Syllabus — Spring 2018

Introduction to Computer Programming

Welcome

[vocab] code | data | program | developer

“Computer science is as much about programming as astronomy is about telescopes.”
 — Mike Fellows

Debugging pt. 1

[vocab] debug | error message

→ Lab Assignment: “Debugging Madlib” on…

aDa LoVeLaCe

[vocab] variable | method

→ Lab Assignment: “Changing Case (Methods)” on…

Running programs in IDLE

[vocab] IDLE | execute | encrypt | decrypt

IDLE is a development environment for Python. It has two main window types, the Shell window and the Editor window. For this example, we will be using the Editor window.

Getting input from the user

[vocab] user input

→ Lab Assignment: “Madlib (User Inputs)”…