Week 2: Overview
Rafael provides a recap of what you have considered in the course so far, and what is coming up this week.
Week 2 Learning Objectives
- Describe what if statements do and write if statements in Python.
- Write loops and while loops to create at least one repeated block of code.
- Describe what functions are and write at least one of your own functions.
- Program a simulated robot to navigate in space and avoid obstacles.
In the first activity will introduce some important concepts in programming: conditionals and loops. Conditionals enable a program to take decisions and do different things depending on conditions. This can enable a program to perform complex tasks. Loops enable programs to execute instructions more than once, and can be used to iterate over sequences of items in Python.
These are powerful concepts in programming. We will introduce these concepts and show you how to write programs that use these concepts in Python.
An Introduction to Programming Using Python
An Introduction to Programming Using Python
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