University of Toronto - Learn to Program: Crafting Quality Code

Solutions for UofT’s Learn to Program: Crafting Quality Code

INSTRUCTORS

Instructors: Jennifer Campbell, Paul Gries

Course Description

Not all programs are created equal. In this course, we’ll focus on writing quality code that runs correctly and efficiently. We’ll design, code and validate our programs and learn how to compare programs that are addressing the same task.

Syllabus

Week 1

• Palindrome: Approaching the Problem
• Palindrome Algorithm 1
• Palindrome Algorithm 2
• Palindrome Algorithm 3
• The Restaurant Recommendations Problem
• Restaurant Recommendations: Representing the Data
• Restaurant Recommendations: Planning the Program

Week 2

• Testing Automatically Using doctest
• Writing a ‘main’ program
• Creating Your Own Types
• Testing Automatically Using unittest
• Choosing Test Cases
• Testing Functions that Mutate Values

Week 3

• Analyzing Algorithms
• Linear Search
• Binary Search
• Comparing Search Algorithms
• Bubble Sort
• Selection Sort
• Insertion Sort

Week 4

• Creating a New Type
• Plugging Into Python Syntax
• Writing Special Method str
• Writing Classes That Interact

Week 5

• Passing Functions as Arguments
• Assigning Parameters Default Values
• Dealing with Exceptional Situations