Title of workshop:

Introduction to Programming in Python

Skill level

Beginners with no previous programming experience

Timing:

1 Hour

Details:

Beginners programming sessions targeted at working up through basic concepts through to more complex ideas.

Introduction to Python shell

Interactive scripting commands

Building a source file

Hello World

Variables

Expressions

Loops

Operators

Conditionals

Functions

Classes (possibly)

GPIO - Basic Hardware interaction -> If time I2C communication

The sessions will come with a worksheet which will be available online after the sessions have run so participants can go back over content after the sessions have completed and redo/build upon examples shown.

Preparation Required:

Will require a Raspberry Pi with a copy of Raspian installed and don’t forget your power supply. If you need help uploading Raspian to your SD card go to the drop-in centre before the workshop starts. University of Bristol students are on hand to help you trouble shoot any start-up issues you are having.

* We have a small number of Raspberry Pi, Mouse, keyboard & power adaptors available to borrow, please email caroline.higgins@bristol.ac.uk to reserve the equipment you need stating the times of the workshops you are signed up to.