Prerequisites: Have some way of coding in Python. If you don’t have Python installed, I’d recommend using Repl.it, a browser-based programming environment that supports Python 3. If you want to take a few minutes to install Python, this quick installation guide may help. Or if you prefer, check out the Anaconda installation guide. When you […]
Learn Programming
Welcome to the Learn Programming page, where, you guessed it, all the posts focus on helping you learn the basics of programming. As I always say, it's important to find projects to work on that you actually care about and start working on them as soon as possible. I hope this collection of blog posts will help you on that journey.
Quick Guide to Installing Anaconda
This guide will help you get Anaconda installed on your computer in the ballpark of 15-30 minutes. Anaconda is a sort of collection of programming goodies and comes with Python (programming language), Spyder (an IDE, or the place where you’ll do your actual coding), conda (a package manager that makes it really easy to install, […]
Quick Guide to Installing Python
This guide will help you get the newest version of Python 3 up and running on your computer in about 5-10 minutes. It shows how the process looks on Windows, but it should be similarly straightforward for Mac and Linux users. If you want some more bells and whistles than just the Python programming language, […]