"The workshop is designed for beginners to programming The primary target audience are students of all ages and backgrounds. Attendees in the workshop will learn the basics of the Python programming language and get help for hands-on, project-based practice. Attendees will set up a Python development environment on their own computer and complete a short project in Python."

1. Flying with Python
Intro into computer programming

2. Flying with Python
Who am I
FLOSSK Member
Fedora Ambassador
Mozilla Representative
Software Developer @ AdaptivIT

3. Flying with Python
Examine what is a computer
What makes them work?
Imagination defines the limits of potential
What is a program?
You can do it too
Demonstration
Suggestions

4. Computers ?
A device that computes, especially a programmable electronic machine that performs high-speed
mathematical or logical operations or that assembles, stores, correlates, or otherwise processes information.

5. What makes them work
A bunch of electronics that respond to programmable instructions.

7. What is a program

8. What is a program
How about this?
A program is a set of ordered instructions for a computer to perform?

9. Phases of development
1. Define the task (problem) = [Scope]
2. Plan the Solution: = [Design]
- Find suitable algorithm
- Find data structures
- Pseudo coding
3. Write the Code = [Implementation]
4. Fix errors (bugs) = Testing and Debugging

10. Flying with Python

11. Top 10 Reasons Why Python Rocks
1. Simple, easy to read syntax
2. Automatic modules namespaces
3. Object oriented
4. Huge community with great support
5. Modules for pretty much everything you might need to do
6. 99 % cross platform
7. Interactive shell
8. Easy to embed and extend
9. Supported by Maya, Houdini, XSI, Blender, Digital Fusion etc
10. Open Source

12. First Step
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Download Python: Python.org (Linux, OS X, Windows)
Activestate.com (Windows)
Text editor (Emacs, Gedit, Notepad ++, Sublime Text etc)

13. Python Syntax
Python is case sensitive
Python is type-less
Whitespace matters
# is used for comments

14. Lets get interactive
Windows users:
Start > cmd > python
Start and search python
Linux and Mac users:
Have it installed open terminal and type python