PHOT 110 Introduction to Programming
The original lectures were given over 14 weeks (2 hours theory +
2 hours practice) during the spring semester of 2023-2024, please
see also the syllabus below.
The theory slides were here restructured to reduce any
repetition and references to in-class exercises. Many errors likely
remained however and comments are welcome.
Exams (and example exams) of both the final and midterm exams are
provided further down. If you are a student using the exam examples
to study, be aware that the course can undergo changes over the years.
Lecture materials
| Lecture |
Topics |
Slides |
Tasks |
| 1 |
Introduction to computers & algorithms |
(pdf)
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| 2 |
Python basics |
(pdf)
(html)
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| 3 |
Control flow, branching, lists, and iterators |
(pdf)
(html)
|
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| 4 |
Iteration, sequences, strings, and arrays |
(pdf)
(html)
|
Arrays (pdf),
Plots (pdf)
|
| 5 |
Functions |
(pdf)
(html)
|
(pdf)
|
| 6 |
Input/Output and error-handling |
(pdf)
(html)
|
(pdf)
|
| 7 |
Modules & script documentation |
(pdf)
(html)
|
(pdf)
|
| 8 |
Arrays, vectors & linear algebra |
(pdf)
(html)
|
(pdf)
|
| 9 |
Plots and visualizations |
(pdf)
(html)
|
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| 10 |
Data, Dictionaries, and Pandas |
(pdf)
(html)
|
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| 11 |
Classes, class hierarchy, special methods |
(pdf)
(html)
|
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Additional course materials
| Content |
File(s) |
| Script (.py) solutions of in-class exercises |
(zip) |
| Sample files for exercises (lecture 11) |
(zip) |
| First project (topics description) |
(pdf) |
| Second project (topics description) |
(pdf) |
Exam questions & solutions
These are the questions and solutions of the midterm and the final exam
(and retake opportunities) of the Spring semester of 2023-2024
