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Bachelor of Information Technology (Cyber and Network Security): ITICT102A Introduction to Programming

This guide supports the Diploma of Information Technology, Bachelor of Information Technology (Cyber and Network Security) and Bachelor of Information Technology (Data Engineering).

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Starting out with Python (2019) - eBook and book by Tony Gaddis
Learning processing : a beginner's guide to programming images, animation and interaction (2015) - eBook by Daniel Shiffman

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Gaddis, T 2019, Starting out with Python,
4th edn, eBook, viewed 20 August 2021, ProQuest eBook Central.
Week 1 Chapter 1 Introduction to computers and programming
Week 2 Chapter 2 Input, processing and output
Week 3 Chapter 3 Decision structures and Boolean logic
Week 4 Chapter 4 Repetition structures
Week 5 Chapter 5 Functions
Week 6 Chapter 6 Files and exceptions
Week 7 Chapter 7 Lists and tuples
Week 8 Chapter 8 More about strings
Week 9 Chapter 9 Dictionaries and sets
Week 10 Chapter 10 Classes and object-oriented programming
Week 11 Chapter 11 Inheritance
Week 12 Chapter 1 to 10

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