Python

An introduction to programming in the popular Python programming language. Topics include data types, simple statements, control structures, strings, functions, recursion, the Python interpreter, system command lines and files, module imports, object types, dynamic typing, scope, classes, operator overloading, exceptions, testing and debugging. The course will enable students to program fluently in Python and move on to advanced topics such as programming collective intelligence and natural language processing. Mastery of Python also provides a foundation for learning the Web programming framework Django.