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1. Lecture: 1-1

• There are no prerequisites for this lecture.

2. The first lecture: module overview

• this module consists of two pieces of coursework
  • in the first term, Missile Commmand implemented in Python3 and Pygame
  • in the second term, a Map editing tool for a tablet implemented in Python3, Pygame and Touchgui
• both pieces of coursework are worth 50%

3. Access to the software in this module

• in this module Python3 will be taught on the GNU/Linux operating system
• there are two supported approaches to run Python3
  • firstly using VMware
  • secondly using the Raspberry Pi-4
• both give the same user level experience
• please see the other two components of the lecture this week for more details on either approach
  • VMware (VMware runs under Windows, OSX and GNU/Linux)
  • Raspberry
• you only need to choose one approach!

4. Conclusion

• the aim at the end of this weeks lecture is to have installed either:
  • VMware and to have run the associated operating system image
  • or alternatively have successfully installed the Raspberry Pi4 image
• once you have succeeded installing either of these you could use the remainder of the time to explore the operating system

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