Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python) - Class..

The class begins tomorrow and if anyone wants they can still sign up for the free version.
https://www.coursera.org/learn/python/

I've started the class and I hope to post information from it and tips to help anyone who's interested.
Note: You don't have to install any software to take this class. All of the coding can be done in this environment/web site: CodeSkulptor

It's not hard to use and it makes use of Python version 2.7.

You can install Python on your own PC: Download Python | Python.org
I highly recommend using 2.7.10.

Hope to see some of you there.
Jeff.. :)

PGM1: Hello World..

Code:

#Print Hello World.. -- this is a comment and is ignored when Python runs the code..
#comments are used to document your code..
print "Hello, World."

Hydranix said:

Code:

#include <iostream>
using std::cout;

int main()
{
   cout << "Hello World!\n";
   return 0;
}

C++ isn't very difficult once you learn the concepts involved in programming. I suggest after you get the hang of python, you give C/C++ a try. It's awesome!

I've tried it out and C++ is a good language.

Class starts today!!
Oh and here's a real nice editor that is useful not only for the class but as a general editor:
Atom I'm using it and I really like it so far.

Jeff

Here's a nice script that is an expansion on the "Hello World" program. It is a bit more advanced but it demonstrates what you can do with a file in Python. Oh and it's version 2.7.10 of Python.
Code:

PHP Code:

#---------------------------------------------
# PGM:    hello1.py
# By:     Jeff F.. Citizen Z!!
# Hello  script.. file usage ..
#---------------------------------------------
handle = open('hello.txt','r')
for line in handle:
    line = line.rstrip()
    print line
handle.close() 


Input File: hello.txt

Mirëdita - Albanian
G'day - Australian
Bog - Croatia
Ahoj - Czech
Hej - Danish
Hallo - Dutch
Hello - English
Hei - Finnish
Bonjour - French
Guten tag - German
Aloha - Hawaiian
Jó napot - Hungarian
Góðan dag - Icelandic
Halo - Indonesian
Dia dhuit - Irish
Ciao - Italian
Hallo - Norwegian
Bună ziua - Romanian
Здравствуйте (zdrávstvujte) - Russian
Hola (oh-la) - Spanish
Hujambo - Swahili
Hallå - Swedish
Merhaba - Turkish
Вітаю (vitayu) - Ukrainian
Chào (jow) - Vietnamese
Hylô - Welsh
Sawubona - Zulu

And here's the output: