MIT 6.100L Introduction to CS and Programming using Python, Fall 2022

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1	Lecture 1: Introduction to CS and Programming Using Python	1:03:30	2024-04-11
2	Lecture 2: Strings, Input/Output, and Branching	1:18:58	2024-06-07
3	Lecture 3: Iteration	46:42	2024-04-11
4	Lecture 4: Loops over Strings, Guess-and-Check, and Binary	1:13:16	2024-04-11
5	Lecture 5: Floats and Approximation Methods	47:11	2024-04-11
6	Lecture 6: Bisection Search	1:14:27	2024-04-24
7	Lecture 7: Decomposition, Abstraction, and Functions	45:54	2024-04-11
8	Lecture 8: Functions as Objects	1:17:46	2024-04-11
9	Lecture 9: Lambda Functions, Tuples, and Lists	45:26	2024-04-11
10	Lecture 10: Lists and Mutability	1:15:13	2024-04-24
11	Lecture 11: Aliasing and Cloning	46:17	2024-04-11
12	Lecture 12: List Comprehension, Functions as Objects, Testing, and Debugging	1:15:46	2024-04-24
13	Lecture 13: Exceptions and Assertions	42:56	2024-04-11
14	Lecture 14: Dictionaries	1:18:06	2024-04-11
15	Lecture 15: Recursion	45:19	2024-04-11
16	Lecture 16: Recursion on Non-numerics	1:17:53	2024-04-11
17	Lecture 17: Python Classes	47:48	2024-04-11
18	Lecture 18: More Python Class Methods	1:17:26	2024-04-11
19	Lecture 19: Inheritance	1:16:55	2024-04-11
20	Lecture 20: Fitness Tracker Object-Oriented Programming Example	1:19:04	2024-04-11
21	Lecture 21: Timing Programs and Counting Operations	32:12	2024-04-11
22	Lecture 22: Big Oh and Theta	1:20:36	2024-04-11
23	Lecture 23: Complexity Classes Examples	1:21:18	2024-04-11
24	Lecture 24: Sorting Algorithms	47:39	2024-04-11
25	Lecture 25: Plotting	1:17:54	2024-04-11
26	Lecture 26: List Access, Hashing, Simulations, and Wrap-Up	1:12:32	2024-04-11

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