Module 1: Setting Up and Your First Script, Variables and Data Types…

Setting Up and Your First Script 15 min
Variables and Data Types 🔒 20 min
Operators and Expressions 🔒 20 min

Module 2: Control Flow: if, elif, else, Loops: for and while…

Control Flow: if, elif, else 🔒 20 min
Loops: for and while 🔒 20 min
Functions and Scope 🔒 20 min

Module 3: Lists, Tuples, Sets and Dictionaries, Modules and the Standard Library…

Lists, Tuples, Sets and Dictionaries 🔒 25 min
Modules and the Standard Library 🔒 20 min
Project: Text Adventure Engine 🔒 30 min

Setting Up and Your First Script

Learn it

Python is used by scientists, game studios and web companies. Install it free from python.org (includes IDLE), or use a browser editor. A script is a .py file run from top to bottom.

🧰 Tool: any free online Python editor such as Online Python or Trinket, or install Python from python.org and use IDLE.

Code examples

Python

# hello.py
print("Hello, world!")
print("Python version check:", 3 + 0.11)
name = "Ada"
print("Welcome,", name)

Run from a terminal

python3 hello.py

Project: Get set up

Install Python or open an online editor.
Create hello.py and run it.
Change it to print three facts about you.

Challenge: Run python3 in a terminal and try commands interactively (the REPL).

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