Recap
- what's programming and motivations for…
- hardware, software, storing data and executing a program
- programming languages
- the tools that we're using and how to install them
- typical programming work flow
- QUESTION - what's programming?
- QUESTION - what are some ways to describe / differentiate programming languages
- QUESTION - what tools are we using? language? IDE?
- QUESTION - interactive shell vs text editor?
Readings and Assignments
- Complete the Self Paced-Learning Module #1
- you'll install Python on your computer
- you'll write some simple programs!
- Take quiz #1 on NYU Classes
- Starting Out with Python - Chapter 1
Some Reminders
- bring your laptop to class
- try this stuff outside of class
- ask a lot of questions!