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What is programming?

Starting with Python, we can:

  • Get your computer to solve problems so you don't have to.
  • Do data analysis, or maybe just add up a bunch of numbers.
  • Write a video game.
  • Manage your Open Stack clusters.
  • Fetch your slippers, assuming your computer is controlling a robot.

Parts of a program

Here's a program:

from termcolor import colored

total_eels = 10
eels_in_hovercraft = 0

print "My hovercraft is empty."

while not raw_input("Throw in an eel (Y/N)? ").lower() == 'n':
    eels_in_hovercraft = eels_in_hovercraft + 1
    if eels_in_hovercraft == total_eels:
        print "You have run out of eels!"
        break

print "Eels in hovercraft: %s" % eels_in_hovercraft

if eels_in_hovercraft > 5:
    print colored("My hovercraft is full of eels!", "green")

Tell the computer which bits of other people's code you want to use:

from termcolor import colored

Define some things that you want to use:

total_eels = 10

Get the computer to do things - e.g. print something to the screen:

print "My hovercraft is empty."

Control when and how often your code is executed:

while raw_input("Throw in an eel (Y/N)? ").lower() == 'y':
...
if eels_in_hovercraft > 5:

TODO