Before session 1
1. Introduction
In the role of lectures we will use the videos by Chuck Severance from the University of Michigan.
- Watch the videos in YouTube if you need subtitles.
- Presentations used in videos are linked below the video.
- Full text on the topic can be found from the book (check the link below the videos).
The first four videos are an introduction to programming. The videos tell why one might want to learn to program, and what are basic issues concerning learning to program.
Slides in English
Textbook in English
2. Install Thonny
Thonny is an IDE for Python. Thonny comes with Python built in - there is no need to install Python separately. Only Thonny installer is needed to start learning to programm.
Please download and install Thonny from:
If you have problems with installation, please look at:
Please download and install Thonny from:
If you have problems with installation, please look at:
3. Quiz
Go to Moodle and solve the first quiz.
- Use your Tartu university account to log into Moodle.
- The maximum points for the quiz is 0.5 if the quiz is completed before the practice session and 0.25 if the quiz is completed one week after the deadline; after that the quiz is not graded.
- Quiz can be answered several times.
- The best attempt counts as the final score for the quiz.
4. Exercises
There are no programming exercises before the first practice session. We will solve first practice exercises together during the session. Nevertheless, you can try to solve some exercises e.g.: write a program that asks the user for a name and then welcomes the user using this name, to see how Thonny works.