Lesson Overview

Now that we’ve learned about lists, we can start to talk about how we can use computers to really do some of the repetitive tasks that makes programming so useful. We’ll also talk about the concept of an iterable in python, a class of datatypes of which the list is one. Finally, you will learn the basics of version control using git.

The components of this lesson are:

1. understand how to loop in python

2. learn the basics of version control with git

Learning Goals

Big goals this week! At the end of this lesson, you should

• be able to use for loops and while loops to repeat sets of commands

• understand why one type of loop would be used over another

• understand the general concept of an iterable

• have a basic grasp of the goal of version control

• be able to clone, commit and push changes using git