As a quick refresher, here are some of the basic programming syntax structures. For more information, check out our actual python course, our YouTube playlists. While there is a lot more to this language, this helps give you a good idea of where to start with the basics. We are not talking about built in…
If you remember from previous classes, Python is a high-level, interpreted, interactive and object-oriented scripting language. It is designed to be highly readable and uses English keywords frequently where other languages use punctuation. Python has fewer syntactical constructions than other languages. Python is commonly used for developing websites and software, task automation, data analysis, and data…
There are many reasons why there are different programming languages. Evolving Technology One of the main reasons is that technology is always evolving, and as more technologies come into being and advance, we need more tools that can make use of these technologies. You might remember from previous classes with me, we’ve talked about how…
Many students want to know what language should they learn, either while in school for Computer Science, or even before they get there. This of course varies between schools, but typically you can find Python, C/C++, and Java as some of the more common languages. However, typically, the school will offer and/or teach them to…
This is a problem which might come up during a job interview, to try to figure out, how do you think. And it goes something like: “Can you count (i.e. print each number), from 1 to 100, without using a loop?” Now some languages will have some special functions which you can use to do…
A while loop says to perform a set of operations while a condition is true. It is known as a pre-test loop, because the condition is tested before the loop is run at all, meaning the body of the loop may never run. The general form for a while loop is: Notice that the loop…
Let’s take the simple example from before, and work on getting inputs from a user: In the example, we specifically set the radius, however we want to get that information from the user. With Python, we had a single command, however in C++ getting an input will consist of two steps. First we need to…
Now the idea behind weighted search is nice, but it is complicated, requires several extra calculation steps, and can cause other issues. In a Database, you might have heard about indexing. The idea of finding a way to store a subset of your table which means faster searching. Of course, if you are looking through…
