Week 1: Fundamentals I
In this lesson we look at different data types including integers, floats, boolean, and strings. We also look at how to use different operators in Python, including arithmetic and comparison operators.
Welcome to this 6 week introduction to Python course. This course is aimed at beginners. The content of this course will be released each week, for the next 6 weeks. Make sure to also check out the Facebook group after each lesson for hints and tips on completing the coding challenge.
Facebook GroupIn this lesson we look at different data types including integers, floats, boolean, and strings. We also look at how to use different operators in Python, including arithmetic and comparison operators.
In this lesson we look at the list data structure and functions / methods for operating on lists. Then we look at the if statement, for loops and while loops.
In this lesson we look at the turtle module; this will be vital for building the game pong in the final three weeks of the course!
We will be taking a 2 week break with the course over easter, check back on Monday 12th April when we will complete the final three weeks of the course to build pong! Of course you are still welcome to post any questions you may have in the Facebook group.
This week we begin putting all the knowledge gained over the past several weeks into action by starting to build the video game pong.
This week we continue to work on implimenting the classic video game pong in Python!