intro to python programming (part 2)
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Intro to Python Programming (Part 2). Pamela Moore Zenia Bahorski Eastern Michigan University March 16, 2011. A language to swear by, not at. Topics Covered. Resources Ending Poem: The Zen of Python Contact Information. Resources:. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Intro to Python ProgrammingIntro to Python Programming(Part 2)(Part 2)
Pamela MooreZenia BahorskiEastern Michigan UniversityMarch 16, 2011
A language to swear by, not at.
Topics CoveredTopics CoveredResourcesEnding Poem: The Zen of PythonContact Information
Resources:Resources:Free online Tutorial/Was book by Guido with
good examples. Easy read.◦ Book: van Rossum, G. (2011). The Python Tutorial◦ Available through a link on the Documents site
Open Book Project: http://openbookproject.net/◦ Must see to appreciate…◦ LOTS of links to books/materials
Free Online Book (with lots of praises) Python and Java versions◦ Book: Jeffrey Elkner, Allen B. Downey, & Chris
Meyers. (2010). How to Think Like a Computer Scientist, 2nd edition (2010).
◦ http://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english2e/
ResourcesResources Tutorial/Online Book: Learning to Program by Alan
Gauld◦ http://www.alan-g.me.uk/◦ Frames-based (Good stuff but it hijacks your page)
Although written to supplement his physics students learning to program in Python, this looks very promising as a text....◦ Williams, Michael. (2009). Introduction to computer
programming (using Python).◦ http://pentangle.net/python/
Online Documentation: One Day of IDLE Toying◦ HOW TO USE IDLE with screen shots◦ Nice tutorial to get you started using IDLE◦ https://hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu/~dyoo/python/idle_intro/
index.html
ResourcesResourcesPython Bibliotheca ***Teacher
Resources*** ◦Link through http://openbookproject.net/◦Teacher tools: Books/tutorials◦Multimedia: 24 minute video with interviews
of some notables from the Python community◦Workshops: Collection of programs and a
"course" with worksheets and example projects
◦Community: People (with email addresses) who teach Python
◦Links: to other Python-related places
ResourcesResourcesMore that we didn’t get to look at…◦PythonTurtle: Logo-like environment for kids
and beginners. http://pythonturtle.org/ “Very interesting!” Wish I could play right now!
◦Book: Swaroop, C. (2005). A Byte of Python. Online versions of 2.x and 3.x found at: http://www.swaroopch.com/notes/Python
◦Livewires: A course intended for 12 - 15 year old summer camp in Britain. Includes worksheets. http://www.livewires.org.uk/python/home
ResourcesResourcesBooks:◦Python Programming: For the Absolute
Beginner (Third Edition) by Michael Dawson. Course Technology, 2010.
ISBN: 1-4354-55500-2 (Used at EMU, online version available for students through library).
◦Learning Python (2nd Edition) by Mark Lutz & David Ascher. O'Reilly and
Associates, 2003. ISBN: 0-596-00281-5
◦Programming Python (2nd Edition) by Mark Lutz. O’Reilly and Associates, 2001. ISBN:
0-596-00085-5
ResourcesResourcesOther Stuff:◦Python Cookbook
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python
◦ Magazine Article: Collette, B. & Falck, D. (Fall 2010). Open-source CAM application bares all. Digital Machinist.
◦ 2011 Digital Machinist CNC Workshop: http://www.digitalmachinist.net/workshop
The Zen of Python (by Tim The Zen of Python (by Tim Peters)Peters)1. Beautiful is better than ugly.2. Explicit is better than implicit.3. Simple is better than complex.4. Complex is better than complicated.5. Flat is better than nested.6. Sparse is better than dense.7. Readability counts.8. Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules.9. Although practicality beats purity.10. Errors should never pass silently.11. Unless explicitly silenced.12. In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.13. There should be one— and preferably only one —obvious way to do
it.14. Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch.15. Now is better than never.16. Although never is often better than right now.17. If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea.18. If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.19. Namespaces are one honking great idea — let's do more of those!
(Tim’s poem was presented at a talk on the History of Python by Guido van Rossum in 2005 at EuroPython in Gothenburg, Sweden.)
Contact InformationContact InformationPamela Moore◦[email protected]◦ http://people.emich.edu/pmoore
Zenia Bahorski◦ [email protected]◦ http://people.emich.edu/zbahorski
Department of Computer ScienceEastern Michigan UniversityYpsilanti, MI 48197
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