Rochester Makerspace

Maximum Students: 4     Duration: 2 hrs     Prerequisites: Basic computer skills

Is your goal to make a device to control lights, read sensors, or respond to button pushes? It all starts with knowing some fundamental computer programming. In this introductory class, you'll learn the fundamentals of the Python programming language while building a text based five function calculator. We will cover essential programming concepts including variables, input and output, functions, control structures, lists, and debugging. You'll get hands on experience writing code as we build features step-by-step, culminating in a calculator that can perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and modulus, as well as store its prior equations and results in memory to be recalled later. By the end of the session, you'll understand core programming concepts, and have created your first useful application!

After completing this class students should consider taking the Intermediate class, and also Introduction to Raspberry Pi, Arduino, or Pi Pico (listed on our Electronics page) if they want to apply programs to microcontrollers.