Study Guide

Objective

After completing the course the student can:
* program efficiently in a team
* reuse code and utilize libraries
* understand and apply some design patterns
* use an IDE as a programming tool
* use a version control system

Content

* relevant programming libraries
* learning some common design patterns
* using IDE in programming
* using a version control system in application development
* project work: implementing an application in a team

Materials

Python Crash Course
3rd Edition
A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming
Eric Matthes
January 10, 2023
ISBN-10 : 1718502702
ISBN-13 : 978-1718502703

The reading are will be concentrated mostly on chapters 9 and 18 - 20.

Please note that there is a limited number of the book's 3rd
editions available in eBook Central for you to read.

Teaching methods

Learning by doing and FLIP classroom.

Exam schedules

No exam, no retake possible after the grade is published.

International connections

The course will be arranged mostly onsite at/near the ICT building.

There will be an itsLearning environment for the course. Teams will be used during online lessons if there will be any.

Completion alternatives

Only by completing class assignments and team work.

Student workload

Theory lessons 13 X 2h = 26h
Demonstrations 13 X 1h = 13h group 1
Demonstrations 13 X 1h = 13h group 2

Flip classroom 7 X 2h = 14h

Homework 80h

Total approximately 135h

Content scheduling

Contents:

During the course a web site will be created by using Python language and Django web application programming framework. Professional tools like Git will be used. The site will follow a version of the MVC architectural pattern.

The students will elaborate more deeply in creating a web site during the group project work.

Contact lessons: Theory, programming together, demos and supporting working in teams. Theory and programming lessons are arranged mostly before the mid semester break, after that the lessons concentrate more on supporting team work.

Personal assignments:
7 assignments
A group project work

Further information

Available in itslearning.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Personal assignments:

7 personal assignments: 70 points
The group project work: 30 points.

The assignments must be returned by the deadline to get the points. The assignments returned after the deadline will give you only half of the points.

Demonstrations of exercises during the contact session is mandatory without demonstration you will lose 50% of your marks.

The student must get at least 30 points from the assignments and 10 points from the group work to pass the course.

The grading scale (points -> grade):

40 points -> 1
55 points -> 2
70 points -> 3
80 points -> 4
90 points -> 5

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

below 40

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

40 points -> 1
55 points -> 2

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

70 points -> 3
80 points -> 4

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

90 points -> 5