Introduction to Python
Introduction to Python
The video tutorial playlist “Introduction to Python” includes a series of videos covering the following topics:
1.1 Background to the Python programming language; Logging into Noteable (Jupyter notebooks) and downloading the course materials; Overview of Jupyter notebooks commands. The demo video at 3:45 shows how Python can be used to program an automonous car: OpenCV Python Neural Network Autonomous RC Car video on YouTube
1.2 Variables; Variable types; Casting types (convert a variable to a different type); Arithmetic operations, including order of precedence
1.3 Comparison operators; Logical operators; Strings; Printing; Placeholders; Commenting
The second half of the playlist provides an introduction to Python course Notebook 0 in Noteable. Including a walk through the solutions to the Introduction to Python course Notebook 1 in Noteable.
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Introduction to Python Slides part 1
Introduction to Python Slides part 2
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