Learn to Program: Crafting Quality Code

Learn to Program: Crafting Quality Code

Instructors: Jennifer Campbell

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There are 5 modules in this course

What's included

7 videos10 readings1 assignment

7 videosTotal 49 minutes

Palindrome: Approaching the Problem7 minutesPreview module
Palindrome: Algorithm 1 5 minutes
Palindrome: Algorithm 26 minutes
Palindrome: Algorithm 35 minutes
The Restaurant Recommendations Problem2 minutes
Restaurant Recommendations: Representing the Data6 minutes
Restaurant Recommendations: Planning the Program17 minutes

10 readingsTotal 100 minutes

Syllabus10 minutes
Course Logistics10 minutes
Resources10 minutes
Palindrome: Approaching the Problem10 minutes
Palindrome: Algorithm 110 minutes
Palindrome: Algorithm 210 minutes
Palindrome: Algorithm 310 minutes
The Restaurant Recommendations Problem10 minutes
Restaurant Recommendations: Representing the Data10 minutes
Restaurant Recommendations: Planning the Program10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Week 1 Exercise30 minutes

What's included

6 videos6 readings1 assignment1 peer review

6 videosTotal 32 minutes

Testing Automatically Using doctest6 minutesPreview module
Writing a '__main__' program4 minutes
Creating Your Own Types6 minutes
Testing Automatically Using unittest4 minutes
Choosing Test Cases7 minutes
Testing Functions that Mutate Values 3 minutes

6 readingsTotal 60 minutes

Testing Automatically Using doctest10 minutes
Writing a '__main__' program10 minutes
Creating Your Own Types10 minutes
Testing Automatically Using unittest10 minutes
Choosing Test Cases10 minutes
Testing Functions that Mutate Values10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Week 2 Exercise30 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 60 minutes

Writing test cases60 minutes

What's included

7 videos7 readings1 assignment

7 videosTotal 47 minutes

Analyzing Algorithms6 minutesPreview module
Linear Search6 minutes
Binary Search6 minutes
Comparing Search Algorithms13 minutes
Bubble Sort5 minutes
Selection Sort3 minutes
Insertion Sort4 minutes

7 readingsTotal 70 minutes

Analyzing Algorithms10 minutes
Linear Search10 minutes
Binary Search10 minutes
Comparing Search Algorithms10 minutes
Bubble Sort10 minutes
Selection Sort10 minutes
Insertion Sort10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Week 3 Exercise30 minutes

What's included

4 videos4 readings1 assignment

4 videosTotal 31 minutes

Creating a New Type8 minutesPreview module
Plugging Into Python Syntax10 minutes
Writing Special Method __str__5 minutes
Writing Classes That Interact6 minutes

4 readingsTotal 40 minutes

Creating a New Type10 minutes
Plugging Into Python Syntax10 minutes
Writing Special Method __str__10 minutes
Writing Classes That Interact10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Week 4 Exercise30 minutes

What's included

3 videos3 readings1 programming assignment

3 videosTotal 14 minutes

Passing Functions as Arguments2 minutesPreview module
Assigning Parameters Default Values4 minutes
Dealing with Exceptional Situations 7 minutes

3 readingsTotal 30 minutes

Passing Functions as Arguments10 minutes
Assigning Parameters Default Values10 minutes
Dealing with Exceptional Situations10 minutes

1 programming assignmentTotal 180 minutes

Rat Race180 minutes

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Jennifer Campbell

University of Toronto

2 Courses539,847 learners

Paul Gries

University of Toronto

2 Courses539,847 learners

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Reviewed on Jul 8, 2018

Instructors, material and course structure were great! Only wish I could take this class with a friend to push me to work faster and smarter. Learned a lot from this class.

Reviewed on Nov 18, 2020

Course is good for knowledge but there are a lot of mistakes in certain quizzes and is a difficult without a mentor in the forums.

Reviewed on May 3, 2017

I have started around 20 MOOCs, but it the first one which I have finished. The course is very practical and I recommend it to all who has some python experience.

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