Computing Resources

Quick links to:

• Installing Python - Anaconda Distribution
  • Windows installation
  • Linux installation
  • MacOS installation

Resources for practicing/learning Python basics:

• Philip Guo's Python Tutor lets you execute a program line by line, and it draws the variables and data structures that the program creates during execution
• Codecademy
• CodingBat
• CodeStepByStep

CSE 160 Handouts:

• Python Evaluation Rules
• Debugging a Python program
• How do I interact with files in Python?
• Usage of csv.DictReader
• CSE 160 Python style guide for programs
• Examples of Python syntax taught in CSE 160
• Python style and example programs

Other Useful Links:

• Official Python documentation
• Beginner's guide
• Tutorial
• List of all the functions built into Python
• Searchable online documentation

CSE 160 Lecture & Section Notes, etc.:

• Class documents

Installing Python 3.7

All of our programming will be done using version 3.7 of the Python programming language. Python is free and open-source, and is easy to install on Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms. We will use a distribution of Python that is graciously provided by Anaconda, which is a popular data science computing platform. Go to the appropriate section below for your operating system — Linux, MacOS, or Windows

If you have any problems, please send email to the course staff so that we can help you with this essential step.