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| Title: | Simpler is Better: Python as a Teaching Language |
| Authors: | Zelle, John |
| Keywords: | first language
python language features
object oriented programming
OOP
imperative paradigm
top down design
graphics |
| Issue Date: | Jun-2008 |
| Publisher: | CS&IT Symposium 2008 |
| Abstract: | Python is a free, portable, very-high-level object-oriented programming language. Its simplicity and elegance make it a perfect language for beginning programmers and enhance the productivity of experienced professionals. Python is now a standard tool in many areas of software development and has found a home at places like Google and NASA. Using Python as the primary language in our CS curriculum at Wartburg College has allowed our students to focus more on fundamental concepts of computer science and less on arcane language issues. This talk is an introduction to the Python language emphasizing its uses in teaching, especially for introductory programming courses. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2378/356 |
| Appears in Collections: | L2 A 02: Algorithmic Problem Solving
L4 B 06: Web Programming
L3 B 04: Graphics programming
L3 B 03: Objects & classes
L3 B 01: Methods (functions) and parameters
L3 A 01: Program design & problem solving
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