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rec01
 

Introduction to the lab environment
IDLE
first Python program
How to submit your work

We will assume that the student has a basic understanding of using whatever OS is on their laptop..

This diagram shows how you will turn in homeworks and lab work for grading.

1. offline 2. laptop: IDLE 3. laptop: browser 4. laptop: browser

Read, understand, analyze and solve the problem BEFORE starting to type in code

This first step is one of the most important parts of programming:
ANAYLIZING
THE PROBLEM

Use IDLE in its two modes:

1. Interactive window
(SnakePit)
2. Programming window
(pyProgramming)

Use the web browser of your choice to upload your program for grading.

Here is the link to the turn-in system for cs1114:

turn-in (how to)

Do this step many times, submitting PARTIALLY CORRECT programs so that you have at least submitted something. Do NOT wait until you have a completely working program to do your first upload - if there is a server problem and you are late, you will get NO CREDIT.

For submitted homeworks, you can
check what you might have gotten wrong and why online.

Today you will learn these things and a few other things (not necessarily in this order):

Check that you have the correct software installed and that your accounts and passwords work

Viruses, Windows/Mac problems and your responsibility

Server outages and your responsibility

Alternate place to work if you laptop goes down

The course website

The (normal) lab process

The Turn-in process

Creating and testing python programs in python using IDLE



Other links you might want to read on your own time.

If you are retaking cs1114, how do you deal with your files from a previous semester?

desktop icons

Windows updates and your responsibility

Creating and testing C++ programs in .NET (2003 shown)