With this course you can learn the basics of Python programming language by practice - by running the code by yourself and modifying it.

First you need to install the Python interpreter (the program that is able to read the code written in Python and execute it) and the code editor (the program which you will edit your Python code in, we recommend either PyCharm or VSCode). If you haven't done it before, here are the instructions.

Once you installed all of the tools you have to clone this repository (git clone https://github.com/quenadares15/python-course; if you're not familiar with Git, just click here and download zip).

The next step is to open the cloned repository/downloaded and extracted zip in the code editor. To do it in VSCode, open it and go to File -> Open Folder.... Then select the folder, and... you are ready to learn Python!

To run Python program in VSCode, open the integrated terminal (Terminal -> New Terminal) and type python X-day/index.py (e.g. for 1-st day you'll type python 1-day/index.py)

Pro tip: Instead of typing python X-day/index.py all the time you want to run the program again, just press the arrow-up key, then enter.

To install the Python interpreter, go to the official Python's download website and click Download Python. Then just install it as you usually install other programs, but don't forget to check the Add Python to PATH checkbox.
To check if you have installed Python properly, open cmd (Win+R and type cmd) and then type python. If you have installed Python properly, you will not see any errors.

You will also need a text editor. We recommend you to install either Microsoft Visual Studio Code (just text editor) or Jetbrains PyCharm (full Integrated Development Environment (IDE)). Download one of these apps and install. If you've chosen VSCode, install this extension - you don't need to do this, but it will improve your Python experience in this editor.

We will show how to use VSCode, but the code will work in PyCharm as well.