Instructions:

BEFORE this session, for each of the following videos or reading:

• Watch the video (or read the reading), and as you do so,
• do the associated quiz in Moodle.

Videos and Reading:

1. Getting started in Python - Numbers, Arithmetic Operators, Expressions, Objects, Types, Variables, Assignment, Calling Functions (whew!)
   • Follow these instructions for opening a Python Console window in PyCharm.
   • Using the Python Console window that you opened in PyCharm, do the exercises on this handout on Getting Started in Python (and do the associated quiz in Moodle) as you do so.
2. Introduction to Functions — Video [10:51 minutes]
   • Note: This video refers to exercises that you will see in Session 2 (the video falsely claims that you will see them in Session 1).
3. Calling Functions with Arguments — Video [3:44 minutes]
   • The preceding video explained how a program's flow of control changes when a function call occurs.
   • This video explains the flow of information that occurs during a function call.
4. Object Oriented Programming (OOP) — Video [7:47 minutes]
   • This video explains the concept of Object Oriented Programming, contrasting it with Procedural Programming.
5. Classes — what objects know (in instance variables) and what they can do (via methods) — Video. UML Class Diagrams. [7:49 minutes]
   • The previous video introduced the concept of Object Oriented Programming (OOP).
   • This video explains the programming constructs that embody OOP — classes, objects, instance variables and methods.
6. Objects and Classes – Using Objects — Video [20:00 minutes]
   • This video extends the concepts from the previous videos to show how a software developer uses objects to be more productive.
7. Thinking Like a Computer: Control Flow
   • Video [3:04 minutes] by Valerie Galluzzi
   • Code associated with the video (for your reference)