Non-Programmer's Tutorial for Python 2.0

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Front matter

Initial remarks

Intro

Installing and using Python – where to get help

Hello, World

The famous first program – screen output – variables – numbers and calculations

Who Goes There?

Interactive input – strings

Count to 10

while loops

Decisions

if statements

Debugging

Finding out what goes wrong

Defining Functions

Structuring programs with the use of functions

Advanced Functions Example

(Almost) mind-blowing example of how programmers can think

Lists

Variables containing more than one value

For Loops

A second kind of loop

Boolean Expressions

Computer logic – true and false – and and or – not

Dictionaries

Variables containing key/value pairs

Using Modules

Extensions to the standard set of functionality

More on Lists

Using elements or parts of lists

Revenge of the Strings

More advanced text manipulations

File IO

Reading from files and writing to files

Dealing with the imperfect

How to handle errors

The End

How to go further

FAQ

Some frequently asked questions