Johdatus ohjelmointiin (5 op)

Arviointiasteikko

H-5

Sisällön jaksotus

1. Basics of programming and computational thinking
2. Conditional statements and handling strings
3. Repetition structures and collections
4. Functions and files
5. Data management, JSON
6. Other topics:
- Problem solving
- Computer vs. programming
- Coding style and its role in software projects
- Python extra libraries/modules
- Python vs. C-based programming languages (optional)
- Basics of OOP in Python (optional)

Tavoitteet

You can implement various small-scale programs by using a selected programming language.
You can understand programming logic, structured programming and common programming structures.
You can effectively use different features, libraries and modules available for the selected programming language.
You can apply your existing programming knowledge while studying new programming concepts.

Sisältö

Computational thinking
Programming environments and version control tools
Basic concepts of structured programming
Programming libraries and modules
Problem-solving and programming

Oppimateriaalit

Lecture material - Web material - Examples and live coding - Exercises - Web learning environments - CodeCombat programming learning environment

Opetusmenetelmät

The study unit is one of the first courses, and therefore prior programming knowledge is not required. The programming language used in the course is Python (version 3). Lectures are classroom lectures according to timetable. The student will perform independent work on exercise sets.

Arviointikriteerit, tyydyttävä (1)

You understand the principles of structural programming and can implement simple programs based on examples and instructions.
You can use the basic structures of a programming language (selection and iteration) and utilize functions.

Arviointikriteerit, hyvä (3)

You can utilize structural programming and libraries/modules offered by the selected programming language while creating simple applications independently. In addition, you can implement easily readable, testable and maintainable code.

Arviointikriteerit, kiitettävä (5)

You can utilize structural programming and libraries/modules offered by the selected programming language while creating intermediate applications independently. In addition, you can implement easily readable, testable and maintainable code.

You can apply appropriate algorithms to specific programming problems.