Lecture 1.1: Why Program
Python words
words.py
name = raw_input('Enter File:'
handle = open(name, 'r')
Lecture 1.2: Hardware Overview
Components.
Secondary memory.
Main memory is very fast.
Programs go into main memory.
Computers execute machine language.
Translate directly to what's on pins.
Source code like python.
Intensity of how much electricity...
How much energy is a central processing unit using?
Enough to fry the electronics.
What does a hard drive look like inside?
Lecture 1.3: Python as a Language
Lecture 1.4: Programming Paragraphs
Python Scripts
.py
Writing a simple script
Programming steps or Program Flow
Recipe
Sequential
Skipped
Multiple times
Repeated steps
n - 5
while n > 0
print n
n = n - 1
print 'Blastoff!'
Sequential
Repeated
Conditional
Lecture 1.5: Programming Paragraphs
An animated short python story
list of numbers:
what's the largest?
