CISC 121 Lecture 1: intro to python 3, IDEs, shells, blank lines, comments, data vs code, data types, numbers, text, booleans, literals, variables

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Computing
• Course: CISC 121
• Professor: Wendy L Powley

Document Summary

A python 3 program is a file that only contains text that conforms to the syntax of the python 3 programming language. Via a text editor, which is distinct from (and usually way less complex than) a word processing program like word. It"s very common to use a text editor that includes features. An integrated development environment (ide) is a program that embodies some or all of the features described on the previous slide, and maybe more. friendly to python 3 programming, including. Allowing quick execution of a program (via key- combining or clicking on run button) Enabling the capture for analysis of output. Tools for debugging, which may allow the tracing of program execution by stepping through it line by line, revealing the values of variables as they change (for instance) An ide called idle (integrated development and learning.