FUN WITH PYTHON

Getting Started
8 Topics | 1 Quiz
What is this course about?
Who is this course for?
What does this course promise to help with?
What tools do I need to start coding?
What’s my typing speed?
How long does this course take to finish?
How to get the most out of this course?
Recap
Tell us about yourself
Lesson 0 – Hello, World!
8 Topics | 4 Quizzes
What is coding?
Where do instructions come from?
HW – L0 – Hello World – 1
Do I need to memorize 1s and 0s to become a coder?
Where do I write my Python code?
HW – L0 – Hello World – 2
What is the first program about?
What exactly did we do?
HW – L0 – Hello World – 3
What in the world is “hello world”?
Recap
HW – L0 – Hello World – 4
Lesson 1 – Art Is Everywhere
4 Topics | 1 Quiz
Art is the spice of life
ASCII bunny
How does a computer work?
Recap
HW – L1 – Art Is Everywhere – 1
Lesson 2 – No Comments!
5 Topics | 2 Quizzes
Comments in Python
Why is Python ignoring the prints?
Why are comments needed?
HW – L2 – No Comments – 1
Two simple rules of commenting
Recap
HW – L2 – No Comments – 2
Lesson 3 – Numbers, Numbers Everywhere!
5 Topics | 2 Quizzes
Numbers are everywhere
More math operations
HW – L3 – Numbers – 1
Two kinds of numbers
Alan Turing
Recap
HW – L3 – Numbers – 2
Lesson 4a – Variables
4 Topics | 2 Quizzes
Why do we need to store numbers?
How does Python remember things?
HW – L4a – Variables – 1
Make your own score
Recap
HW – L4a – Variables – 2
Lesson 4b – More Variables
7 Topics | 3 Quizzes
What else can we store in a variable?
Variables in real life
What qualifies as a variable?
HW – L4b – More Variables – 1
Variable naming conventions
Naming your variables
HW – L4b – More Variables – 2
Python Keywords
Recap
HW – L4b – More Variables – 3
Lesson 5 – Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me!
4 Topics | 2 Quizzes
How does this game work?
How do we make our program wait?
Single vs. double quotes
HW – L5 – Wait Wait Dont tell me – 1
Recap
HW – L5 – Wait Wait Dont tell me – 2
Lesson 6 – Strings Attached
5 Topics | 2 Quizzes
Personal greetings
String concatenation
HW – L6 -Strings Attached – 1
One more thing about the input() function
Bringing it all together: A 3-step guide
Recap
HW – L6 – Strings Attached – 2
Lesson 7 – What’s Your Type?
5 Topics | 3 Quizzes
A simple adder
How to convert a string to an integer?
HW – L7 – Type Conversion – 1
More type conversions
HW – L7 – Type Conversion – 2
Allowed conversions
Recap
HW – L7 – Type Conversion – 3
Lesson 8 – Errors Are Our Friends
8 Topics | 2 Quizzes
Syntax – The grammar of a programming language
Syntax Error
Indentation Error
HW – L8 – Errors are our friends! – 1
Name Error
Value Error
Type Error
Divide by zero
Recap
HW – L8 – Errors are our friends! – 2
Lesson 9 – Is It True or False?
6 Topics | 3 Quizzes
Boolean – the new data type on the block
Comparison operators
Variable comparisons
HW – L9 – Is it True or False? – 1
String and float comparisons
HW – L9 – Is it True or False? – 2
Booleans in real life
Recap
HW – L9 – Is it True or False? – 3
Lesson 10 – Decisions, Decisions, Decisions…
6 Topics | 2 Quizzes
The if statement
Branching – Step through
Minionese – Language of the Minions
HW – L10 – Decisions – 1
The if…else statement
World’s shortest IQ test
Recap
HW – L10 – Decisions – 2
Lesson 11 – Going in Loops!
4 Topics | 2 Quizzes
Toddler tantrums
The while loop
Let’s countdown 3..2..1
HW – L11 – Loops – 1
Recap
HW – L11 – Loops – 2
Lesson 12 – More Loops
3 Topics | 1 Quiz
When to use a while loop?
Infinite loops
Recap
HW – L12 – More Loops – 1
Capstone Projects
2 Topics | 3 Quizzes
Fun With Python I – Refresher
Python I Cheat Sheet
The Taco Shop
Guess My Age
Rock-Paper-Scissors
What’s Next?
3 Topics
Resources
Fun With Python – Level2
Quick Survey
BONUS: Lesson – The Return Of The Strings
6 Topics | 3 Quizzes
String methods
More string methods
HW – L13 – The Return Of The Strings – 1
String indexing
Find me if you can!
HW – L13 – The Return Of The Strings – 2
Bringing it all together – Ubbi Dubbi
Recap
HW – L13 – The Return Of The Strings – 3
BONUS: Lesson – Yet Another Looooop
6 Topics | 1 Quiz
The for loop
The for syntax
break and continue
while vs. for
The range function
Recap
HW – Yet Another Loop – 1
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How does a computer work?

FUN WITH PYTHON Lesson 1 – Art Is Everywhere How does a computer work?

How does a computer work?

In the last lesson, we learned how a computer processor works. If you are curious about how a computer works, then here is an excellent resource that explains it in simple terms.

See you in the next lesson!

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