6.009Fundamentals of Programming
(Fall 2020)
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Announcements: Week 3 (Week of 21 Sep)
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Quiz Dates (UPDATED): Please take note that due to a change of schedule, 6.009's quizzes will now be offered on Wednesday evenings, 14 October and 2 December. We will provide more information about the quizzes, including practice materials and information about conflict quizzes, as we approach those dates.
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Lab 2 Checkoff: The checkoff for lab 2 is due on 23 September at 10pm Eastern time.
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Lab 3: Lab 3 is due on 25 September at 4pm Eastern time, with a checkoff due on 30 September at 10pm Eastern.
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Progress Page: You can now use the progress page to track your progress on the 6.009 labs.
Archived announcements are available here.
Calendar/Handouts
The calendar below will be populated throughout the semester with links to labs, quizzes, and lecture/recitation handouts.
We'll be using Jupyter notebooks (.ipynb files) to distribute some of the content and code
from recitations and lectures. If you would like to run these interactively
on your machine, please see the Jupyter installation
guide (we recommend following the
instructions that use pip3 if you do decide to install Jupyter).
| Week | Lecture | Recitation | Labs | ||
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| Week 0 08/31 - 09/04 |
Subject Overview and Logistics
Video |
Python Notional Machine
Live Session rec00.ipynb rec00.pdf |
Lab 0 Due (Audio Processing)
Lab 1 Released (Image Processing 1) |
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| Week 1 09/07 - 09/11 |
Functions and Functional Design Patterns
Video lec01_code.zip lec01_slides.pdf lec01_slides_scribbles.pdf |
Testing and Debugging Programs
Live Session rec01.ipynb rec01.pdf rec01_full.ipynb |
Lab 1 Due
Lab 2 Released (Image Processing 2) |
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| Week 2 09/14 - 09/18 |
Flood Fill
Video lec02_code.zip |
Word Play
Live Session rec02.zip |
Lab 2 Due
Lab 3 Released (Bacon Number) |
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| Week 3 09/21 - 09/25 |
Exhaustive Search
Video lec03_slides.pdf |
Search with a Queue
Live Session rec03.ipynb rec03.pdf rec03_table.py |
Lab 3 Due
Lab 4 Released (Frugal Maps) |
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| Week 4 09/28 - 10/02 |
Informed Search | Recursive Patterns |
Lab 4 Due
Lab 5 Released (Minesweeper) |
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| Week 5 10/05 - 10/09 |
Recursive Patterns | Tent Packing | Lab 5 Due | ||
| Week 6 10/12 - 10/16 |
TBD | No Recitation (Office Hours) |
Quiz 1: 14 Oct, 7:35-9:25pm ET Lab 6 Released (SAT Solver) |
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| Week 7 10/19 - 10/23 |
Recursive Backtracking | Talent Search |
Lab 6 Due
Lab 7 Released (Autocorrect) |
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| Week 8 10/26 - 10/30 |
Custom Types | OOP |
Lab 7 Due
Lab 8 Released (Symbolic Algebra) |
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| Week 9 11/02 - 11/06 |
Custom Types and Linked Structures |
OOP |
Lab 8 Due
Lab 9 Released (LISP 1) |
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| Week 10 11/09 - 11/13 |
Python Functions and Scoping | Higher Order Procedures and Closures |
Lab 9 Due
Lab 10 Released (LISP 2) |
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| Week 11 11/16 - 11/20 |
TBD | TBD | Lab 10 Due | ||
Thanksgiving Break |
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| Week 12 11/30 - 12/04 |
TBD | TBD |
Quiz 2: 2 Dec, 7:35-9:25pm ET |
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| Week 13 12/07 - 12/11 |
Programming Beyond 6.009 | TBD | |||