CS201

Programming I

Professor Cortez | Finakpo’ 2 2023

 Agenda
June 19

• Introductions
• Syllabus
• Lesson 1.1

Introductions
 About Me
Elaine Cortez

• B.A. in Math w/ minor in CS

from UOG
• M.A.T. from UOG
• M.S. in CS from GaTech
• In-progress - Fall 2023
• Interactive Intelligence
• Experience in web development
• CS Teacher @ SSHS

 Introductions
Whip-around
1. Name
2. Major and/or minor
3. What are you looking
forward to learning about in
this class?

Syllabus
 Programming I
CS201

• Credits: 4 degree units

• In-Person Meetings: Mon –
Wed 3:00 PM to 4:50 PM in Rm
WB1
• Online Meetings: Thu – Fri
3:00 PM to 4:50 PM via BBB

 Catalog Description
CS201

• This course introduces high level computer programming languages with

emphasis on
- program design
- coding
- debugging
- testing
- proper documentation with applications
• Prerequisite: CS200, MA161a/MA165 or consent of instructor.

 Textbook
CS201

• Introduction to Computing,
1st Edition
• Author: David Joyner
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Education LLC
• ISBN: 978-1-2600-08227-2

 Class Format
CS201

• Maximum class size: 25

• Hybrid course: In-person M-W; Online Th-F
• Students will be expected to:
- attend classes
- participate in class discussions
- read and discuss the text
- complete coding problems in class
- complete assigned work outside of class

Evaluation
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 Student Learning Outcomes
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• SLO 1: Convert algebraic formulas to corresponding assignment statements.

• SLO 2: Accurately describe and request required input values for all assigned programs.
• SLO 3: Select appropriate code segments representing decision choices based on properly
designed conditional expressions used in IF-THEN/IF-THEN-ELSE/CASE/SWITCH statements.
• SLO 4: Repeat necessary code segments through properly constructed inite or inde inite
LOOP statements.
• SLO 5: Recognize user/solution requirements and format the required results appropriately
to display program outputs after all necessary calculations and transformations of given
inputs.
• SLO 6: Sort and search arrays of data.

 Program Learning Outcome

CS201

• CS/CIS PR-2: Demonstrate technical competence* in Programming:

- Analyze problems and create algorithm/heuristic solutions.
- Develop these using computer-programming methodologies in several
programming languages.
*Technical Competence means to be able to design, implement (build/code, test, debug),
communicate effectively (in written, oral, and numerical forms), individually, and as part of a team.

Course Schedule
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 Moodle
Sign Up

• Go to: https://
moodle.uog.edu/
• Search: cs201
• Select CS-201-01
PROGRAMMING I - SUMMER
B'23 - CORTEZ, E.
• Enrollment Key:
• CS201-SUMB23-7iWtK

 Lesson 1.1

Computing
 Lesson Objectives
By the end of the lesson, students will
be able to:

• Analyze the nature of computing (for the

purposes of this introduction) in addition to
constructing instructions for a computer
to follow;
• Use the basic terminology surrounding
computing and be able to correctly identify
terms such as input, output, console, GUI,
lines of code, compiling, and executing;
• Describe the value of Python as well as
how to develop using Python;
• Work on the domain and complete different
types of tasks on it.

 What is Computing?
1.1 Computing

• Designing physical components that make up a single device

• Designing massive systems like the Internet
• Anything that involves computers in some way

 What is Computing?
Introduction to Programming

• Programming is the foundation of computing.

• Programming is centered on algorithms.
• E.g.: Multiply 3 * 4
1.Convert the math statement to addition: 3 + 3 + 3 + 3
2.Add the values from left to right: 6 + 3 + 3
3.Continue adding: 9 + 3
4.Continue adding: 12
5.Stop, there is nothing else to add. The inal answer is 12.

 What is Computing?
Programming Is Everywhere

• No matter where you end up in computing, whether its in networking,

web development, game development, animation, etc, programming is
at the center of it all.
• Goal: Learn to write code with purpose of communicating.
• Programming is a language.

