Sue Evans <
bogar@cs.umbc.edu>
& Patti Ordonez
Adapted from the CS1 Course at Swarthmore College by Lisa Meeden
the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation, and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems. It is frequently described as the systematic study of algorithmic processes that describe and transform information; the fundamental question underlying computer science is, "What can be (efficiently) automated?"
Python is the programming language that we will use to tell the computer what to do.
Python...
>python Python 2.6.1 (r261:67517, Dec 4 2008, 16:51:00)[MSC v. 1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win 32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information >>> print "Hello Class!" Hello Class! >>>