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About the Club

Python Club Topics - Intro

About me

  1. I started learning to program at about age 5
  2. I started with BASIC ( Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code )
  3. I am a DevOps Engineer and a Cloud Architect
  4. I work at Northrop Grumman
  5. I am a huge Garfield Comic fan
  6. I have 2 studens at this school

Questions

  1. What is your experience with programming?
  2. What is Python?
  3. Why Python?
  4. How to install python

What is Python?

  1. Python is a programming lanuage used by many for everything from robots to accounting/finance to science, to CGI for movies

Why Python

  1. It's easy to learn and get started, yet powerful to do almost anything you want.
  2. It's the first language taught by most colleges. If you learn it now, you'll be ahead of the game when you get there.

Installing Python

  1. Linux - Red Hat Family
    sudo dnf install python3
  2. Linux - Debian Family
    sudo apt install python3
  3. Windows: Python for Windows
  4. MacOS: MacOS
  5. Can't install Python?
    1. Use interactive web shell on https://pythonhow.com/python-shell
    2. Use interactive web shell on python.org
    3. Create a free student account on Programiz.com
    4. Create a free student account on PythonAnywhere.com