Introduction to Programming (DAT120)

The course is about learning programming in the Python programming language. The students should get a basic understanding of structured and object-oriented programming. The students should be able to write and run their own programs. An important concept is dividing the task the student is solving into modules and programming each module independently. These modules may be functions or classes. The student should learn basic testing of these modules. The student should learn how their programs can get input from the user. The students should learn how their program can store and retrieve data from files on the computer. The student should learn basic use of the Python data structures list, tuple, set and dictionary.

The student should also learn the basics of how computers work and the basics of information security.

Knowledge

• Have a general understanding for how computers work
• Have a general understanding of structured programming
• Have a general understanding of object-oriented programming
• Know basic terms such as variables, data types, control structures, lists, functions, classes and objects
• Have a basic understanding of information security

Skills

• The students should be able to solve programming tasks using the Python programming language
• The students should be able to write and run their own programs using control structures, functions, tables, classes and objects
• The students should be able to use methods from already existing classes, define their own classes and objects, and be able to establish communication between objects
• The students should know basic use of version control systems

General competencies

• The students should be able to plan and code runnable software programs

There will be 10 assignments in this course. The first two are voluntary. The remaining eight are mandatory and have to be approved in order to take the exam.

Completion of mandatory exercises are to be made at the times and in the groups that are assigned and published. Absence due to illness or for other reasons must be communicated as soon as possible to the laboratory personnel. One cannot expect that provisions for completion of the exercises at other times are made unless prior arrangements with the laboratory personnel have been agreed upon.

Failure to complete the assigned exercises on time or not having them approved will result in the students being barred from taking the exam of the course.

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