Introduction to Programming

Overview

The course is taught remotely at UNC Chapel Hill due to the need for social distancing during the pandemic. A silver lining in this new constraint is it revealed a new opportunity: for the first time, COMP110 lectures will stream live, freely and publicly available. Subscribe on YouTube to follow along. Content accessible below:

Lecture 01
Computers, Programs, and Programming Languages
Lecture 02
Programming Modalities and Software Setup
Exercise 00
Hello, World
Lecture 03
Data Types
Lecture 04
Expressions
Lecture 05
Equality and Relational Operators
Lecture 06
Logical Operators - and, or, not
Lecture 07
Variables
Exercise 01
Variable and User Input Exercises
Lecture 08
Functions
Lecture 09
Named Constants
Exercise 02
Caesar Cipher - Basic Functions
Lecture 10
If, Then, Else Statements
Lecture 11
While Loop Statements
Lecture 12
Magic 8-Ball Tutorial
Exercise 03
If and While Practice
Lecture 13
Parameter Passing
Lecture 14
Return Statements
Lecture 15
return vs print and Functions with Side-effects
Project 00
Project: Turtle Scene
Lecture 16
Memory Diagrams
Lecture 17
Reassignment
Lecture 18
Practicing Memory Diagrams
Lecture 19
Elif Branches
Exercise 04
String Algorithms Practice
Lecture 20
Type Aliases
Lecture 21
Sequences
Lecture 22
For…in loops
Lecture 23
Implementing Functions Practice
Lecture 24
Python Modules and Packages
Lecture 25
Testing with Pytest
Exercise 05
List Utilities
Lecture 26
Dictionaries
Lecture 27
Quantifying Shakespeare
Lecture 29
CLI Arguments
Lecture 30
CSV File Reading
Project 01
Project: Weather Stats
Lecture 31
Practice References
Lecture 32
Introduction to Classes and Objects
Lecture 33
Syntax of Classes and Objects
Lecture 34
Practice with Classes and Objects
Lecture 35
f-Strings
Lecture 36
Practice Memory Diagrams using Classes, Objects, and Dictionaries
Lecture 37
Object Oriented Constructors in Python
Lecture 38
Object Oriented Methods in Python