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== Goal #1: set up Python ==
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First things first: we need to install Python! Please complete the instructions below for your operating system.
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== Goal #2: prepare a text editor ==
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In addition to being able to run Python, we are going to install a good text editor for writing and saving Python code during the workshop.<br />
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== Goal #3: practice starting and exiting Python ==
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We'll do a lot of learning and practicing at a Python prompt (this is "interactive" because you are typing the code and hitting enter to run it yourself, instead of running it from a file). So let's practice starting and exiting Python:
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== Goal #4: practice navigating the computer from a
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Throughout this workshop, we'll be running Python programs from the terminal, which means we'll want to be comfortable with navigating to those programs from the terminal prompt. In this section, we'll practice using these navigation commands.
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== Goal #5: practice running Python code from a file ==
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Interactive Python programming at a Python prompt is great for short pieces of code and for testing ideas. For longer code, it can be easier to save the code in a file, and execute the contents of that file (aka a Python script). In this section, we'll practice running Python scripts.
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* [[Boston Python Workshop 8/Friday/Linux Python scripts|Linux]]
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== Goal #7: start learning Python! ==
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It's time to start learning, reading, and writing some Python! Tonight, you'll work through a self-directed tutorial. Saturday morning, we'll have an interactive lecture to cover more Python basics.
<div style="font-size:125%">[[Boston Python Workshop 8/Friday/Tutorial| » Click here
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== Goal #8: practice Python using Codecademy ==
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It's time to use what we've learned in the tutorial and get some practice thinking about and solving problems in Python.
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To give you this practice, we've created custom online practice problems just for this class, using a site called Codecademy!
Tonight, please visit the link below and complete the <b>8 practice problems in the "Strings and choices" section</b>.
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<div style="font-size:125%">[http://www.codecademy.com/courses/python-beginner-en-kSQwt » Click here
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Walk through the Tutorial concept that was most confusing for you. The Tutorial is [[Boston_Python_Workshop_8/Friday/Tutorial| here]].
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==Congratulations!==
You are done with the Friday portion of this Workshop. We'll see you at <b>9:45am</b> tomorrow back here in the basement of the Stata Center! Please bring the laptop you used tonight.
We'll have coffee and snacks tomorrow morning. <b>DO NOT BE LATE</b>: you don't want to miss the beginning of the interactive lecture!
If you have any questions, comments, or feedback on tonight's material, don't hesitate to let a staff member know.
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