Python First Principles

My name is Andy Young and together we'll be working through Zed Shaw's seminal series: Learn Python the Hard Way. If you wish to purchase a copy, I recommend Amazon because it's cheaper than bookstores.

I'm excited to have you here and I encourage you to peruse the table of contents and see 👀 what lays ahead.

Table of Contents

1. Setting Up Your Environment

   • VSCode Editor

   • Google Chrome Browser

   • iTerm2 (for macOS) or Git for Windows

   • Python 3.7.0

   • Slack IRC and get the BCC Slack Pass

   • CheatSheet (macOS)

   • Spectacle (macOS)

   • Optional (Recommended) Application Extensions

     • Chrome Extensions:

       • PySearch
       • py3redirect
       • MDN Search (JavaScript Land 😉)
       • Octotree
       • ZenHub

     • VSCode Extensions (find these in VSCode Extension Market Place):

       • Python by Microsoft
       • Path Intellisence by Christian Kohler
       • Output Colorizer by IBM
       • Code Runner by Jun Han

2. Command Line Practice

   • CLI First Principles
   • Unix CLI Trainer
   • Windows CLI Trainer
3. Touch Typing Tools

   These tools are challenging. You may get discouraged, but stick with it.
   Practice a little bit each day, and you'll see improvement.
   Gtypist is a CLI tool that may be difficult to install, I will help you with that.
   It's one of the best tools I've every used to improve touch typing

   • Python Typing Practice 35 wpm is a good goal.
   • Gtypist
   • TyprrBurn

4. Code of Conduct

   • BCC Code of Conduct
   • SecureSet Special Instructions
   • LICENSE