Python
Nicholas Cousino
WRA 150
What is it?
• Programming Language
• General Purpose
• High-Level
• Readability
Readability
command = input("What would you like to
do?").lower()
elif command == "accounting":
total = 0.00
for item in prices:
total += prices[item] * stock[item]
print ("Total Inventory equals
${amount}".format(amount=total))
What can Python do?
• A simple version of Battleship!
• Other projects on website
http://www.msu.edu/~cousin46
Battleship!
• A quick glance at the source code…
Battleship!
• Hardest Part:
Learning what individual lines do
Battleship!
• It gets easier!
Learning Python
• Codecademy
• Resources from Department of
Computer Science and Engineering
Outcome
• I learned Python
Outcome
• I learned Python
• I learned the basics…
… But a good foundation
Outcome
• More to learn, but I did get a good
start
Works Cited
Codecademy. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Mar.
2014.
McCullen, Mark. CSE 231. Michigan
State University, East Lansing.
Lecture