Polymath

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🐍Python from zero

Read, write, and run real Python and build a small program of your own

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What Python is and why people like it

Running your first code

Variables: naming your data

Types: text, numbers, and true/false

Numbers and operators

Strings and what you can do with them

f-strings: putting values into text

Booleans and comparisons

Making decisions with if, elif, else

Indentation and why Python cares

Lists: ordered collections

Dictionaries: lookups by name

Tuples and sets

Looping over things with for

Looping with while

Functions: reusable blocks of code

Arguments: passing data into functions

return: getting a value back

Scope: where variables live

Reading input from the user

Handling errors with try and except

Importing modules: math and random

List comprehensions

Working with files

Common beginner mistakes

A practice routine and a tiny capstone

Where to go next

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