In this course, you will not only learn to design your own app but also utilize AI-assisted programming tools to enhance your coding experience. Here are some key aspects of the course:
- Use of Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT to assist in coding.
- Recommended AI tool: ChatGPT or alternatives like Bard, GitHub CoPilot, Perplexity AI, or locally self-hosted GPT4All.
- Each week, you will cover essential programming concepts and apply them to your project.
- The course consists of 7 individual Python practicals and your own application development project.
- Regularly document your work in the timetable below.
- Review interviews with teaching assistants to assess your understanding and progress.
- No final exam; your grade will be based on your performance throughout the course.
Grading will be based on the following scale:
| Grade | Requirements |
|---|---|
| 1 | Excellent understanding, excellent code & tests, excellent project, excellent skill improvements & learning journey (> 90h) & applied for it. |
| 2 | Full & good understanding, good code & tests, good project, good skill improvement & obvious honest learning journey (> 75h). |
| 3 | Satisfying understanding of all concepts, OK code and tests, OK project, believable improvement and learning journey (> 75h). |
| 4 | Obviously less effort than other students, e.g., no skill improvements, but understanding of all concepts there, and code + tests + project fine. |
| 5 | None of the above (e.g., one of the concepts not fully understood). |
Note: If you receive grade 5, you will have the opportunity for a "second chance" to improve your grade.
You will implement 7 mini-projects and one larger project. The programming language to use is Python (version 3.8 or newer).
| Project folder | Concepts | Suggested deadline |
|---|---|---|
01-datatypes |
Datatypes | 2023-10-08 |
02-variables |
Variables | 2023-10-15 |
03-functions |
Functions | 2023-10-22 |
04-tests |
Automatic tests | 2023-10-29 |
05-conditionals |
Conditional statements | 2023-11-05 |
06-loops |
Loops | 2023-11-12 |
07-collections |
Lists and other collections | 2023-11-19 |
project |
Your own larger project | 2023-11-19 |
Note: The table above contains suggested deadlines. The actual deadline is 2023-11-19 23:59 CET!
If you want to use external libraries for your large project, make sure to add the dependency to the requirements.txt file, such that they can be installed via pip install -r requirements.txt.
Using external libraries is not required.
You can use the command python project/main.py to run your large projects (replace project with another folder name to run one of your smaller projects instead).
You can use the command pytest project to test your projects (replace project with another folder name to test one of your smaller projects instead).
Don't worry if you don't see much output - pytest hides passed tests by default.
To show more information (including passed tests), use the command pytest project -v instead.
Track your time investment for this lecture in the timesheet at the bottom of this document.
Timesheet:
| Date | Start Time | End Time | Breaks | Cumulative Total Time | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-03 | 19:00 | 22:00 | 000 | 003:00 | Searching for inspiration |
| 2023-10-04 | 14:00 | 00:00 | 015 | 008:45 | First prototype |
| 2023-10-05 | 10:00 | 13:00 | 000 | 011:45 | Reimplementing the UI |
| 2023-10-06 | 15:00 | 20:00 | 105 | 015:00 | Experimenting with neural networks |
| 2023-10-07 | 15:00 | 17:00 | 000 | 017:00 | Setting up GitLab |
| 2023-10-08 | 17:00 | 23:00 | 060 | 022:00 | Preparing the layout |
| 2023-10-09 | 14:00 | 14:30 | 000 | 022:30 | Using Icecream debugger |
| 2023-10-13 | 09:30 | 16:30 | 300 | 024:30 | Small improvements |
| 2023-10-15 | 16:00 | 21:00 | 060 | 028:30 | Added API&AI Data |
| 2023-10-17 | 17:00 | 23:30 | 120 | 033:00 | Worked on ML in Kaggle |
| 2023-10-24 | 15:00 | 17:00 | 000 | 035:00 | Meeting with the Data Team of the university to discuss about improving the ML model |
| 2023-10-25 | 09:00 | 17:00 | 120 | 041:00 | Big refactoring |
| 2023-10-26 | 14:00 | 19:00 | 000 | 046:00 | Continued refactoring |
| 2023-10-27 | 16:00 | 21:00 | 000 | 051:00 | Tried to transfer state from page to page -> Failed |
| 2023-10-28 | 13:00 | 22:00 | 000 | 060:00 | Changing UI framework |
| 2023-11-04 | 15:00 | 20:00 | 000 | 065:00 | Tried out various ML combinations on Kaggle |
| 2023-11-05 | 17:00 | 23:00 | 060 | 070:00 | Added Sourcery Tests |
| 2023-11-06 | 17:00 | 19:00 | 000 | 072:00 | Added some information to the application page and model |
| 2023-11-11 | 10:00 | 12:00 | 000 | 074:00 | Refactored some code, added docs |
| 2023-11-18 | 14:00 | 20:00 | 000 | 080:00 | Finalized project |