Self-Guided

Workshops

Work through them in order, 1 through 4, each one builds on the last. Most lessons run right here in your browser: no installs, no accounts, no setup.

Workshop 1 · Welcome to Computing

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No prerequisites — start here if you're brand new to coding.

Your first steps in Python: printing to the screen, escape sequences, data types, variables, and taking input from a user.

1Welcome to SLCCETry it in your browser

2Intro to PythonTry it in your browser

3Print and Hello WorldTry it in your browser

3.1Print PracticeTry it in your browser

3.2Escape SequencesTry it in your browser

3.3Escape Sequences PracticeTry it in your browser

3.4Print ChallengesTry it in your browser

3.5Compound PrintingTry it in your browser

4Python TypesTry it in your browser

4.1Types ExerciseTry it in your browser

5Variables & InputTry it in your browser

5.1Variables ExerciseTry it in your browser

5.2Input ExerciseTry it in your browser

5.3ASCII Art ChallengeTry it in your browser

Answer Keys

3.1Print Practice — KeyOpen in Colab ↗

3.4Print Challenges — KeyOpen in Colab ↗

5.1Variables Exercise — KeyOpen in Colab ↗

5.3ASCII Art Challenge — KeyOpen in Colab ↗

4.1 and 5.2 don't have separate keys, they're self-checking: run the cell and the output tells you if you got it right.

Workshop 2 · Making Computing Your Own

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Prerequisite: Workshop 1

Conditionals and loops: comparison operators, if/elif/else branching, while loops, and for loops.

1.1What is Branching?Try it in your browser

1.2Comparison OperatorsTry it in your browser

1.3Comparison Operators ExerciseTry it in your browser

1.4The If StatementTry it in your browser

1.5The Elif StatementTry it in your browser

1.6The Else StatementTry it in your browser

1.7Conditionals ExerciseTry it in your browser

2.0LoopsTry it in your browser

2.1Loop IntroTry it in your browser

2.2While LoopTry it in your browser

2.3While Loop DangerTry it in your browser

2.4While Loop ExerciseTry it in your browser

2.5Loop ControlsTry it in your browser

2.6For LoopTry it in your browser

2.7For Loop ExerciseTry it in your browser

Answer Keys

2.4While Loop Exercise — KeyOpen in Colab ↗

2.7For Loop Exercise — KeyOpen in Colab ↗

Keys for the remaining exercises are coming soon.

Workshop 3 · Computing with Functions

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Prerequisite: Workshop 2

Writing your own functions and using them to break a problem into smaller pieces.

1Introduction to FunctionsTry it in your browser

1.1Function ExampleTry it in your browser

1.2Math OperationsTry it in your browser

1.3Math Functions ExampleTry it in your browser

1.4ReviewTry it in your browser

2Rock, Paper, ScissorsOpen in Colab ↗

Answer Key

2Rock, Paper, Scissors — KeyOpen in Colab ↗

Calculator is shelved for now.

Workshop 4 · Computing with Lists

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Prerequisite: Workshop 3

Working with lists and 2D lists, building toward small games like Tic-Tac-Toe and Connect 4.

1Introduction to ListsTry it in your browser

1.1List Use CasesTry it in your browser

1.2List OperationsTry it in your browser

1.3Operations PracticeTry it in your browser

1.42D ListsTry it in your browser

1.52D Lists PracticeTry it in your browser

2Connect 4Open in Colab ↗

Answer Key

2Connect 4 — KeyOpen in Colab ↗

Tic-Tac-Toe is shelved for now (uses turtle graphics, not yet Colab-compatible).

Dungeons

Tier 3

Capstone project

A full text-based dungeon crawler game project that pulls together everything from Workshops 1–4.

Dungeons is a full Python project rather than a set of notebooks, it's designed to run on SLCCE's planned Tier 3 JupyterHub platform rather than in Colab. Not available yet, no action needed for now.