| January 22, 2024 |
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experimenting on pytutor, NEW TOOLs “=” the assignment operator, printing, if,==, lists (if we have time), PAIR PROGRAMMING practicing all the above |
| January 29, 2024 |
NEW TOOL: loops: for and while, some hints on using Jupyter notebooks, AST/PHY: (now you have everything you need to do Lab 1) PAIR PROGRAMMING, combine “if”, loop, and lists |
UNGRADED QUIZ: predict the outcome, combine if, loop, and print, NEW TOOL: functions |
| February 5, 2024 |
NEW TOOL: file input, formatting print statements (writing variable to strings), AST/PHY: Right Ascension and Declination and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey PAIR PROGRAMMING, combine function with file input/output, and fancy print statements Lab 1 is due to Moodle at 8pm Thursday |
UNGRADED QUIZ: predict the outcome, combine function with for loop, NEW TOOL: modules, numpy: array, where, arange (also linspace), mean, min |
| February 12, 2024 |
NEW TOOL: csv and another module matplotlib.pyplot for plotting (plt.plot, and plt.hist), AST/PHY: redshift, Hubble’s law PAIR PROGRAMMING, combine functions, csv, plotting, np.where, np.arrays |
UNGRADED QUIZ: predict the outcome: functions, csv, plotting, and np.where, NEW TOOL: tuples, getting used to the function ‘lingo’ |
| February 19, 2024 |
NEW TOOL: variable types, pandas dataframe, SQL query PAIR PROGRAMMING, pandas dataframe with magnitude limits |
UNGRADED QUIZ: predict the outcome, pandas dataframe, np.where, if, loop, print, local vs global variables |
| February 26, 2024 |
NEW TOOL: finding new functions on the web, AST/PHY: distribution of Galaxies (spoiler: it’s not isotropic) Lab 2 is due to Moodle at 5pm Thursday PAIR PROGRAMMING: look up and use a function you find on the web, logistics of exam |
UNGRADED QUIZ: predict the outcome, NEW TOOL: multiple return values, logistics of exam (exam becomes available at the end of this class) |
| March 4, 2024 |
Multiple return values, module random AST/PHY: spectroscopy on galaxies PAIR PROGRAMMING: practicing everything you’ve learned up until now , take-home MIDTERM |
Midterm is due, submit it to Moodle and then bring the midterm to class and do it as a group, talk about Project Proposal due after break |
| March 11, 2024 |
BREAK |
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| March 18, 2024 |
NEW TOOL: creating tests of your code. PAIR PROGRAMMING: testing code! |
What is the internet and where is the Cloud? Project proposal due NEW TOOL: fitting (polyfit), AST/PHY: Hubble’s Law revisited |
| March 25 , 2024 |
NEW TOOL: classes (object oriented programming) AST/PHY: Dark Energy: Watch Adam Riess’s Nobel Laureate Lecture. Sign up for project meetings with Andrea PAIR PROGRAMMING: classes and curve_fit and truth-testing |
Lab 3 is due to Moodle at 5pm Friday UNGRADED QUIZ: predict the outcome, classes, curve_fit, NEW TOOL: (finish pair programming on classes and truth-testing) |
| April 1, 2024 |
PHY/AST + NEW TOOL: correlation and what to do with missing data PAIR PROGRAMMING: correlation and missing data (using classes?) |
UNGRADED QUIZ: predict the outcome, correlation, NEW TOOL: dictionaries |
| April 8, 2024 |
Sign up for meeting with me if I can help with project!, NEW TOOL: animation PAIR PROGRAMMING: classes, animation, dictionaries |
Lab 4 is due to Moodle Friday at 8pm UNGRADED QUIZ: predict the outcome, animation, classes NEW TOOL: numerical integration |
| April 15, 2024 |
NEW TOOL: recursion PAIR PROGRAMMING: recursion, classes, DRAFT OF SLIDES DUE |
PROJECT PRESENTATIONS (If we have extra time one of these days I’ll tell you what the web actually is) |
| April 22, 2024 |
PROJECT PRESENTATIONS |
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| April 29, 2024 |
PROJECT PRESENTATIONS (I’ll show you the quiz I would have given you, so that you can practice for the final.) |
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