Monday

Objectives

• Learn about the TCP/IP stack and the layers of activity it represents
• Learn how to use sockets to send messages between machines
• Learn about the rationale behind creating data structures
• Discover the qualities of an array
• Discover the qualities of a singly linked list
• Learn the absolute basics of Class programming in Python

Readings

• The Internet: Packets, Routing & Reliability
• The Internet: IP Addresses and DNS
• The Internet: Wires, Cables & WIFI

Review

Concepts

• TCP/IP and Sockets
  • Network Basics
  • Sockets
  • Communicating With Sockets
  • Wrap Up
• Data Structures: An Overview
  • Read This
  • History
  • Storing and Fetching Data
  • Types of Data Structures
  • Common Attributes of Abstract Data Types
  • Common Operations of Abstract Data Types
• Arrays
  • Motivation
  • Base Definition and Operations
  • Attributes
  • Implementation
  • Using Our Array
• Linked List
  • Definition
  • Motivation
  • Attributes
  • Operations
• Introduction To Python: Part 5
  • Definitions
  • Python Classes
  • Wrap Up

Demo

Socket server-client communications

Assignments

• Technical Blog Post: Generate Ideas (note that this assignment is due Friday)
• TCP/IP and Sockets
• Socket Echo Server
• Implement a Singly-Linked List in Python
• Complete Your GitHub Profile
• Today I learned...