Detailed schedule and resources

Class 1

The textbook is called What Can Be Computed?, which we abbreviate as WCBC.

Today we will go through the syllabus and an overview of the course, corresponding to WCBC Chapter 1.

Today’s PowerPoint: 01-intro.pptx.

If there’s time, we will try to run and edit some Python programs using IDLE. Key points:

• You can download Python and install it on your own laptop etc.
• Python is also available on various college computers, and via online sites such as pythonanywhere.com.

Here is some code to paste in and experiment with:

def containsGAGA(inString): 
    if 'GAGA' in inString: 
        return 'yes' 
    else: 
        return 'no' 

Here’s another one:

def multiply(inString): 
    (M1, M2) = inString.split()
    product = int(M1) * int(M2) 
    return str(product)