By Alfredo Alvarez

Agenda:
• Find out who the instructor is.
• Talk about goals and why you want to learn python.
• Discuss the materials and the methodology for the class.
• Set up your equipment to start doing the online courses.
• Get Started using the python interpreter

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5 years at Microsoft SDE(4 years), SDET
Lead(1.5 years)
2 years before that at Medical Startup
Uses Python to make games.
Currently Works at www.georiot.com

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Name
What are you currently doing?
Why are you interested in learning to code?

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To guide python students while they use the most recent web courses to do their major studies of the python language.

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10 Weekly meetings to discuss(1.5 hour sessions) to design goals, projects, talk about exercises and work.
7 days a week support via email.
First class is free – other 9 are 25$ dollars each.

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Online
◦ I recommend the CodeCademy course( http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/python )
◦ Udacity http://www.udacity.com/overview/Course/cs101/CourseRev/apr2
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Free Books
◦ Intro to python programming book
 http://getpython3.com/diveintopython3/
◦ Thinking like a computer scientist
 http://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english2e/
◦ Data Structure and algorithms book
 http://www.brpreiss.com/books/opus7/html/book.html
◦ Web http://www.djangobook.com/en/2.0/index.html
◦ Learning python the hardway
◦ http://learnpythonthehardway.org/

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The expectation is that the student starts the
Codecademy course after the first meeting and brings doubts to the class.
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We use the class to reinforce concepts
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We also try to outline a small project to finish by the time the 10 weeks are done.

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Download version 3.3.3 and make sure it install the IDE idle.
◦ http://www.python.org/download/
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To validate the version of python run this on the python shell.
◦ import sys print sys.version
|| for 3.3.3 should read print(sys.version)

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First program ever run in any language in python it goes like this:
◦ Print(“Hello World”);

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All programs in python start in the following way: if __name__ == "__main__":
#code goes here
#this is how you write comments.

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To take input from the console we use the input command:
#text is your first variable declaration text = input() print(text)

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Lets make it look like a real program: print(“Enter your name?”); name = input();
#this is call concatenation makes pieces of text be one line
Print(“Hello” + name);

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Read From Dive into python:
◦ Section 1.8
◦ Section 2.1
From Codecademy
◦ http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/python?jump_
to=4fcba68767e7c1000304119b
◦ First 3 sections from python syntax module
 Welcome to the flying circus
 Variables
 Data Types
For Questions
◦ instructorcodebytheneedle@gmail.com