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This section has instructions for installing Python and running Python from a command prompt.
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== Goal #2: prepare a text editor ==
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If you would like to use a different text editor from the recommendation for your operating system, please let a staff member know.
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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 command prompt ==
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We will be running files containing Python code (Python "scripts") from the command prompt. You'll need to be able to navigate to those scripts using the command prompt so you can run them. 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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== Goal #6: 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.
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▲<div style="font-size:125%">[[Boston Python Workshop 6/Friday/Tutorial| »Click here to work through tonight's tutorial«]]</div>
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== Goal #7: practice Python using CodingBat ==
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Learning about functions opened up a whole new way for us to practice, using the programming site codingbat.com. The big goal of this practice section is to get you thinking about how to solve problems in Python.
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You don't have to create a CodingBat account to do the exercises, but if you do create an account it'll keep track of which problems you've completed and other statistics.▼
▲You don't have to create a CodingBat account to do the exercises, but if you do create an account it'll keep track of which problems you've completed and other statistics.
== Goal #8: Checkoff ==
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Open your text editor, and press "Tab".
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