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elz ([personal profile] elz) wrote in [community profile] intro_to_cs2009-11-09 08:50 am
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Lecture 1: off we go!

Summary: "Goals of the course; what is computation; introduction to data types, operators, and variables"






And then:

Problem Set 0 - A very simple program: entering and printing your name

(Hint: this reading gives you background for the problem set.)


And a link back to the rest of the readings for the first three lectures.

And since being able to check off tickyboxes gives me a sense of accomplishment:

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[personal profile] luckykitty 2009-11-12 02:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm definitely glad it wasn't just me! :)

For some reason when I see a terminal type window like that, it doesn't even occur to me to *look* up top for a menu bar. I kept trying to figure out what line command would let me run a program written elsewhere.

I ended up googling the most absolute basic instructions for writing a program with python/IDLE, because I'd started writing it in a text file, then had no idea how to load it and run it... Finally found this and was like OOOOHHHHHH. *laughing*
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[personal profile] bookchan 2009-11-12 02:51 pm (UTC)(link)
That is a handy link! It really broke it down into the basic steps.