Hello, Python

Part of the Python course

Welcome. If you have never written code before, you are in the right place. Python is a programming language, which is a way to give a computer step-by-step instructions in something that looks a little like English. By the end of this lesson you will have run your first line of Python and you will know what a variable is. That is the whole job. We are not in a rush.

Look at your workspace. The editor is already open with a file called hello.py. The editor is the panel where you can read and change code. Above (or near) the file there is a play button (a small triangle). Clicking it tells the computer "run this file from top to bottom." ...