Week Day	Date	Units and Topics	Resources	Due
Mon	8/18	Unit 1: Variables and Data Types File Explorer VS Code Class Workflow Vault and VCAT	0 Getting Started Python interpreter VS Code VS Code keyboard shortcuts (Windows) VS Code keyboard shortcuts (MacOS) VCAT Supplemental Resources: Stack Overflow Annual Developer Survey Results (2024)
Wed	8/20	Python Variables Strings The Four Coding Steps	1 Variables and Data Types Supplemental Resources: Fundamentals of Python: First Programs: pp. 41-46 Strings
Fri	8/22	More on Strings and Slices Problem Solving with Strings	1 Variables and Data Types Supplemental Resources: More on Strings	Exercise 1
Mon	8/25	Integers Data Type Conversions Data Input Floats Intro to Functions and Modules	1 Variables and Data Types Supplemental Resources: Fundamentals of Python: First Programs: pp. 47-54 Numbers Floats	Exercise 2 Exercise 3
Wed	8/27	Unit 2: Lists Access Elements in a List Change, Add and Remove Elements	2 Lists Supplemental Resources: Fundamentals of Python: First Programs: pp. 135-140 Lists More on Lists	Unit 1 Quiz
Fri	8/29	Looping Through lists A Second Look at Functions Output a List	2 Lists Supplemental Resources: Fundamentals of Python: First Programs: pp. 65-70 Input and Output	Exercise 4
Mon	9/1	Labor Day - No Class
Wed	9/3	List Slicing Copying a List	2 Lists	Exercise 5
Fri	9/5	Tuples More on Functions	2 Lists Supplemental Resources: Fundamentals of Python: First Programs: pp. 144-145 Tuples	Exercise 6
Mon	9/8	Unit 3: Conditional Tests Conditional Tests - if Statements Checking for Equality Checking for Inequality	3 Conditional Tests Supplemental Resources: Fundamentals of Python: First Programs: pp. 77-80 if Statements	Unit 2 Quiz
Wed	9/10	The if-elif-else Chain Logical Operators	3 Conditional Tests Supplemental Resources: Fundamentals of Python: First Programs: pp. 80-84 The Random Module The emojipedia	Exercise 7
Fri	9/12	F-strings More on for Loops if Statements Cont.	3 Conditional Tests Supplemental Resources: Formatted String Literals The Range Function	Exercise 8
Mon	9/15	Unit 4: Dictionaries Dictionaries and Key Value Pairs Modifying and Removing Values Looping Through a Dictionary	4 Dictionaries Supplemental Resources: Fundamentals of Python pp. 153-156 Dictionaries	Unit 3 Quiz
Wed	9/17	Exceptions Exception Handling	4 Dictionaries Supplemental Resources: Exceptions	Exercise 9
Fri	9/19	Sets OpenAI API	4 Dictionaries Supplemental Resources: Sets	No Deliverable Due
Mon	9/22	Unit 5: Functions Passing Info to a Function Arguments and Parameters Positional and Keyword Arguments	5 Functions Supplemental Resources: Fundamentals of Python pp. 54-55 Functions	Unit 4 Quiz
Wed	9/24	Return Values Returning a Dictionary Introduction to Classes	5 Functions Supplemental Resources: Fundamentals of Python pp. 54-55 The Return Statement	Exercise 10
Fri	9/26	Professional Development Conference No Class		No Deliverable Due
Mon	9/29	Unit 6: Data Visualization with Plotly Intro to plotly graph_objects Line Charts	6 Data Visualization Supplemental Resources: Plotly - Scatter Traces and Line Charts	Unit 5 Quiz
Wed	10/1	Pie Charts Bar Charts	6 Data Visualization Supplemental Resources: Plotly - Pie Traces texttemplate attribute Plotly - Bar Traces	Exercise 11
Fri	10/3	Bubble Maps Plotting Data	6 Data Visualization Supplemental Resources: Plotly - ScatterGeo Traces Projection types Scattergeo mode argument Scattergeo color argument Scattergeo text argument Scattergeo textfont argument	Exercise 12
Mon	10/6	yfinance Time Series Charts Range Slider and Selectors	6 Data Visualization Supplemental Resources: Plotly - Scatter Traces	Exercise 13
Wed	10/8	Intro to Dash Creating a web-based Dash App	6 Data Visualization Supplemental Resources: Dash Python User Guide	Exercise 14
Fri	10/10	Catch-Up Day: Optional Drop-In Class		Unit 6 Quiz
October 13-19: Fall Break - No Class
Mon	10/20	Unit 7: Django and Web Development Django Design Principles Intro to Django	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Create a Django Project Django Development Server
Wed	10/22	Start a Django App Django Admin Site Adding Topics	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Django Models The Django Admin Page	In-Class Activity 1
Fri	10/24	Models and Database Relationships The Django Shell and Database	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Playing with the API - Django Shell DB Browser for SQLite	In-Class Activity 2 Output
Mon	10/27	Create the Home Page Mapping a URL Writing a View Writing a Template	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Writing Views and Mapping URLs	In-Class Activity 3
Wed	10/29	Template Inheritance Creating Additional Pages (The Topics Page)	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Django Templates and Variables	In-Class Activity 4
Fri	10/31	Lab Day -- No Class Meeting	Django Project 1 Due	Prj 1 Admin Output
Mon	11/3	Creating Individual Pages The Topic URL Pattern	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Writing Views and Mapping URLs Django Templates and Variables	In-Class Activity 5
Wed	11/5	Django Forms GET and POST Requests	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Django Forms GET and POST	Unit 7 Quiz In-Class Activity 6
Fri	11/7	More on Django Forms Adding New Entries Plotting Entries with Plotly Express	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Form Templates	In-Class Activity 7
Mon	11/10	Lab Day -- No Class Meeting	Django Project 2 Due	Prj 2
Wed	11/12	Editing Entries Deleting Topics	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Form Templates	In-Class Activity 8
Fri	11/14	Django with Bootstrap Bootswatch themes	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Bootstrap Tutorial Free Bootswatch Themes	In-Class Activity 9
Mon	11/17	Styling the new_topic template Styling the topics template Styling the topic template	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Free Bootswatch Themes	In-Class Activity 10
Wed	11/19	Bootstrap Alerts	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Bootstrap Alerts Messages Framework	In-Class Activity 11 Output
Fri	11/21	Review of Python classes, functions and list comprehension	7 Django	In-Class Activity 12 Output
Mon	11/24	Catch-Up Day: Optional Drop-In Class
Nov. 26 - 30: Thanksgiving Break - No Classes
Mon	12/1	Final Exam Review Session	CIS 240 Final Exam Discussion Final Exam Information
Wed	12/3	Lab Day -- No Class Meeting	Django Project 3 Due	Prj 3
Fri	12/5	No Class Meeting Study for final exam
CIS 240 In Class Final Exam: Wednesday, December 10: 8:30 - 11:00 AM

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