ES 26: Introduction to Computer Programming

OVERVIEW

This is the homepage of ES 26 HIJ/TXY this Second Semester AY 2018-2019.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

[22 Jan] No class today. :(

ACTIVITIES

[2 May] ME 10 Specs here.

SCHEDULE OF LONG EXAMS

LE 1

LE 2

PYTHON INSTALLATION

The lab machines have Python 3.4. For consistency, install Python 3.4 on your own machine for your practice coding.

Windows

Python 3.4 32-bit installer

Python 3.4 64-bit installer

Windows command line guide (cmd)

Linux

You probably have Python 3, but hey

How to install Python 3 on Linux

Mac OS X

Mac OS X 64-bit/32-bit installer

Mac OS X 32-bit i386/PPC installer

LEARNING RESOURCES

Documentation

Official Python 3 Documentation

Python 3 Standard Library

https://docs.python.org/3/library/

Textbooks/Tutorials

Dive into Python: survey of Python syntax, datatypes, etc.

Think Python by Allen Downey: a good general overview of the Python language. Includes exercises.

The Official Python Tutorial: self-explanatory

Learn Python The Hard Way: (note: for Python 2) another free online text

Reserved keywords in Python: don't use these as variable names

PEP 8: learn what is good and bad style in writing Python code

Python Tutor: interactive tutorial sequence of exercises

Debugging

Python Tutor: an excellent way to actually visualize how the interpreter actually reads and executes your code

DiffChecker: compares two sets of text and shows you which lines are different

Debugging in Python: steps you can take to try to debug your program

Q&A

Stack Overflow: a large Q&A forum for programming concepts