Introduction
Contents
Introduction¶
Introduction to the Introductory Python materials.
Why Learn Computation?¶
Computation is how things are done
Computation is the foundation of much of the modern world
What is Python¶
Python is a programming language
It is a way to do computation
It gets the computer to do the work for you
Python is an ecosystem
It is a culture of practice for computation
What does Python look like¶
variable_name = "variable name."
print(variable_name)
variable name.
a = 1
b = 2
c = a + b
print(c)
3
Why Choose Python?¶
Python is a powerful, well developed, and well supported tool
Python is general purpose, with an immense, multi-purpose ecosystem
Python is human focused, with a strong user & developer community
Python is open-source and accessible