 What is Computing?
Chapter Outline

• Background to communicate about programming and computing

• Basic vocabulary needed to start reading about programming
• General nature of different programming languages
• Different places where we might see a program’s output
• What to expect in the rest of the course

 Programming Vocabulary
Programs and Code

• Line of code: A single instruction for the computer to perform.

• Program: An independent collection of lines of code that serves one or
more overall functions.
• Input: Data that is fed into a program for it to operate upon.
• Output: What the computer provides in return after running some lines of
code.

 Programming Vocabulary
Compiling and Executing

• Compile: To translate human-readable computer code into instructions

the computer can execute. In the programming low, this functions as a
check on the code the user has written to make sure it makes sense to the
computer.
• Execution: Running some code and having it actually perform its
operations.
• Differences with example of adding two numbers:
- Compilation error: 2 + O (using a letter “O” instead of number “0”)
- Execution error: 2 – 3 (using a minus instead of plus for adding)

 Programming Languages
CS201

• Hundreds of programming languages with pros and cons

• Types of languages: static and dynamic languages; high-level and low-
level languages
• Languages for different purposes: web dev, game dev, etc.

 Console vs. GUI

CS201

• Console: An output medium for a program

to show exclusively text-based output.

• Graphical User Interface: An output

medium that uses more than just text, like
forms, buttons, tabs, and more. More
programs are graphical user interfaces.

 Computing vs. Programming

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• Computing is about what you use that language to say.

• Understanding what you’re using a language to make a computer do something is
important.
• To understand computing, we need to understand the general categories:
Foundations, Language, and Domain
• Foundations: Core principles of computing that transcend speci ic programming
languages.
• Language: Used to implement Foundational principles.
• Domain: Foundations in a given Language used to achieve something within a
Domain.

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Code Segments
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 Course Outline
Unit 1: Computing

• Basic terminology
• Basics of Python and environment set up
• Basic low of programming: writing code, compiling it, executing it, and
evaluating the results
• Process of debugging code
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 Course Outline
Unit 2: Procedural Programming

• Basic approach to code: writing sequences of commands

• Variables
• Logical operators
• Mathematical operators

 Course Outline
Unit 3: Control Structures

• Control structures are lines of code that control other lines of code.
• Conditionals: if, elif, else
• Loops
• Debugging conditionals and loops

 Course Outline
Unit 4: Data Structures

• Organizing data for programs to use

• Using string methods
• Using iles
• Lists
• Hash tables/Dictionaries

 Course Outline
Unit 5: Objects and Algorithms

• Object-oriented programming: Creating custom data structures

• Algorithms: Designing and implementing
• Recursion
• Search and sort algorithms

 Introduction to Python
Python: A High-Level Language

• High-level: Abstracts far away from the core processor and memory of the
computer.
• No need to worry about managing memory or directly communicating
with the core processor in machine language.
• High-level means more portable: can run on PC, Mac, or Linux.
• Compared to lower-level languages that are tied to certain operating
systems.

 Introduction to Python
Python: A Interpreted Language

• Python will run our code line-by-line when we ask it to, without trying to
compile it irst.
• Can write Python code straight from the command-line interface one line
at a time.
• As an interpreted language, we might not be aware of errors until we try
to execute those lines.
• Compiled languages do some error checking before trying to execute.

 Setting Up
Files and Command Line

• Install Python
• Open a basic text editor
• Type out and save:
• print(“Hello World”)
• Open command line and navigate to the folder where you saved the ile:
• e.g.: cd Documents/Folder \Name/
• Type the command: python ilename.py

 Setting Up
Using an IDE

• VS Code
 Setting Up
Web-Based IDEs

• Replit
Setting Up
Interactive Mode
 Introduction to Turtles
Turtle Basics/Turtles and User Interface

• Log-in to Moodle.
• Click on the Replit Sign Up link.
• Sign up with Replit to join the Replit class.
• Go to the Teams page: https://replit.com/team/cs201-su2023
• Start the Testing project.