Crash Into Python

A python tutorial goes from basic to advanced

What This Tutorial is For

This tutorial moves relatively fast, and this is intended to be a "crash course", which means:

• if you are a good coder and want to learn python fast you should be able to fly through this tutorial without much trouble. After that you should have some idea about basic porgramming in python.
• if you are a beginner: you are going to be confused and have many questions, this is normal and intended, make sure there is a good coder accompanies you through out the tutorial and ask questions.

Set Up You Need

• Git: https://git-scm.com/ or GitHub desktop: https://desktop.github.com/
• Python: https://www.python.org/downloads/ , or even better, anaconda: https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/
• vscode: https://code.visualstudio.com/ , or even better, pycharm:https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/download/ (community should be enough)

How Should I Write Code

You need to get a GitHub account, fork this repo. Then you clone your forked repo to your local, and pull and push if you need to.

All instructions are here: https://guides.github.com/activities/forking/

Notice:

• if you are using Pycharm or VSCode, both of them has builtin git features, that will help you get started a little easier
  • pycharm: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/pycharm/using-git-integration.html
  • vscode: https://code.visualstudio.com/Docs/editor/versioncontrol#_git-support
• if you are using git, not GitHub desktop or the git integration in vscode and pycharm. (I don't know why you want to do that if you are a beginner, but suite yourself.)
  • on windows, you want to clone the HTTPS link as opposed to SSH link, since there are git-credential-manager that will take care of all the credential management for you. It will pop up a login dialogue when you try to push to GitHub.
  • For other system, you will need to clone the SSL link, and setup ssl for your system:https://help.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/adding-a-new-ssh-key-to-your-github-account

How Should I Run My Code

PyCharm

The easiest way is to use PyCharm and open up the Crash-Into-Python folder (NOT the src folder or any other folder, that will mess up all the imports) then select the file you want to run, and then click the Run on the top right menu bar, and run it

Other

If you are running using VSCode or command line, you want to add the Crash-Into-Python folder into your PYTHONPATH environment variable. Google online or ask your coder friend about how to temporarily or permanently change environment variable.

Why is running code so complicated

Because Python3's new stupid import system, which makes sense for large project, but it makes running small examples like this a pain in the ass.