This chapter discusses if statements, while loops, functions, and variable scope. All using Python.

if Statement

An if statement evaluates whether an expression is true or false, and executes the immediate next indented block of code if it is true(in Python).

I'm not going to record everything covered in the chapter, but here goes:

Installing Python

Python is an interpreted language, which means any machine running Python must have the engine installed--in other words, it doesn't produce stand-alone .exe executable files. Easily available from www.python.org.

In my last post, Road Map, I discussed one new page for my website: the "Progress" page.

One essential feature for this page was the capacity to "nest" tasks within projects. I really had no idea how to accomplish it.