• • This is a text book you will be using in class.  Many of the lectures and Lessons will contain material from this book. You will be assigned reading and coding assignments pulled from this resource.

  • On its own, this book won’t turn you into a professional software developer any more than a few guitar lessons will turn you into a rock star. But if you’re an office worker, administrator, academic, or anyone else who uses a computer for work or fun, you will learn the basics of programming so that you can automate simple tasks

• • This is an open sources Python Text book by Allen B. Downey,  and you will be using it in class.  Some of the lectures and Lessons will contain material from this book. You will be assigned reading and coding assignments pulled from this resource.

  • The Author, Allen, had some specific goals when he wrote this book: 

    • Keep it short. It is better for students to read 10 pages than not read 50 pages.

    • Be careful with vocabulary. I tried to minimize jargon and define each term at first use.

    • Build gradually. To avoid trap doors, I took the most difficult topics and split them into a series of small steps.

    • Focus on programming, not the programming language. I included the minimum useful subset of Python and left out the rest.

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