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What Is Python, and Why Does Everyone Recommend It?
Why Python became the language everyone tells beginners to start with, and what it actually trades off to get there.
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Python Variables and the Basic Types You Will Use Constantly
How Python variables actually work, why there's no type keyword, and one division gotcha that catches everyone once.
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Lists, Tuples and Dictionaries: Python's Everyday Containers
Lists, tuples and dictionaries all hold groups of values, but each one is built for a slightly different job.
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Making Decisions and Repeating Things in Python
How Python makes decisions and repeats work, and why range(5) never gives you what you first expect.
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Writing Functions in Python (and Why You Will Want To)
The moment copy-pasting the same lines for the third time stops being okay is usually the moment you need a function.
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Reading and Writing Files in Python
Reading and writing files in Python is refreshingly painless, as long as you know why the with block matters.
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Classes and Objects in Python, Explained Simply
Self confuses almost everyone in their first week with Python classes. Here's what it actually means.
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Handling Errors in Python with try and except
Things break. The question isn't whether your Python program will hit an error, it's what happens when it does.