Introduction to programming in Python

Through this introductory course you will learn the basics of programming with a focus on Python, but the knowledge is equally applicable to many other programming languages.

Course content:

• Introduction to software development and software development environments.
• Variables and program states, route selection, iteration, recursion.
• Arithmetic and logical expressions, strings and word processing.
• Generalization, parameterization and function abstraction.
• Dynamic data structures, file concept, standard library and error handling.
• References versus values, the alias problem.
• Introduction to the concept of objects.
• Problem solving, program structure and documentation.

The course is provided as contract education and is subject to a fee. Please contact Luleå University of Technology for more information