IT 116: Introduction to Scripting

IT 116: Introduction to Scripting
Class 2 Exercise

Run IDLE on your machine
Use the help() function
```
help("topics")
```
Use this function to learn more about assignment in Python
```
help("ASSIGNMENT")
```
Double click on the "Squeezed text" button to see the result.
Advance through this help entry

Keep hitting Space until you get to the end.
Quit this help entry

Type q to quit.
Create some variables
```
a = 5
b = 6
c = 10
```
Check the values you have just entered
```
a
b
c
```
Perform some arithmetic
```
a + b + c
a * b + c
a * b * c
a * b / c
```

Print some phrases

print("Hello world!")
print("Go Red Sox!")

Open a text editor
Use the editor built into IDLE.
From the File menu, click and drag down to New File.
Enter the text below
```
print("Hello world!")
```
Save the file as ex2.py
Run the script
In the Run menu select Run Module
You should see
```
Hello world!
```

Open FileZilla and connect to pe15.cs.umb.edu
You will have to connect using your Unix username and password.
Go to your 116 directory
Inside this directory create the directories ex and hw
Right-click in the whitespace inside the it116 directory.
Click and drag down to Create directory.
Add ex to the path in the dialog box.
Click OK.
Reapeat this procedure to create an hw directory.
Go to your ex directory
Inside this directory create the directory ex2
Right-click in the whitespace inside the ex directory.
Click and drag down to Create directory.
Add ex2 to the path in the dialog box.
Click OK.
Copy your script to pe15
Click and drag your ex2.py file to the ex2 directory

If you want to run my text script on your Class Exercise script do the following
Connect to pe15.cs.umb.edu
Use an ssh client.
Run my test code on your script
```
~ghoffman/it116_test/ex02.sh
```
The script will prompt you for your Unix username.