Monday

Objectives

• Have working installs of Python 2.7 and 3.5
• Understand how to work with Python virtual environments
• Ensure a common understanding of basic Python syntax
• Establish a common editor setup with linting and syntax highlighting

Readings

• Watch Ned Batchelder of EdX speak about Names and Values in Python

Review

No review topics today

Concepts

• Installing Python
  • For OS X
  • For Linux
  • The Result
• Working with Virtual Environments
  • Why Virtual Environments?
  • Installing Virtual Environments
  • Using Virtual Environments
  • Other Options
  • A Note
  • Wrap-Up
• Introduction To Python: Part 1
  • What is Python?
  • Python Versions
  • Introduction to Your Environment
  • Basic Python Syntax
  • Saving Your Code

Demo

Creating and managing a Python 3 virtual environment

Assignments

• Pimp Your Editor
• Break This Function
• Connect To Us Online
• Update Your Canvas Profile
• Read the Python 401 Outline
• Today I learned...

If you finish those, spend time running through the first three chapters of How to Think Like a Computer Scientist Sign up for an account and read and work through the exercises in:

• Chapter 1: The Way of The Program
• Chapter 2: Simple Python Data
• Chapter 3: Debugging Interlude I

There is no submission for these review materials.