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[[python_club|About the Club]]\\

==== Python Club Topics - Intro ====

==== About me ====
  - I started learning to program at about age 5
  - I started with BASIC ( Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code )
  - I am a DevOps Engineer and a Cloud Architect
  - I work at Northrop Grumman
  - I am a huge Garfield Comic fan
  - I have 2 studens at this school

==== Questions ====
  - What is your experience with programming?
	- What is Python?
  - Why Python?
  - How to install python

==== What is Python? ====
  - Python is a programming lanuage used by many for everything from robots to accounting/finance to science, to CGI for movies

==== Why Python ====
  - It's easy to learn and get started, yet powerful to do almost anything you want.
  - It's the first language taught by most colleges. If you learn it now, you'll be ahead of the game when you get there.

==== Installing Python ====
  - Linux - Red Hat Family<code bash>
sudo dnf install python3</code>
  - Linux - Debian Family<code bash>
sudo apt install python3
</code>
  - Windows: [[https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/|Python for Windows]]
  - MacOS: [[https://www.python.org/downloads/macos/|MacOS]]
  - Can't install Python?
    - Use interactive web shell on [[https://pythonhow.com/python-shell|https://pythonhow.com/python-shell]]
    - Use interactive web shell on [[https://www.python.org|python.org]]
    - Create a free student account on [[https://www.programiz.com/python-programming|Programiz.com]]
    - Create a free student account on [[https://www.pythonanywhere.com/details/education|PythonAnywhere.com]]