Introduction to Python
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Reference:  http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/thinkCSpy

print statements

variables and assignment statements

data: numbers, booleans, strings

arithmetic operations:  + - * / ** % ( )

comparisons:  == != < > <= >=

logical operators:  and or not

if/elif/else statements

while loops

input statements

lists
  - indexing (zero based)
  - len function

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Example: printing out numbers from 1 to 10

Pseudocode:

set COUNT to 1
while COUNT <= 10 do
   print COUNT
   add 1 to COUNT
(end of loop)
print "all done!"

Equivalent Python code:

count = 1
while count <= 10:
   print count
   count = count + 1
print "all done!"

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Example: finding the largest value in a list

Pseudocode:

set BIGGEST to 0
set POSITION to 1
input a list of values V1 ... Vn
set i to 1
while i <= n do
   if Vi > BIGGEST then
      set BIGGEST to Vi
      set POSITION to i
(end of loop)
output BIGGEST and POSITION

Equivalent Python code (notice that first value in list is at position 0, not 1):

biggest = 0
position = 0
values = input("Enter a list of values: ")
i = 0
while i < n:
   if values[i] > biggest:
      biggest = values[i]
      position = i
print 'Biggest is', biggest, 'at position', position