PYTHON PROGRAMMING

This course aims to teach everyone the basics of programming computers using Python. We cover the basics of how one constructs a program from a series of simple instructions in Python. The course has no pre-requisites and avoids all but the simplest mathematics. Anyone with moderate computer experience should be able to master the materials in this course.

• Create a function;
• Implement an If Else statement;
• Use variables in For loops and While loops;
• Iterative and recursive programs;
• Algorithms such as the Insertion Sort algorithm;

• Introduction to Programs Data Types and Variables
• Binary Numbers
• Python Lists
• For Loops in Python
• While Loops in Python
• Fun with Strings
• Writing a Simple Factorial Program using Python 2
• Stepping Through the Factorial Program
• Flowchart for the Factorial Program
• Python 3 Not Backwards Compatible with Python 2
• Defining a Factorial Function
• Diagramming What Happens with a Function Call
• Recursive Factorial Function
• Comparing Iterative and Recursive Factorial Functions
• Exercise - Write a Fibonacci Function
• Iterative Fibonacci Function Example
• Stepping Through Iterative Fibonacci Function
• Recursive Fibonacci Example
• Stepping Through Recursive Fibonacci Function
• Exercise - Write a Sorting Function
• Insertion Sort Algorithm

A completion certification will be awarded to those who got 80% or higher on the course assessment