Introduction to Python and Computer Programming

Dr. Yue Zhang is an Assistant Professor at Singapore University of Technology and Design. Before joining SUTD in 2012, he worked as a postdoctoral research assistant at University of Cambridge. Yue Zhang received his DPhil and MSSc degrees from University of Oxford and his BEng degree from Tsinghua University, China. Yue Zhang has been class tutors of programming languages at Oxford and Cambridge and has been teaching and leading computer science courses at SUTD.

• An introduction to Python and computer programming.- Using Python as a Calculator.- The First Python Program.- Branching and Looping.- Problem solving using branches and loops.- Functions.- Lists and mutability.- Sequences, Mappings and Sets.- Problem solving using lists and functions.- Classes.- Summary.

“There are 11 chapters, each of which has aselection of exercises at the end. The problems are well written and generallyincrease in complexity. … Tailored to the instructor, it provides a goodfoundation.” (David Bellin, Computing Reviews, October, 2015)