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This document introduces the basics of Python programming, highlighting its accessibility and versatility for solving real-world problems. It emphasizes the importance of coding, provides examples of Python's applications, and guides users on how to get started with installation and writing their first program. Additionally, it encourages good coding practices, such as using comments for clarity.

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Lesson 1 - Getting Started (16 Page)

This document introduces the basics of Python programming, highlighting its accessibility and versatility for solving real-world problems. It emphasizes the importance of coding, provides examples of Python's applications, and guides users on how to get started with installation and writing their first program. Additionally, it encourages good coding practices, such as using comments for clarity.

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Getting Started to

Python Programming
Why learn to code?

• Programming is a powerful tool you can use to solve


all kinds of problems
• What do you want to do?
• Build a phone app to help you find directions
• Calculate how much money you need to buy a car
• See what people are saying about your business on social
media
• Program a wearable device so it tweets you when you
should re-apply sunscreen
Why Python?

• There are a LOT of different programming languages


out there
• Python is one of the easier ones to learn
• There are lots of free tools out there you can use to
code or learn Python
• There are a lot of different ways to use Python code
And as a bonus

Once you learn how to code in one programming


language it will be easier to learn another
programming language, and another, and another…

JavaScript ???

C# C++

Perl
Does anyone really use Python?

• Industrial Light and Magic uses Python to help with


image processing and lighting special effects
• ForecastWatch.com uses Python to help with weather
forecasts
• DevNet uses Python to aggregate news feeds
• A student in the England made a desktop dinosaur
roar every time it was mentioned on twitter with
Python and Raspberry Pi
But let’s be clear about something…

• You won’t learn enough in this course to start adding


special effects to the next big superhero movie
• You WILL learn enough to start solving real world
problems with code
• OR to just start having some fun 
So how do I get started?
You need to install software on your PC/laptop

• There are a lot of


different tools out
there you can use to
write Python Code.
• In this course we will
use Visual Studio Code
• You Can use alternate
tools such as thonny
(http://thonny.org/)
You need to install software on your PC/laptop

• There are actually a lot of


different flavors of Python:
• IronPython, IPython, CPython,
PyPy, Jython, Canopy,
Anaconda, …
• We will be using the CPython
interpreter with Python 3.6.4
• So, if you copy code from a
website and it doesn’t work
don’t panic! It might just be a
slightly different version of
Python
How do I know I installed everything correctly?

Hello World! • There is a tradition


among programmers
• We always test our
installation by writing
the same program 
Hello World!
DEMO
You have now created your first application

print('Hello World')
Pick up good habits right away!

Comments in your code help you or someone else


understand
• What your program does
• What a particular line or section of code does
• Why you chose to do something a particular way
• Anything that might be helpful to know if I am looking at
the code later and trying to understand it!
In Python we use a # to indicate comments

#My first Python Application


#Created by me!
#Print command displays a message on the screen

print('Hello World')
Visual Studio uses color coding to make your code easier to read

• You can change the


colors if you want
• Go to Quick Launch, type
Colors, select Options |
Environment | Fonts and
Colors
• Change it to whatever
you want
Congratulations you are now a coder

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