Class 1

CS - Class 1

Foundations

Do Now

Welcome to Computer Science, please sit down and make a name tent. You’ve got
5 minutes!

Agenda

●Cover the classroom expectations (rules, grades, technologies)

●Introduction about the teacher

●Introduction about Python

Expectations

●No food

●No drink

●No phones (during lecture time)

Expectations (continued)

Overall structure of the class:

-5 min Do Now (participation grade)

-10 min go over the Do Now

-15 min lecture (no phone/laptop unless otherwise stated)

-20 min Class exercise

-10 min: Individual exercise (with laptop)

-5 min: ending remarks

Open Ended

What's your favorite color?

Grades

-Daily Do Nows

-Every two weeks, you’ll work on a coding challenge

Two tech

-Quizizz (Do Nows and other interactive content)

-Online python compiler

New Tech - Quizizz

-Let’s fill out the roster together

New Tech - Online Python compiler

https://www.online-python.com/online_python_compiler

Introduction about the Teacher

●B.A. in Computer Science

●M.S. in Interaction Design and Information Architecture

●Worked for the Department of Defense

○Android developer

○Test coordinator

○Program management

Introduction to Python

●Fast and compact

●Easy to learn

●Used in various things: data processing, task automation, game design, etc.

Why Python?

There’s plenty of languages out there…. Why Python?

●Product: game dev

●Ease of use: high (amount of fine tune control: low)

Goal

To make a text-based adventure game

Python data types

●Data types

○String (for textual data)

○Int (for numerical data)

●Store in variables

storing in variables

age = 10

age = 30

print(age)

print("Age: "+age)

Multiple Choice

What is the output of the following code?

x = 4

y = x + 1

print (y)

• 6

• 5

• 4

• 3

Multiple Choice

What is the data type of the following value:

"Hello World"

• str

• int

• complex

• list

Fill in the Blank

Work in a group. When you're done, raise your hand and if the task is done, I'll tell you the mystery answer to type in here.

Multiple Choice

What will the following code print?

x = 7

x = 5

print(x)

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8