====== Topic	Learning Objectives	Priority ======

**General Usage of Computer for Programming**
  * concept of an "operating system" 	 	 	 	 
  * use of ssh to access strauss  	 	
  * interpreter   
     * interpreter vs. compilation: running in interpreter vs running a script
  * editor	
  * Unix
    * shell commands: cp, mv, rm, cd, script, pwd, chmod, ls, cat, mkdir, rmdir, more
    * directories
    * command line arguments 
  * basic html and chmod to create simple web pages	
	
**Computer architecture**
  * parts of the computer (computer organization)
  * registers,cache,ram,disk
  * file system - directories and files

**Programming Constructs**

  * expressions	
  * statements	 		 	 
  * data types
  * variables
  * functions
    * pre-defined function libraries, including testing library	 
    * recognize function calls 	 	 	 
    * design recipe
    * functional decomposition
    * write function using design recipe
    * distinguish between function header, body, and call	 	 	 
    * distinguish between actual and formal parameters/arguments
    * return value
    * parameters
    * scope
    * pass-by-reference-value vs. pass-by-value
    * nested
    * recursive
    * parameter default values
    * optional args
    * lambda
    * doc strings (python)
  * assignment statements
  * operators, operator precedence and associativity, order of operations	 	 	 	 
  * truth values, boolean expressions, logical operators; 
    * relation to zero	 
  * conditionals (if, if/else, switch, ternary operator)
  * iteration	 
    * definite iteration (for loops, while loops)	 	 	 	 
    * indefinite iteration (while loops)	 	 	 	 
    * comprehensions (python)

  * Data
    * strings and string functions
    * lists/arrays
    * dictionaries (python)	 	 	 	 
    * structs
    * addresses
    * pointers
    * constants
    * simple file I/O	 
    * classes
      * constructor
      * str, repr
      * 	 	 	  	 	 	 
linear search	 	 	 	 
binary search	 	 	 	 
sorting: either selection or insertion sort; either merge or quicksort	 	 	 	 
finding min, max, count, sum, average of a sequence of data values 
	(from either an input file or an array).	 	 	 	 
menu driven programs	 	 	 	 
linked lists	 
 
**Optional:**

  * DeMorgan's law	 	 	 	 
  * binary, hex, octal, decimal number systems	 	 	 	 
  * structured programming (sequence, selection, and repetition are sufficient, goto not needed. Bohm and Jacopini, Dijkstra letter).

**Resources:**
http://docs.python.org/tutorial/controlflow.html#intermezzo-coding-style