How a Program Runs

What is Machine Language?

Characters and ASCII Code

What is a "High Level" Language and Why do we use it?

Chapter 1 Review

Chapter 1 QUIZ

Chapter 2 Introduction

Installing Python

Compilers vs. Interpreters

Introduction to IDLE shell and editor

Colour Coding in IDLE

The importance of syntax

Keywords and built in functions

Python Keywords and Functions - PDF

Chapter 2 REVIEW

Install Python

CHAPTER 2 PRACTICE

Chapter 2 QUIZ

Introduction

Concept: Variables

Concept: Data types

INPUT - Reading Keyboard Input

PROCESSING - Performing Mathematical Operations

OUTPUT - Producing Screen Output

The software development cycle

Pseudocode

FlowCharts

Writing your Code and Fixing Errors

Correcting Syntax Errors

Chapter 3 REVIEW

CHAPTER 3 PRACTICE 1: Create Pseudocode

CHAPTER 3 PRACTICE 2 : Create a flowchart

CHAPTER 3 PRACTICE 3: Write a computer program

Chapter 3 QUIZ

Introduction

Concept: What is Boolean Logic?

The relational operator

Controlling the flow

If

If-else

Creating a Range

If-elif-else

Nested decision structures

Sentinels

Using Logical Operators

Chapter 4 REVIEW

CHAPTER 4 PRACTICE #1

CHAPTER 4 PRACTICE #2

CHAPTER 4 PRACTICE #3

Chapter 4 QUIZ

Introduction

Concept: What is a Repetition Structure?

The 'while' Loop

The 'for' Loop

Counters

Accumulators and Running Totals

Writing input validation loops

Chapter 5 REVIEW

CHAPTER 5 PRACTICE #1

CHAPTER 5 PRACTICE #2

CHAPTER 5 PRACTICE #3

Chapter 5 QUIZ

Introduction

Concept: What is a Function?

Concept: Void and Value-Returning Functions

Concept: Local Variables

Common Library Functions

Defining and calling a function

Modularizing your program using functions

How to pass an argument to a function

Returning a value from a function

Using modules to organize functions

Chapter 6 REVIEW

CHAPTER 6 PRACTICE #1

Chapter 6 QUIZ

Introduction

The Main Function

Reading files into your program

Creating and writing files from your program

Reading and writing Numeric Data

File locations

Chapter 7 REVIEW

CHAPTER 7 PRACTICE #1

Chapter 7 QUIZ

Introduction

What is an exception?

How to handle exceptions

Chapter 8 REVIEW

CHAPTER 8 PRACTICE #1

Chapter 8 QUIZ

Chapter 9 Introduction

What is a List?

Adding and removing items

Searching for items in a list

Iterating over a list

Concatenating lists

Calculating sums and averages of list items

List Slicing

Negative Indexing

Two-dimensional lists

REVIEW

CHAPTER 9 PRACTICE #1

Chapter 9 QUIZ

What is a Tuple?

Chapter 10 PRACTICE

Chapter 10 QUIZ

Introduction

Accessing, Creating and Removing Items in a Dictionary

Chapter 11 PRACTICE

Chapter 11 QUIZ

Introduction

String Indexing

String Slicing

String Splitting

String Stripping

String Formatting

Concatenating strings and variables

Some Useful String Methods

Chapter 12 REVIEW

Chapter 12 PRACTICE #1

Chapter 12 PRACTICE #2

Chapter 12 QUIZ

Introduction

A Basic Class

The Initializer Method

Saving and retrieving data - review

Making it a GUI application Part 1: Getting the User ID - review

Making it a GUI application Part 2: Creating getRecord UI - review

Making it a GUI application Part 3: Creating a "New Entry" GUI - review

Chapter 13 PRACTICE

Chapter 13 QUIZ

Introduction

A simple GUI Interface

Button Commands

Frames

Pack Geometry Manager

Place Geometry Manager

Grid Geometry Manager

Set and Get Values

Chapter 14 PRACTICE

Chapter 14 QUIZ

Part 1: Nuke Script Basics

Part 2: Getting Your Sequence

Part 3: Getting the File Name

Part 4: Adding Nodes

Part 5: Using Metadata to find Image Resolution

Part 6: Setting up a Proportional Bounding Box

Part 7:Text Node Settings

Part 8: Write Node Settings

Part 9: Running the Script

Final Nuke Script

Adding Nodes. Setting and Getting parms

Making a Tool Part 1: Creating a Custom Tool Shelf and New Tool

Making a Tool Part 2: Making a PrimGroup List

Making a Tool Part 3: Material Assignment Node

Making a Tool Part 4: Assigning Geometry Group Names

Making a Tool Part 5: Adding Material Nodes

Making a Tool Part 6: Randomizing Shader Colours

Making a Tool Part 7: Setting Render Flags

Making a Tool Part 8: Code Cleanup

Making a Tool Part 9: Baking Maps

Making a Tool Part 10: Saving Files

Final MixerPrep Script