Learn Python in Y Minutes
Get started learning Python in your browser with nothing to install.
Getting started learning a language can be tough. Not everyone has the time to do a multi-hour course or read a multi-hundred page book.
The 'Learn X in Y Minutes' series of tutorials provides a great starting point with no-nonsense introductions that get you going with the basics of a language.
To make it as easy as possible, we've created a version of this introductory tutorial for Python running on Google's Colaboratory (Colab) Notebook service.
Nothing to install on your machine. All you need is a Google account.
Just follow this link.
It's not possible to properly teach some concepts - classes and inheritance for example - with just a few lines of code. Nonetheless, it's a great way for beginners to get started in just a few minutes.
Even if you know Python, but don't know Google's Colab, then it's a useful way to get familiar with this hosted notebook environment.
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