Python-coding

Python-coding

1. sequences

   • particular order for things to be done in
   • computer follows the task in order

2. algorithms

   • steps must be in order
   • a procedure
   • like a recipe
   • small steps/calculations/tasks to be completed for a problem

3. Benefits:

   • allows you to focus on core functionality by taking care of common programming tasks
   • is powerful and fast
   • runs everywhere
   • easy to learn

4. Uses:

   • developing desktop applications
   • websites
   • web applications

5. comments

   • appear in red
   • must start with a hashtag

6. a high-level general purpose programming language

   • created by Guido Van Rossum

7. .py

   • saves as a python document
   • so the computer opens the correct software

8. 3 basic programming structure

   • selection
   • sequence
   • loop

9. strings

   • string literals
     • either single or double quotation marks
     • display with the "print" function
   • assigning string to variables
     • done with the variable name followed by the equal sign and the string
   • Multiline strings
   • strings are arrays