Changes between Version 110 and Version 111 of ControlSystems/SoftwareTeam/IntroToPython

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Sep 4, 2017, 11:34:08 PM (8 years ago)

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cdelgigante

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  * ''Variables'':  Things you assign to and read from.  Like in Algebra. `a="Dump Truck"` sets the variable A to the string "Dump Truck".   You can set them to numbers to or fancy things like lists.  They're basically the nouns.
- * ''Control Structures'':  These are instructions like IF this is true THEN do that….  These are like grammar rules, like use active voice, or use punctuation.
- * ''Functions'': These do things. They take nouns as arguments, do something, and can return nouns. In `redCar = paintCarRed(blueCar)`, `paintCarRed` is a function. They're the verbs, they do things, and they take variables and return variables.  Some functions are built in to Python, but you can create your own.
- * ''Packages'':  A lot of other people have written functions to do things.  A lot of things.  When these things are bundled together they're called ''packages''.  You can tell a computer to use a library and save your self a lot of typing.
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-Much like in English, you blend all of these together to create stories, or ''programs''.  Both have a beginning middle and end.  So lets write the first program that all programmers start with:  "Hello World"
+ * ''Control Structures'':  These are core programming language instructions like IF this is true THEN do that….  These are a lot like grammar rules, like: use active voice, or use punctuation.  They're how you get stuff done.
+ * ''Functions'': These do things. They take nouns as arguments, do something, and can return nouns. In `redCar = paintCarRed(blueCar)`, `paintCarRed` is a function. They're the verbs, they do things, and they take variables and return variables.  Many functions are built in to Python, but you can (and should) create your own.
+ * ''Packages'':  A lot of other people have written functions to do things.  A lot of things.  When these things are bundled together they're called ''packages'' which you can download and use.  You can tell your program to use a package and save your self a lot of typing, and do things that would require 2 or 3 college degrees without all that study.
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+Much like in English, you blend all of these together to create stories, or ''programs''.  So lets write the first program that all programmers start with:  "Hello World"
 
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