Notes ISC-4304

( Syllabus Classnotes Homework Lab Resources Fun)

(for Spring semester 2017)

• Lecture 1 (Overview) January 10
• Lecture 2 (Python Modules and Interaction with the OS) January 12
• Lecture 3 (Containers in python) January 17
• Lecture 4 (Functions) January 29

Old slides

• Lecture 1 (Overview) January 8
• Lecture 2 (Python Modules and Interaction with the OS) January 13
• Lecture 3 (Containers in python) January 15
• Lecture 4 (Functions) January 20
• Lecture 5 (Text processing) January 22
• Lecture 6 (Plotting with matplotlib) January 27
• Lecture 7 (scientific computing with numpy) January 29
• Lecture 8 (scientific computing with scipy) February 3
• Lecture 9 (Object orientation with Python 1) February 5
• Lecture 10 (Object orientation with Python 2) February 10
• Lecture 11 (Solving a ODE with n variables) February 12 (download zip file from here)
• Lecture 12 (Iterators and Generators) February 17
• Lecture 13 (Speed) February 19 ( Original Lecture)
• Lecture 14 (Debugging and Beautifcation) February 24
• Lecture 15 (alternatives to Python: Julia) February 24 (Complete package with IJulia notebooks) [for installation of Julia and IJulia look at the Julia main website ].
• Lecture 16 C++ Pointers and such March 17
• Lecture 17 C++ References March 24
• Lecture 18 C++ references/Const/operators March 26, coding an example class: operator instructions; Const-correctness
• Installation of Boost-Python from scratch and trial of a simple example C++/python program Example code Lecture 19 Boost-Python March 31
• Lecture 20 Boost-Python April 2
• Lecture 21 Cython April 7
• Lecture 22 More Cython practice April 9 (Example code)
• Lecture 23 C++ templates and the STL April 14 (Example code)
• Lecture 24 STL/C++/Cython/Python walkthrough April 16 (Example code)