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🐍 Python for Beginners

Variables, loops, functions, and files

Python is one of the most readable and widely used programming languages in the world. This course takes you from your very first print("Hello") to building a complete command-line application — all with real examples and challenges.

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Connected curriculum — Course 4 of 4

Python builds on the programming thinking you developed in HTML & CSS. You already know what functions, variables, and structure mean from CSS. Python applies the same logic in a different context — and now you can build tools, not just pages.

← Complete Save Your Code first — you will use Git throughout this course

~5 hours total16 lessons280 learners

Lessons

~5 hrs

Duration

Beginner

Level

Free

Price

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What you'll learn

Install Python and write your first program

Work with variables, strings, integers, and floats

Collect user input and convert between data types

Make decisions with if, elif, and else

Repeat actions with for and while loops

Write reusable functions with parameters and return values

Store and manipulate data with lists and dictionaries

Read from and write to files

Build a complete contact book CLI application

Track your code with Git from the very first lesson

Course curriculum

Why Python? Setting up your environment

10 min

Variables and data types

12 min

User input and type conversion

11 min

Challenge: Student profile builder

Challenge20 min

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What comes next

You now know the internet, the terminal, HTML, CSS, and Python. The next step is JavaScript — making web pages interactive. Then React — building real applications. These are the skills that get you hired.

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