugging, Exceptions, Assertions

Lecture 8 Code

Lecture 8: Object Oriented Programming

Lecture 9 Code

Lecture 9: Python Classes and Inheritance

Lecture 10 Code

Lecture 10: Understanding Program Efficiency: 1

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Lecture 11: Understanding Program Efficiency: 2

Lecture 12 Code

Lecture 12: Searching and Sorting Algorithms

Course Info

Instructors

Departments

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

As Taught In

Fall 2016

Level

Undergraduate

Topics

Engineering
- Computer Science
  - Algorithms and Data Structures
  - Programming Languages

Learning Resource Types

Problem Sets

Lecture Notes

Lecture Videos

Programming Assignments with Examples

Download Course

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