1. CSC115 Introduction to Computer Programming
Zhen Jiang
Dept. of Computer Science
West Chester University
West Chester, PA 19383

2. Table of Contents Welcome Introduction Plain text format printout
Variable and its value type
Expression & operator
String

3. Welcome Why this class? Job hunting Something help you to stand out!
WCU graduated, Database, Software Engineering, …
vs.
UPenn, Temple, Drexel, …
Something help you to stand out!
— How do you like to be introduced?

4. Research project
Critical thinking, communication, well-plan, etc.
Real competition, deadline, pressure
More realistic system, complex programming, for instance,
Student opportunities:
Sponsorship
NSF, NSA, etc
Industry interns

5. Student Opportunities
Collaboration at international level
Course project
NSF REU
Collaboration at inter-disciplinary level
Collaborative work at inter-department level

6. Industry partners Such as Gnostech, Chase, etc.
Invited talks in courses
Seminars or guest speeches
Curriculum review/assessment
Permanent intern opportunities

7. Engage students continuously working hard
Goal
Competitive students entrepreneurially and computationally empowered citizenries
Temple, NYU, etc.
IBM, SAP, Vanguard, Bell lab, etc.
Key
Engage students continuously working hard

8. No pain, no gain
Need to handle those things coming from pressure: frustration, upset, madness, etc.
Looking for solution, not excuse.
Deadline!

9. Highlights in class materials (available at D2L)
Thinking process (instead of resultant program)
Hands-on experience
Happy ending!

10. Introduction What to learn and why? Blocky programming, e.g., Python

11. See in the following explanation
What to reach in one semester?
Problem solving Python
What?

12. Practice, assignment, achievement Understanding of computer
Prerequisite skills
Sample: as our E.D. planed for the kids to learn
Practice, assignment, achievement
Understanding of computer
Computer problem + computer processing/execution = solution
Analysis, plan, skill and knowledge in handling computer program language
Instructor role: translator and helper, but not giving the solution directly
Future VR/AR programming

13. Print-out Hello world (Welcome.py), page 3 Python 3.x PyCharm
Project creation and the location of its saving *****
Not only the place, but also the project root name
print
{ } and ( )
“ ” and ‘ ’
\n, \t, and space. #
Python is case-sensitive

14. Variable I/O (Variable.py), page 3-4, 9-13, 17-18, 29-30, 45-46
Variable name, page 10
Begin with [a]-[Z]
Contain only [a]-[Z], [0]-[9], and _
No keyword
Case distinct (better lowercase for a name)

15. Assignment
Left is a single variable
Right is a legal expression
Initialization
Value of variable, i.e., its use in arithmetic operation
+, -, * , / , **, %, //
Precedence order and execution time line
Concurrent assignment (operator ,)

16. 11/18/2018

17. Function and its call, page 17
int, float, str, random (p126)
Method and its need for import, page 18
turtle (Screen, Turtle, shape, left, forward, mainloop, etc.)
math (sin, sqrt, log10, pi, etc.)

18. Keyboard input, page 45
input

19. Types, page 4 int, float, str (or String)
Conversion between different types

20. String = +

21. File reading, page 83 open readline FIFO order
wait for the loop chapter to obtain a full control of reading and writing file