Week Day	Date	Units and Topics	Resources	Due
Mon	1/13	Unit 1: Variables and Data Types File Explorer VS Code Class Workflow Vault and VCAT	0 Getting Started Python interpreter VS Code VS Code keyboard shortcuts (Windows) VS Code keyboard shortcuts (MacOS) Vault VCAT Supplemental Resources: Python Developers Survey Results (2023) A Study of the Characteristics of ChatGPT
Wed	1/15	Python Variables Strings The Four Coding Steps	1 Variables and Data Types Supplemental Resources: Fundamentals of Python: First Programs: pp. 41-46 Strings
Fri	1/17	More on Strings and Slices Problem Solving with Strings	1 Variables and Data Types Supplemental Resources: More on Strings	Ex 1
Mon	1/20	MLK Jr. Day - No Class
Wed	1/22	Integers Data Type Conversions Data Input Floats Intro to Functions and Modules	1 Variables and Data Types Supplemental Resources: Fundamentals of Python: First Programs: pp. 47-54 Numbers Floats	Ex 2 Ex 3
Fri	1/24	Unit 2: Lists Access Elements in a List Change, Add and Remove Elements	2 Lists Supplemental Resources: Fundamentals of Python: First Programs: pp. 135-140 Lists More on Lists	Deliverable 4: Unit 1 Quiz
Mon	1/27	Looping Through lists A Second Look at Functions Output a List	2 Lists Supplemental Resources: Fundamentals of Python: First Programs: pp. 65-70 Input and Output	Ex 5
Wed	1/29	List Slicing Copying a List	2 Lists	Ex 6
Fri	1/31	Tuples More on Functions	2 Lists Supplemental Resources: Fundamentals of Python: First Programs: pp. 144-145 Tuples	Ex 7
Mon	2/3	Unit 3: Conditional Tests Conditional Tests - if Statements Checking for Equality Checking for Inequality	3 Conditional Tests Supplemental Resources: Fundamentals of Python: First Programs: pp. 77-80 if Statements	Deliverable 8: Unit 2 Quiz
Wed	2/5	The if-elif-else Chain Logical Operators	3 Conditional Tests Supplemental Resources: Fundamentals of Python: First Programs: pp. 80-84 The Random Module The emojipedia	Ex 9
Fri	2/7	F-strings More on for Loops if Statements Cont.	3 Conditional Tests Supplemental Resources: Formatted String Literals The Range Function	Ex 9b
Mon	2/10	Unit 4: Dictionaries Dictionaries and Key Value Pairs Modifying and Removing Values Looping Through a Dictionary	4 Dictionaries Supplemental Resources: Fundamentals of Python pp. 153-156 Dictionaries	Deliverable 10: Unit 3 Quiz
Wed	2/12	Exceptions Exception Handling	4 Dictionaries Supplemental Resources: Exceptions	Ex 11
Fri	2/14	Sets OpenAI API	4 Dictionaries Supplemental Resources: Sets	No Exercise Due
Mon	2/17	Unit 5: Functions Passing Info to a Function Arguments and Parameters Positional and Keyword Arguments	5 Functions Supplemental Resources: Fundamentals of Python pp. 54-55 Functions	Deliverable 12: Unit 4 Quiz
Wed	2/19	Return Values Returning a Dictionary Introduction to Classes	5 Functions Supplemental Resources: Fundamentals of Python pp. 54-55 The Return Statement	Ex 13
Mon	2/24	Unit 6: Data Visualization with Plotly Intro to plotly graph_objects Line Charts	6 Data Visualization Supplemental Resources: Plotly - Scatter Traces and Line Charts	Deliverable 14: Unit 5 Quiz
Wed	2/26	Pie Charts Bar Charts	6 Data Visualization Supplemental Resources: Plotly - Pie Traces texttemplate attribute Plotly - Bar Traces	Ex 15
Fri	2/28	Bubble Maps Plotting Data	6 Data Visualization Supplemental Resources: Plotly - ScatterGeo Traces Projection types Scattergeo mode argument Scattergeo color argument Scattergeo text argument Scattergeo textfont argument	Ex 16
Mon	3/3	yfinance Time Series Charts Range Slider and Selectors	6 Data Visualization Supplemental Resources: Plotly - Scatter Traces	Ex 17
Wed	3/5	Intro to Dash Creating a web-based Dash App	6 Data Visualization Supplemental Resources: Dash Python User Guide	Ex 18
Fri	3/7	Catch-Up Day: Optional Drop-In Class		Deliverable 19: Unit 6 Quiz
March 10-16: Spring Break - No Class
Mon	3/17	Unit 7: Django and Web Development Django Design Principles Intro to Django	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Create a Django Project Django Development Server
Wed	3/19	Start a Django App Django Admin Site Adding Topics	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Django Models The Django Admin Page	Ex 20
Fri	3/21	Models and Database Relationships The Django Shell and Database	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Playing with the API - Django Shell DB Browser for SQLite	Ex 21 Output
Mon	3/24	Create the Home Page Mapping a URL Writing a View Writing a Template	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Writing Views and Mapping URLs	Ex 22
Wed	3/26	Template Inheritance Creating Additional Pages (The Topics Page)	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Django Templates and Variables	Ex 23
Fri	3/28	Lab Day -- No Class Meeting	Django Project 1 Due	Prj 1 Admin Output
Mon	3/31	Creating Individual Pages The Topic URL Pattern	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Writing Views and Mapping URLs Django Templates and Variables	Ex 24
Wed	4/2	Django Forms GET and POST Requests	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Django Forms GET and POST	Deliverable 25: Unit 7 Quiz Ex 26
Fri	4/4	More on Django Forms Adding New Entries Plotting Entries with Plotly Express	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Form Templates	Ex 27
Mon	4/7	Lab Day -- No Class Meeting	Django Project 2 Due	Prj 2
Wed	4/9	Editing Entries Deleting Topics	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Form Templates	Ex 28
Fri	4/11	Django with Bootstrap Bootswatch themes	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Bootstrap Tutorial Free Bootswatch Themes	Ex 29
Mon	4/14	Catch-Up Day: Optional Drop-In Class		Ex 30
Apr. 16 - 20: Easter Break - No Classes
Mon	4/21	Styling the new_topic template Styling the topics template Styling the topic template	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Free Bootswatch Themes
Wed	4/23	Bootstrap Alerts	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Bootstrap Alerts Messages Framework	Ex 31 Output
Fri	4/25	More on Python classes, functions and list comprehension	7 Django	Ex 32 Output
Mon	4/28	Final Exam Review	CIS 240 Final Exam Discussion Final Exam Information	Ex 33
Wed	4/30	Lab Day -- No Class Meeting	Django Project 3 Due	Prj 3
Fri	5/2	No Class Meeting Study for final exam
CIS 240 In Class Final Exam: Wednesday, May 7: 8:30 - 11:00 AM

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