Python for Computer Science — Student Worksheets

Coventry University — School of Computing, Electronics and Mathematics
Course Portal: https://github.coventry.ac.uk/pages/aa3025/Python-for-Computer-Science/

This repository contains all student-facing materials: lecture walkthroughs, PC Lab starter notebooks, and homework assignments. Classes 01–07 are available; Classes 08–12 are planned and will appear here as they are released.

The lab and homework notebooks contain exercises to fill in; their self-checking assert tests are expected to fail until you complete the exercises.

🚀 Quick Setup

Option 1 (Recommended): University JupyterHub Server

Python 3.12 and JupyterLab are pre-installed on the Coventry University JupyterHub server:

Go to https://pluto.coventry.ac.uk and log in with your CU account.

Open a Terminal in JupyterLab and clone this repository:

git clone https://github.coventry.ac.uk/aa3025/Python-for-Computer-Science-Worksheets.git

Option 2: Local PC Lab or Laptop Setup (Conda)

# 1. Clone this repository
git clone https://github.coventry.ac.uk/aa3025/Python-for-Computer-Science-Worksheets.git
cd Python-for-Computer-Science-Worksheets

# 2. Create the conda environment
conda env create -f environment.yml
conda activate pycs

# 3. Launch JupyterLab
jupyter lab

Option 3: Standard Python Virtualenv & Pip

python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate          # Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
jupyter lab

The programming exercises use only the Python standard library — no third-party packages are required beyond JupyterLab itself.

📁 Repository Structure

├── environment.yml             # Conda environment definition
├── requirements.txt            # Pip dependencies fallback
├── class-01/
│   ├── lecture_01.ipynb        # Lecture demo walkthrough
│   ├── lab_01_starter.ipynb    # In-class PC Lab exercises (with assert tests)
│   └── homework_01.ipynb       # Weekly homework
├── class-02/ ... to ... class-12/   # Added as each class is released

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