Introduction to Programming with Python

A free, beginner-friendly introduction to programming — learn by stepping through real example programs, one or two lines at a time.

Course content

1. 1. What Is Programming? Why Python?
2. 2. Try Python in Your Browser
3. 3. Installing Python on Your Own Computer
4. 4. Why Python?
5. 5. Hello, World!
6. 6. Variables and Arithmetic
7. 7. Working with Strings
8. 8. Averaging a list of numbers
9. 9. Making Decisions
10. 10. Looping with for
11. 11. Looping with while
12. 12. Functions
13. 13. Dictionaries
14. 14. Putting It Together: FizzBuzz
15. 15. Grade Book
16. 16. Word Frequency Counter
17. 17. Shopping Cart Checkout