Introduction to Programming in Python – Durham University
Python is an interpreted high-level general-purpose programming language. Its design philosophy emphasizes code readability with its use of significant indentation. Its language constructs as well as its object-oriented approach aim to help programmers write clear, logical code for small and large-scale projects.
Python is dynamically-typed and garbage-collected. It supports multiple programming paradigms, including structured (particularly, procedural), object-oriented and functional programming. It is often described as a “batteries included” language due to its comprehensive standard library.
We will go through basic programming concepts and implement them using Python as an example of a high-level programming language. This course is explicitly for non-programmers and will use a slow-pace hands-on approach to make sure everybody benefits from it.