BITL-CS2

Introduction to Computer Science II

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Introduction

What is Computer Science?

• From Wikipedia:

Computer Science is the study of processes that interact with data and that can be represented as data in the form of programs. It enables the use of algorithms to manipulate, store, and communicate digital information.

• A video version from Udacity

Administrative information

Course Syllabus tba

Communication:

• via slack: workspace name: bitl-cs2-2019
• via email: use instructor's email address for personal communication
• office hours: by appt.

Calendar

Date	Topic	Exercises

Assignments

TBD

Resources

Scala

• TBD

Python

• The Python Language Reference
• The Python Standard Library

SQL

• SQL tutorial at zentut.com
• "SQLzoo" - SQL wiki and tutorials, interactive tests.
• SQLite tutorial

Algorithms

• Visualisations of different sorting algorithms

Misc

• Slido for Q&A sessions
• Random user generator
• Placepuppy: An image placeholder API