Mr. Enrico is not a programmer, but he feels that all of his students should learn to code at least a little. This is his feeble attempt at making that process a touch simpler.

For what it's worth, he learned Python through Codecademy in much the same way he's asking you to.

The guide assumes Python 3.x Link to Installation

1. Installation
2. Introduction
3. Mathematical Operators
4. Assignment
5. Functions

Download or clone the repository into a directory that works for you. The notes are written in Jupyter Notebook format, so you may need to pip install jupyter notebook if you want to play with the notebooks locally, or head over to nbviewer to follow along from the web.

Once you've downloaded the requisite files, you're ready to (hopefully) start learning! For the exercises, you'll do your work in the exercise.py file, and run test.py to see if it worked. This may change in the future, so keep an eye on this doc if things don't seem to be working out for you.