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After 3 Sessions covering the Python coding basics, we will explore a maker project today: Tobias and Werner will present their chocolate machine project.

Besides the mechanical part, they use a raspberrypi computer with attached sensors and motors to make the thing work. The program controlling the machine is written in – guess what – Python.

Looking forward to a sweet and interesting evening!

Our first Python Crash Course workshop will take place
7. June 2017 from 6-8pm CET
at Raumlabor 110, Hinterbergstrasse 32, CH-6330 Cham.

Get your copy of Python Crash Course https://www.nostarch.com/pythoncrashcourse/

Feel free to start reading and setting up your Python programming environment.

Let’s code

Hint: various cheat sheets are available on the author’s website

 

We will stick to these statements (source https://zen-of-python.info/ )

1. Beautiful is better than ugly.
2. Explicit is better than implicit.
3. Simple is better than complex.
4. Complex is better than complicated.
5. Flat is better than nested.
6. Sparse is better than dense.
7. Readability counts.
8. Special cases aren’t special enough to break the rules.
9. Although practicality beats purity.
10. Errors should never pass silently.
11. Unless explicitly silenced.
12. In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.
13. There should be one– and preferably only one –obvious way to do it.
14. Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you’re Dutch.
15. Now is better than never.
16. Although never is often better than *right* now.
17. If the implementation is hard to explain, it’s a bad idea.
18. If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.
19. Namespaces are one honking great idea — let’s do more of those!