Code Your First Python Program (Summary)

Python Basics: Code Your First Python Program Christopher Bailey 01:29

In this video course, you wrote and executed your first Python program! You wrote a small program that displays the text Hello, World using the print() function.

Then you learned about syntax errors, which occur before IDLE executes a program that contains invalid Python code, and runtime errors, which only occur while a program is running.

You saw how to assign values to variables using the assignment operator (=) and how to inspect variables in the interactive window.

Finally, you learned how to write helpful comments in your code for when you or someone else looks at in the future.

In this video course, you:

Wrote your first Python program
Learned what happens when you run a program with an error
Learned how to declare a variable and inspect its value
Learned how to write comments

To check your learning progress, you can take Your First Python Program Quiz.

For more information on concepts covered in this course, you can check out:

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Congratulations, you made it to the end of the course! What’s your #1 takeaway or favorite thing you learned? How are you going to put your newfound skills to use? Leave a comment in the discussion section and let us know.

00:00 In this lesson, I’m going to summarize the course and share some additional resources for you to continue to learning. Throughout this course, you were introduced to several new concepts.

00:11 You learned how variables give names to values in your code. You learned how to use the assignment operator to assign values to the variables, learned about syntax errors and how they occur when you write code that’s not allowed within the Python language, and you also learned about runtime errors and how they occur while a program is running. Runtime errors also give you a traceback that can show you useful information about the error, and they’re best read from the bottom up.

00:43 How comments are lines of code that don’t get executed and mainly serve as documentation.

00:51 Here’s some additional resources for you to check out on Real Python. The first is an article called 11 Beginner Tips for Learning Python Programming.

01:00 To learn more about writing comments in Python, check out this guide.

01:06 And here’s another resource for How to Write Beautiful Python Code With PEP 8. To test your knowledge, there’s a quiz that you can check out for this chapter. Links to all of these resources are included in the description text just below this course video.

01:23 Congratulations on writing your first program, and I hope to see you soon in the next course.

forghm25 on Sept. 18, 2022

Great vid

claynet77 on Oct. 3, 2024

The address for the quiz returns: “404 Not Found - ” To find the quiz, simply click below all of the Course content. Thank you!

Martin Breuss RP Team on Oct. 4, 2024

@claynet77 thanks for notifying us about the broken link, I’ve fixed it also in the Contents tab, so both should work now.

henry.mpologoma on Nov. 22, 2024

My number one takeaway is that this course is completely different from any thing I have attempted for many years, the whole package of video lesson, interactive quiz and hands on coding right from the very beginning, is in my opinion the unique selling ingredient which sets it apart from anything I have seen before in my opinion.

On top of all that, there is a whole of menu of follow up and further reading resources that is provided making this a one-stop-shop for learning Python programming, I am so glad that I made the decision to join, I can’t wait to jump onto the next chapter.

Martin Breuss RP Team on Nov. 22, 2024

@henry.mpologoma glad you’re enjoying our package for learning Python! I hope it’ll continue to be a good and helpful journey for you. Reach out any time in the comments or on our real-time chat community if you have questions or want to discuss programming topics :)

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