Lectures

Click on a lecture to see the summary of that day, together with optional reading or viewing. You can also download the slides and any demo code.

Because of recent changes in venue, we are not able record lectures in this course. You are expected to attend in order to learn the material. You may review the lesson videos recorded during COVID for supplemental instruction.

Nested Lists

Nested Lists

This lecture references Lesson 18.

This lecture explores lists in greater depth, both literally and metaphorically, As lists can contain any object, they can also contain other lsits.    More ›

October 9, 2025 handout slides demos

For-Loops

For-Loops

This lecture references Videos 16.1-16.7.

Lists (and sequences) come with their own special control structure: the for-loop. This is the last traditional control structure we will see for a while.    More ›

October 7, 2025 handout slides demos

Lists (and Sequences)

Lists (and Sequences)

This lecture references Videos 15.1-15.7.

Today we introduce another sliceable data type: lists. They are similar to strings, except that they can contain data other than text.    More ›

October 2, 2025 handout slides no demos

Asserts and Error Handling

Asserts and Error Handling

This lecture references Lesson 13 and 14.

In this lecture we show how to use our understanding of Python memory to read error messages. We also show how to create our own error messages and why.    More ›

September 30, 2025 handout slides demos

Memory in Python

Memory in Python

This lecture references Lesson 12.

The last lecture pulled back the curtain on what really is happenind with memory in Python. Today we put everything back together.    More ›

September 25, 2025 handout slides demos