6.189 | January IAP 2011 | Undergraduate

A Gentle Introduction to Programming Using Python

Related Resources

Python/IDLE Resources

The Python Tutorial, by Guido van Rossum

This is the standard tutorial reference by the inventor of Python. Everyone should have a bookmark for it in their browser for reference.

Official IDLE Documentation

The official Python IDLE documentation, including keyboard shortcuts, debugging, etc.

Local/Global Variables (Scoping)

If you are interested in learning more about scoping, try reading chapter 3 of the 6.01SC course notes (start at section 3.2.2, page 42).

Also, here’s a good blog post: Notes on Python variable scope

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