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Hello Python - Python Tutorial
From the course: Hands-On Introduction: Python
Hello Python
- Python is what's called the high-level interpreted programming language. There's no compile step in Python, instead, the code is interpreted at runtime. Now, python's also extremely versatile. It's used in web development, data science, and scripting among other things. It's also used by major players such as NASA, Microsoft, and Google, to name a few, making it extremely popular. Let's have a look at some of this in action. So here I am in the course repository on GitHub, and I'm going to go ahead and start a GitHub Codespace. Now, as you can see, there are a few of them that I've already worked with, but we're going to create a new one on the main branch. And this may take you a little bit. And if you've worked with Visual Studio Code, this should feel very familiar. You'll notice that there's a terminal open for you. If we're working with web servers, you can visit their ports using the PORTS section of the terminal, there's also a DEBUG CONSOLE. If there isn't a terminal, and…
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