Welcome to LC 201 — Computing for Bioinformatics

Syllabus      OMG CS

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Introduction Ch. 1 Assign. 1
  • How a Computer Works
  • OMG CS
    
Numbers and variables;
Simple input		 Ch. 2 Assign. 2
  • Getting Started in Python
    with Enthought Canopy
  • Numbers in Python
  • Keywords in Python
 hw.py
hw_firstExercise.py
inputtingNumbers.py 		http://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBJWWjDc7wM&list=PL4E68ACF14ABB47AC
Tutorials 2 and 3
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/computer-science/v/introduction-to-programs-data-types-and-variables has a gentle introduction to variables and types.
Functions Ch. 3 Assign. 3
  • Functions in Python — Part 1
  • Strings in Python — Part 1
 doubliny.py
functionCalls.py		 http://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html has built-in functions
http://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html#string-methods has string functions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBJWWjDc7wM&list=PL4E68ACF14ABB47AC Tutorials 4, 6, and 7
Boolean logic
and if statements		 Ch. 4 Assign. 4
  • Decisions, decisions, decisions
 stopSign.py http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJk5yWuI0gY on truth tables
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBJWWjDc7wM&list=PL4E68ACF14ABB47AC Tutorials 20-24
Loops Ch. 5 Assign. 5
  • Loops in Python
 forLoops.py
transcribing3.py
stopTest2.py		 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBJWWjDc7wM&list=PL4E68ACF14ABB47AC Tutorial 25
http://www.astro.ufl.edu/~warner/prog/python.html has a good summary of what we have discussed so far.
http://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html#range has the documentation on range for for loops.
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/computer-science/v/for-loops-in-python has a gentle introduction to for loops. and https://www.khanacademy.org/science/computer-science/v/while-loops-in-python has while loops.
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Functions		 Ch. 6,
end of Ch. 3		 Assign. 6
  • Functions in Python — Part 2
 buddyFunctions.py
nestedFunctions 1.py
nestedFunctions2.py
nestedFunctions1a.py
nestedFunctions3.py
functionsGoodAndEvil.py
variable_scope_part1.py
nestedFunctions3a.py
testScope.py 		http://www.saltycrane.com/blog/2008/01/python-variable-scope-notes/ Required scoping examples
http://showmedo.com/videotutorials/video?name=3600040&fromSeriesID=360 More on scopipng
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBJWWjDc7wM&list=PL4E68ACF14ABB47AC Tutorials 27 and 28
http://techearth.net/python/index.php5?title=Python:Basics:Slices on slices
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/computer-science/v/writing-a-simple-factorial-program---python-2 and following ones on factorials
Lists,
Dictionaries,
Files		 Ch. 7
and Ch. 8		 Assign. 7 Other Documents
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