Description

Overview:

This first lesson in our section on dealing with Online Sources is designed to get you and your computer set up to start programming. We will focus on installing the relevant software – all free and reputable – and finally we will help you to get your toes wet with some simple programming that provides immediate results.

In this opening module you will install the Python programming language, the Beautiful Soup HTML/XML parser, and a text editor. Screencaps provided here come from Komodo Edit, but you can use any text editor capable of working with Python. Here’s a list of other options: Python Editors. Once everything is installed, you will write your first programs, “Hello World” in Python and HTML.

Subject:

Computer Science

Level:

Community College / Lower Division, College / Upper Division, Graduate / Professional, Adult Education

Material Type:

Diagram/Illustration

Author:

William J. Turkel and Adam Crymble

Provider:

Center for History and New Media

Date Added:

06/16/2015