Chapter 1

Let's Learn Python

Meet Python: Your New Coding Sidekick 🐍

We think Python is as friendly as your favourite teacher, as flexible as a yoga instructor, and as powerful as a wizard.

What Makes Python So Sweet?

Super Easy to Read Python speaks almost plain English. No weird symbols, or confusing squiggles. Human readability is what makes this language a nice starting place. But don’t worry if it looks confusing to start - any language takes some practice.
One Language, Endless Adventures Want to build a website? Done. Analyse data like a science genius? Absolutely. Train a robot to tell dad jokes? You got it. Python’s ready.
Works on (Almost) Everything Mac, Windows, Linux, a Raspberry Pi in a robot that runs your garden sprinklers — Python’s cool with all of them.
Magic in the Toolbox Python comes packed with libraries. Need to chart your mood swings? matplotlib. Want to scrape memes off the web? BeautifulSoup. Dreaming of AI that writes haikus? transformers. There’s a library for that.

What Do People Use It For?

Automating boring stuff (emails, reports, coffee orders… okay, maybe not that last one*)
Building websites & apps (with Django or Flask — great names, right? Bet you didn’t know Instagram is built using one of these!)
Data science and visualisation (so many graphs, so little time)
Machine learning and AI (yes, Python is so relevant in an AI world)
Teaching beginners how to code (honestly, it’s a great place to start)