Introduction to Programming with Python

This course will teach you the basics of a programming language named Python. Python is fun to learn but is also a Real programming language that powers websites and apps like Yelp.com and Twitter.

The LEAGUE of Amazing Programmers is a non profit progamming school that teaches 5th through 12th grade students all over San Diego to program. We are really happy to have you here for this class, and we hope that you will love programming as much as we do.

This Hour of code activity was originally created by Trinket.io, and this course is a modified version of A Visual Introduction to Python, with some extra lessons and exercises.

Development of The LEAGUE’s curriculum is generously funded by the Itzkowitz Family Foundation.

Turtles

For this module, we will be using a turtle named Tina to help us learn about programming. Tina is a turtle that can move around the screen and draw lines. We will use Tina to help us learn about programming concepts like loops, functions, and variables.

( You can advance to the next part of the lesson by clicking on “Meet Tina” in the left sidebar, or by clicking on the “Next” button at the botom-right of the page. )

• Meet Tina
• Moving
• Colors
• Saying Hello
• Tina's Pen
• Going in Circles
• Tina's Grid
• Tina's Secrets

Remembering and Repeating

• Variables Loops and Lists
• Variables
• Loops for Easy Squares
• Functions
• Crazy Shapes
• First Look at Lists
• Making Choices with If and Else

Function Practice

• More Functions
• Happy Pet
• Obedient Turtle
• Drawing Houses

Lists, Strings, and Iterables

• Iterating over Iterables
• Unpacking Tuples

Final Project

• Final Project