CS 1004 Programming Skills
These skills are fundamental to solving real problems in any
programming language. All lectures, homework assignments, quizzes and exams are
designed to help you to develop these skills, to assess your knowledge of them,
and to the give you the opportunity to demonstrate you have mastered them.
Python Programming Syntax
PS-1.
Assignment: associate a variable name with a
value
PS-2.
Know that in Python the type of the value
determines the type of the variable
PS-3.
Know how to insert comments into code fragments
and modules
PS-4.
Understand syntax errors
PS-5.
Understand concept of NameError
PS-6.
Understand concept of TypeError
PS-7.
Understand concept of IndentationError
PS-8.
Understand context in which variables are
defined
PS-9.
Understand how indentation identifies body of
statements
PS-10.
Understand nested indentation
PS-11.
Understand operator precedence and use of
parentheses for clarity
PS-12.
Know how to make multiple assignments in a
single Python statement
Simple Data Types
DT-1.
Know basic data types of int,
bool, char, float
DT-2.
Know basic mathematical operators {-, +, *, /,
//, **}
DT-3.
Know difference between “/” and “//” division
operators
DT-4.
Generate random integer
DT-5.
Generate random floating point number
Python Functions
PF-1.
Know how to define a function
PF-2.
Know how to define a function with parameters
PF-3.
Know how to use return statement within a function
PF-4.
Know how (and why) to compose functions f(g(x))
PF-5.
Know how to document a function
(""")
Python Modules
PM-1.
Understand how to define a function within a
module
PM-2.
Understand how to import a module
PM-3.
Understand how to define a variable within a
module
PM-4.
Know how to invoke functions defined in another
module
PM-5.
Know about math module
PM-6.
Know about sys module
PM-7.
Know about matplotlib
module
PM-8.
Know about numpy
module
PM-9.
Know how to re-import changed module by
restarting Python terminal
PM-10.
Know how to detect when you haven’t imported
necessary module
Python Execution
PE-1.
Know how to execute a python program (from
within IDLE)
PE-2.
Know how to execute a python program (from
command prompt or windows desktop)
PE-3.
Know how to interrupt a running python program
PE-4.
Be able to use debugger to single step through a
Python computation
Python Objects and Methods
OB-1.
Understand the concept of class
OB-2.
Understand the concept of object
OB-3.
Know how to make a new object of a class
OB-4.
Know how to apply a method of a class to a
particular object (using the ‘.’ operator)
OB-5.
Know how (and why) to chain functions f(x).g(y)
OB-6.
Understand the difference between immutable and
mutable objects
Control Structures
CS-1.
Know if,
else, and elif statements
CS-2.
Know how to nest if statements
CS-3.
Write definite for loop
CS-4.
Know how to use range in definite for
loop
CS-5.
Know how to use while as indefinite loop
CS-6.
Know how to use break statement within loop
CS-7.
Know how to use continue statement within loop
CS-8.
Understand nesting of for and while
loops
CS-9.
Understand logical and, or, not operators
CS-10.
Understand comparative operators {<, <=,
>, >=, ==, <>, !=}
Simple String manipulation
SM-1.
Know how to convert string into integers and
floats
SM-2.
Know how to convert floats and integers into
string
SM-3.
Know how to read string input from keyboard
SM-4.
Know how to search through a string to find
delimited tokens and regions
SM-5.
Know how to use ord(char)
to determine ASCII or Unicode code for a character
SM-6.
Know how to use chr(int) to generate character from a given ASCII or Unicode
code
String, List, and Dictionary methods
SL-1.
Know basic string and list operations of +, *,
[], slicing, and length
SL-2.
Know how to iterate thru a string or a list
SL-3.
Know how to delete an element from a string or
list
SL-4.
Know how to insert an element into a string or
list
SL-5.
Know the difference between a tuple and a list
SL-6.
Know how to access and modify individual
elements of a list
SL-7.
Understand the concept of a dictionary
SL-8.
Know how to add things to a dictionary and how
to retrieve them
Input Output
IO-1.
Know how to print information to the console
window
IO-2.
Know how to read raw input from console as
string
IO-3.
Know how to write data to a file
IO-4.
Know how to read in text data containing strings
of text
IO-5.
Know how to read in CSV formatted data
IO-6.
Understand use of dictionaries in processing CSV
data
IO-7.
Understand why opened files need to be closed
IO-8.
Know how to append data to a file
IO-9.
Know how to use eval to convert arbitrary string
into python data type
Debugging Skills
DG-1.
Identify an arithmetic defect
DG-2.
Identify logic defect
DG-3.
Identify syntax defect
DG-4.
Demonstrate logical reasoning from observed
error back to failure back to code defect
DG-5.
Demonstrate by-hand execution of small code
fragments
Graphical and Plotting Skills
GR-1.
Draw simply geometric figures in a window on the
display
GR-2.
Plot numerical data in a graph
GR-3.
Plot information on a picture, image, or map
Updated August 2016
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