2009 101
Technical Day 1.01: Introductions
Introduction to the Technical Day
Why programming?
Why Python?
Introduction to Computation (including performance) =
A small review of counting
Minimalist Math
... [Y]ou can think of programming as the process of breaking a large, complex task into smaller and smaller subtasks until the subtasks are simple enough to be performed with one of these basic instructions.
ThinkPython, p. 3
Exercise
- Human Adding Machine
distribute ThinkPython
A brief introduction to Python
First exercise: A dialog with Python