Week 1: Introduction to CS21 and Python Programming

Week 1 Goals

  • Understand course format and policies

  • Log in and learn about the CS network and Linux

  • Learn to run update21 and handin21 to receive files and submit work

  • Learn to use the Visual Studio Code editor (code)

  • Learn how to open, edit, and run python programs

  • Learn basic python syntax and semantics

  • Learn the string, integer, and float data types

Week 1 Files

  • welcome.py: A first python program, displays the text "hello"

  • greeting.py: Demonstrates getting text input from the user

  • numbers.py: Working with numbers (integers), getting numbers as input