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Python Beginner Cheat Sheet

Python Beginner Cheat Sheets

These sheets are super helpful as a quick reference.

You will be able to use these sheets during the workshop.

Feel free to print off your own and bring it along to help you & your team.

Getting started with Python using W3 Schools

https://www.w3schools.com/python/default.asp

W3Schools is one of the best places to go for an in-depth tutorial and reference for programming in Python.

Learning to program in Python can be hard and you are going to have to persevere.

Read the tutorials, try it in in the "Try it yourself" boxes and experiment with each one to help you get a better understanding of each topic.

Code Combat Beginner Friendly!

https://codecombat.com/

This is a cool way to learn programming that teaches you Python programming through setting challenges inside a game.

Code Combat is free (up to a point) so you can work through at home too!

Use your school email to create an account, and if you are lucky, your teacher will set up a classroom and you can compete against the others in the class to get the highest score!

Scratch to Python - reference

Scratch to Python for Students

Maybe you already know how to program in Scratch and want to know what it looks like in Python?

This document goes through some standard small Scratch programs and shows what the same program looks like in Python.

It also contains some explanations about the Python language and the weird things it needs like "tabs" that define code blocks.

Learn Python From Scratch

This is an easy to watch and follow along tutorial to learn Python.

Mosh takes you from complete beginner to expert in an hour.

Well worth watching if you have never programmed before. But it is an hour long!!

If you are struggling with understanding programming watch this!!

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