About This Course
One semester, two halves, and hardware at the end of it. Unit 1 is Python at the terminal, from your first line of output through to a group-built application. Unit 2 puts the same thinking on a circuit board — MicroPython on a SparkFun IoT RedBoard RP2350 — and finishes with an autonomous rover.
Course Content
Unit 1: Computational Thinking
Activity 1.1: Computer ArchitectureActivity 1.2: Console OutputActivity 1.3: Variables and Data TypesActivity 1.4: Arithmetic OperationsActivity 1.5: Variable ReassignmentActivity 1.6: String InterpolationActivity 1.7: Console InputActivity 1.8: Console Input and Type CastingActivity 1.9: Math FunctionsSection Summary: Programming BasicsReviewActivity 1.10: Booleans and If StatementsActivity 1.11: If, Elif, and ElseActivity 1.12: Nested ConditionalsActivity 1.13: While LoopsActivity 1.14: Number Guessing GameActivity 1.15: Rock, Paper, ScissorsActivity 1.16: For LoopsActivity 1.17: Nested LoopsOptionalSection Summary: Control FlowReviewActivity 1.18: Intro to ListsActivity 1.19: len() and Safe AccessActivity 1.20: Traversal and append()Activity 1.21: Processing ListsActivity 1.22: Checking MembershipActivity 1.23: Parallel ListsSection Summary: ListsReview