CS110: Fundamentals of Computer

Programming

Course instructor
Ayesha Kanwal
 Introduction to
Programming Fundamentals
Introduction to Python 3
 Outline

• Introduction
• About the course
• Course Learning Objectives (CLOs)
• Assessment
• Importance and applications
• Fundamentals of computer programming
• Introduction to python

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 Introduction
COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
1. COMPUTER:
A computer is an electronic device, operating under the
control of instructions stored in its own memory

Accepts Produces
data Processing information
(input) (output)

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 Introduction
2. Programming
• The art of telling a computer how to perform complex tasks
• The art of writing computer programs (software)
• Program is a set of instructions asking the computer to
perform specified tasks

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 Introduction
2. Programming

• The process of developing and implementing various sets of

instructions to enable a computer to do a certain task.

• These instructions are considered computer programs and

help the computer to operate smoothly.

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 About the course
• Fundamentals of designing, writing, testing, and maintaining
computer programs
• Using Python 3 programming language
• For highly motivated students with no prior experience
in programming

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 Course Learning Objectives (CLOs)
• Describe the fundamental programming constructs and
articulate how they are used to develop computer programs
• Develop programs to implement computer-based solutions of
well specified problems
• Distinguish the advantages and limitations resulting from the
use of different language constructs that embody similar
programming concepts

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 Textbook
• Python Basics: A Practical Introduction to Python 3
by David Amos, Fletcher Heisler, and Joanna Jablonski
Fourth Edition

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 Reference Books / Resources
• Introduction to Computation and Programming Using Python,
John V. Guttag, The MIT Press
• Practical Programming, An Introduction to Computer Science
Using Python 3, 2nd Edition, Paul Gries, Jennifer Campbell,
Jason Montojo
• http://www.py4inf.com/
• https://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/index.htm

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• Theory: 75%
– Assignments 10%
– Quizzes 10%
– Mid term exam 30%
– End Semester Exam 50%

• Labs: 25%
– Lab Assignments 70%
– Project/ exams 30%

• Quiz Policy
– 4‐6 quizzes in whole semester
– Announced \ unannounced

• Assignment Policy
– 3‐4 Assignments
– LMS/lecture will be medium of Announcements and discussion
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 Plagiarism
• Assignments and project should be your own and not copied
from internet or from colleagues
• Collaboration and discussions are encouraged
• Always acknowledge help taken from other sources
• Plagiarized work will be graded zero and repeat offences will
be reported to the Dean for appropriate action

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 Importance and applications
• Fundamental basis for all of your courses that
involve programming throughout this
degree program
• automate, collect, manage, calculate, analyze the processing
of data and information accurately
• create software and applications that help computer and
mobile users in daily life

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 Fundamentals of computer programming
school work home

writing papers analyze data paying bills

searching for articles make presentations shopping online

sending email conduct business communicating with

transactions friends and family

participating in online communicate with playing computer

classes. customers and games
coworkers

control machines in
manufacturing facilities

Computers can do such a wide variety of things because

they can be programmed
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 Program
• A program is a set of instructions that a computer follows to
perform a task.

• Microsoft Word and Adobe Photoshop.

• Microsoft Word is a word processing program that allows you to create, edit, and print documents with your computer.
• Adobe Photoshop is an image editing program that allows you to work with graphic images, such as photos taken with your
digital camera.
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• Programs are commonly referred to as software.
• Software is essential to a computer because it controls
everything the computer does.
• All of the software that we use to make our computers useful
is created by individuals working as programmers or software
developers

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 Hardware and Software
• The physical devices that a computer is made of are referred to as the
computer’s hardware. The programs that run on a computer are
referred to as software

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• The CPU
When a computer is performing the tasks that a program tells
it to do, we say that the computer is running or executing the
program. The central processing unit, or CPU, is the part
of a computer that actually runs programs.

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 How Computers Store Data
CONCEPT: All data that is stored in a computer is converted to
sequences of 0s and 1s.

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 High-Level Languages
• In the 1950s, a new generation of programming languages
known as high-level languages began to appear.
• A high-level language allows you to create powerful and
complex programs without knowing how the CPU works, and
without writing large numbers of low-level instructions.

• Python is a modern, high-level programming language that

we will use in this course.
• In Python you would display the message Hello world
with the following instruction:

print 'Hello world'

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 Python - The Programming Language
• A general-purpose interpreted, interactive, object-oriented,
and high-level programming language
• Created by Guido van Rossum during 1985- 1990
• Named after Monty Python
• Used by Google from the beginning
• The most popular language in 2021 as per an IEEE survey
along with old classics Java, C, and C++
• Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, Spotify, to name just a few of
the professional products built using Python

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 IEEE
Spectrum’s
Ranking of
Programming
Languages in
2021

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 Why Python?
• Very easy, simple, natural, and readable
– Python 3 has 33 keywords, and Python 2 has 31. By contrast, C++ has 62,
Java has 53, and Visual Basic has more than 120

• Functional from the beginning

• Python is a Beginner's Language
• Many other advantages that become obvious as we learn
more

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 Reading Material
• Think Python
• How to Think Like a Computer Scientist
Chapter 1
• Lecture notes

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 Acknowledgement!

Lecture content from Dr. Ijaz

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