Getting Started

7 Topics | 1 Quiz

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

3 Topics | 1 Quiz

Art is the spice of life

ASCII bunny

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!

4 Topics | 2 Quizzes

Numbers are everywhere

More math operations

HW – L3 – Numbers – 1

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

6 Topics | 3 Quizzes

What else can we store in a variable?

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!

3 Topics | 2 Quizzes

How does this game work?

How do we make our program wait?

HW – L5 – Wait Wait Dont tell me – 1

Recap

HW – L5 – Wait Wait Dont tell me – 2

Lesson 6 – Strings Attached

3 Topics | 1 Quiz

Personal greetings

String concatenation

Recap

HW – L6 -Strings Attached – 1

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 | 1 Quiz

Syntax – The grammar of a programming language

HW – L8 – Errors are our friends! – 2

Lesson 9 – Is It True or False?

6 Topics | 3 Quizzes

Comparison operators

Boolean – the new data type on the block

Variable comparisons

HW – L9 – Is it True or False? – 1

Booleans in real life

String and float comparisons

HW – L9 – Is it True or False? – 2

Recap

HW – L9 – Is it True or False? – 3

Lesson 10 – Decisions, Decisions, Decisions…

4 Topics | 2 Quizzes

The if statement

Branching – Step through

HW – L10 – Decisions – 1

The if…else statement

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

3 Quizzes

The Taco Shop

Hogwart’s Sorting Hat Ceremony

Guess My Age

What’s Next?

3 Topics

Resources

Fun With Python – Level2

Quick Survey

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Fun with Python Getting Started Recap

Recap:

Here are the list of things you need to get started:

A computer with browser
Internet connection
QWERTY keyboard and a mouse or a touchpad

That’s it. You can now get back on your horse and gallop to the next section to start the adventure.

Good luck and Happy coding!

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