A beginners guide to (a variety of) Python learning resources: Syntax+Development Environments+ howto program — Syntax: language key words plus structure, see: Python Tutorial W3Schools offers free online tutorials, references and exercises in all the major languages of the web. Covering…www.w3schools.com Development Environments also known as IDEs eg Idle, VSCode, PyCharm, Replit. You usually need to load files and run to get ready. Some description on python.org. EXAMPLES:

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Local paper communication — I enjoyed the education focus in Thursday’s Evening Express: Flashback school pictures, North East to receive less government Early Years education money, and (indirectly) Colin Farquhar on risks and creativity, a cinematic meets civic redevelopment view. His full page article started with an anecdote on school poetry, and concluded with…

My algo experience — I received a Gift card instead of a book in an Amazon package. Their response was to fix it by: First, I received two copies of the book I ordered. One I had to return by finding an out-of-my area convenience store (twice) and using some scanner/printer where, as the…