CS 345 resources

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Lectures and associated readings:

Date	Topic	Associated Reading	Slides
September 1	Lecture 1: Introduction.	Wilson & Clark 1.2,1.3 pp 2-8	Full size Printable
September 8	Lecture 2: Intro to Python.	Python Tutorial	Full size Printable
September 13	Lecture 3: Intro to Unix and Emacs.	Unix Tutorial Emacs tutorial
September 15	Lecture 4: More Python.	Dive Into Python	Full size Printable
September 20	Lecture 5: Object-oriented Programming.	Wilson & Clark, Ch 2. pp 15-48	Full size Printable
September 22	Lecture 6: Objects and Classes in Python.	Dive Into Python, Chapter 5.	Full size Printable
September 29, October 4	Lecture 7: Regular Expressions.	Dive Into Python, Chapter 7.	Full size Printable
October 6	Project 1	Project description	Full size Printable
October 11	Lecture 8: Functional Programming	Wilson & Clark, Chapter 9	Full size Printable
October 11,13,18	Lecture 9: More Functional Programming	Wilson & Clark, Chapter 9	Full size Printable
October 20	Lecture 10: Writing Efficient Python Programs	n/a	Full size Printable
October 25	Lecture 11: Debugging and antibugging	Dive Into Python, Chapter 6.	Full size Printable
October 27	Lecture 12: XML	A set of online XML tutorials	Full size Printable
November 1	Lecture 13: XML Processing	Dive Into Python, Chapter 9.	Full size Printable
November 3	Lecture 14: XML Schema	Dive Into Python, Chapter 9.	Full size Printable
November 8	Lecture 15: XPath and XSLT	XPath tutorial	Full size Printable
November 10	Lecture 16: More XSLT	XSLT tutorial Some info on the 4Suite API	Full size Printable
November 15	Lecture 17: Integrating Python and C	Extending the Python Interpreter	Full size Printable
November 17	Lecture 18: Compilation	N/A	Full size Printable
November 29	Lecture 19: Parsing	N/A	Full size Printable
December 1	Lecture 20: Garbage Collection	Notes from Terence on GC	Full size Printable
December 5	Lecture 21: Summary	N/A	Full size Printable

Sample code:

Integrating C and Python:

• HelloWorld.c
• setup.py
• example1.i

Samples from the Project 2 lecture:

• ships.xml
• ships.xsl
• products.xml
• products.xsl (shows how to use for-each)
• sweater.xml
• sweater.xsl (shows how to use parameters)
• test1.py (shows how to process elements with PyXML)
• test2.py (shows how to process elements with PyXML)
• test3.py (shows how to process elements with PyXML)
• test4.py (shows how to test for values with PyXML)
• test5.py (shows how to test for values with PyXML)
• sweater.py (shows how to run the XSLT processor from within Python
• sweater2.py (shows how to pass parameters to the XSLT processor from Python)

Sample code from the intro to python lecture:

• simple-factorial.py
• simple-phonebook.py
• simple-OOphonebook.py
• simple-pqueue.py

Samples of python classes

Notes:

Handouts:

Unix tutorials:

• UNIX Tutorial for Beginners from University of Surrey.
• Another UNIX tutorial.
• Links to more UNIX resources.
• Notes from Terence Parr on looking like a Unix guru.

Emacs tutorials:

• A brief emacs intro from Iowa State.
• An HTML version of the official emacs tutorial. You can start this within Emacs by typing Ctrl-x t.
• The GNU Emacs reference manual. Everything you might want to know about Emacs is in here.
• A short tutorial that demonstrates compiling within emacs.

Python resources:

• The Python Home Page A wealth of information.
• A Python tutorial, written by Guido van Rossum, the original developer of Python.
• Another Python Intro
• Safari: O'Reilly's online library. Online access to all of O'Reilly's books, including their Python books. (Note: this is a subscription service, but well worth the $10/month, IMHO)
• A Python Quick Reference
• A free online Python book.
• Data Structures and Algorithms in Python.
• How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python An introductory book on python.
• Vaults of Parnassus LOTS of online Python resources.
• Python Online. This one's about Monty Python, rather than Python the language, but it's fun, and might explain why you see so many "spam" examples in Python tutorials.