ED3170 - Programming, computing and graphics using Python

ED3170 - Programming, computing and graphics using Python

To be offered in Jan-May 2021
Course syllabus, text and reference books information is available

Objectives: The course will introduce the various aspects of Python programming and basics of computing using NumPy and graphics using PyOpenGL. The course assumes that a student is already familiar with one programming language (such as C) and basics of open graphics library (OpenGL).

Course Contents:
Brief introduction to python and its basics, Strings, Control flow instructions, Console input/output.
Lists, Tuples, Sets and Dictionaries - Basics, Accessing, Methods/Operations, Comprehension
Functions, Modules, Classes and objects, Operator Overloading, Iterators/generators, Inheritance, Exception Handling.
File input/output, Bitwise operators, Inner Functions, Decorators.
Introduction to NumPy library.
Legacy OpenGL and Introduction to Modern OpenGL programming in Python.

Text Books:
1) Let us Python, Yashavant Kanetkar and Aditya Kanetkar, First Edition, 2019, BPB Publications
2) OpenGL Programming Guide / Redbook, John Kessenich, Graham Sellers, and Dave Shreiner, Ninth Edition, 2016, Addison-Wesley Professional

Reference Books:
1) Learn Python 3 the Hard Way, Zed A. Shaw, First Edition, 2018, Pearson Education Inc.
2) https://www.python.org
3) http://docs.gl
4) https://pypi.org/project/PyOpenGL/
5) https://wiki.python.org/moin/PyOpenGL
6) http://pyopengl.sourceforge.net/
7) https://www.khronos.org/registry/OpenGL/specs/es/2.0/GLSL_ES_Specification_1.00.pdf
8) OpenGL Redbook available at https://www.glprogramming.com/red/ (for Legacy OpenGL)
9) For Modern OpenGL, documentation available at https://www.opengl.org/documentation/
10) https://www.w3schools.com/python/numpy_intro.asp

Requirements

The course will introduce the various aspects of Python programming and basics of computing using NumPy and graphics using PyOpenGL. The course assumes that a student is already familiar with one programming language (such as C) and basics of open graphics library (OpenGL). Prerequisites - ED1021 / equivalent

Installation and downloadables

Install Anaconda (https://www.anaconda.com/products/individual). Python can be executed using Spyder or Jupiter Notebook.

In Windows, it can be executed from Visual Studio as well.

Typical Grading Policy (subjected to changes depending on the situtation)

Will be determined later

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