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CMPE1003: Programming

and Problem Solving for


Engineers

Dr. Dale C. Roach, PhD, PEng


Department of Engineering
UNB Saint John
Fall 2022
Chapter 1: Introduction and
Some Other Stuff
• Some engineers work in software development and
develop apps

• Saves a tremendous amount of time, especially when


Why You Need repeating a calculation or correcting an error in the
calculation
to Learn to
Program • Computers are WAY faster than humans

• Some problems can’t be practically solved on a calculator

• Allows you to explore a problem by visualizing results


rather than getting bogged down in calculations.

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• There are MANY popular programming languages
with new ones being created all the time to meet
specific needs.

Popular • For scientific computing, there are a handful of


languages that are worth mentioning:
Languages
• COBOL
• FORTRAN Fast
• C/C++
• MATLAB
• Python Not So Fast (?)

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Background on Python
• Python was created by Guido van Rossum who
started development in the late 1980s and
released the first version in 1991.
• Guido retired from the development team in
July 2018
• Since then Python has grown its user base and is
now one of the most popular languages.
• It is used by companies like Google and
NASA!
• Python is open source and development is still
on-going and carried out by a dedicated
community.
• Python gets its name from the British comedy
group Monty Python.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language) 5
Excerpts from “The Zen of Python”
• Beautiful is better than ugly.
• Explicit is better than implicit.
• Simple is better than complex.
• Complex is better than complicated.
• Readability counts.
• There should be one – and preferably only one –
obvious way to do it.

Tim Peters

Ref: https://peps.python.org/pep-0020/

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High-level language, interpreted, general purpose,
emphasizes code readability

Dynamically typed

Python Tech Garbage collected


Specs
Structured programming
Multi-paradigm Object-oriented programming
Functional programming

Just means it can work with a lot


Highly extensible of other stuff
You can add what you need

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Reserved Words • False • class • global • raise
in Python 3.9 • None • continue • if • return
• True • def • import • try
• __peg_parser__ • del • in • while
• and • elif • is • with
• as • else • lambda • yield
• assert • except • nonlocal
• async • finally • not
• await • for • or
• break • from • pass

Words in red have been added since your textbook was printed.
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