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🏛️ Lecture 1

ENPM605 — L1: Course Introduction

Covers course structure, development environment setup, the Python execution pipeline, and introduction to Python variables.

🐍 Python Resources
📘 Python Official Tutorial

Getting Started

Sections 3, 4, and 5 cover informal introduction, control flow, and data structures.

  • Variables & Types

  • Control Flow

  • Data Structures

https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/
📏 PEP 8 Style Guide

Coding Conventions

Python’s official style guide for writing clean, readable code.

  • Naming Conventions

  • Whitespace & Indentation

  • Import Ordering

https://peps.python.org/pep-0008/
🔍 Python Language Reference

Internals

Detailed reference for Python syntax, data model, and execution model.

  • Data Model

  • Execution Model

  • Expressions & Statements

https://docs.python.org/3/reference/
📦 Python Standard Library

Built-in Modules

Reference for all standard library modules used in this course.

  • sys, os, ast

  • dis, tokenize

  • keyword

https://docs.python.org/3/library/
🛠️ Development Tools
💻 Visual Studio Code

IDE Documentation

Getting started, extensions, and debugging guides.

  • Python Extension

  • Dev Containers

  • Debugging

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs
🐳 Docker Desktop

Container Platform

Installation, setup, and container management.

  • Installation Guides

  • Container Basics

  • Dev Environments

https://docs.docker.com/desktop/
⚡ Ruff

Python Linter & Formatter

Fast, all-in-one tool for Python code quality.

  • Configuration

  • Rule Reference

  • VS Code Integration

https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/
🐍 Python Extension for VS Code

Language Support

IntelliSense, debugging, linting, and formatting.

  • Interpreter Selection

  • REPL & Debugging

  • Testing

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-python.python
🤖 ROS 2 & Simulation Resources
📘 ROS 2 Jazzy

Official Documentation

ROS 2 Jazzy Jalisco documentation and tutorials.

  • Installation

  • Tutorials

  • API Reference

https://docs.ros.org/en/jazzy/
🌍 Gazebo Harmonic

Simulation Environment

Getting started with Gazebo Harmonic for robot simulation.

  • Installation

  • World Building

  • Sensor Plugins

https://gazebosim.org/docs/harmonic/getstarted/
🧭 Nav2

Navigation Stack

The ROS 2 navigation framework used in the final project.

  • Architecture

  • Configuration

  • Behavior Trees

https://docs.nav2.org/
🌳 py_trees

Behavior Trees for Python

Library for building application-level behavior trees.

  • Getting Started

  • Composites & Decorators

  • Blackboards

https://py-trees.readthedocs.io/
📚 Python Books
Mark Lutz

Learning Python (5th Edition)

Comprehensive introduction to the Python language.

Luciano Ramalho

Fluent Python (2nd Edition)

Effective use of Python features for experienced programmers.

Brett Slatkin

Effective Python (2nd Edition)

90 specific ways to write better Python.

Martin Fowler et al.

Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code

The origin of the term “code smells” referenced in the linting section.

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