python-101 VS mu

If you are feeling stuck with CS50, try Codédex btw: https://www.codedex.io

I worked at Codecademy - you're right the getting stuck part hurts people moving forward, we spent a lot of time trying to help people without outright spitting it out - it was less about runtime errors and more about the concept. I'm not sure that an AI spitting out an answer is the right solution to help people learn - we also thought about different forms (projects, embeds in articles, tutors, etc)

Another Codecademy alumn is building a different learn to code platform - he wrote many courses and was always interested in teaching and providing resources.

https://www.codedex.io/

All in all, they problems were learning and education problems rather than technical.

One year ago today, I quit my cushy tech job to pursue building a learn to code startup full-time (Codédex). It’s been the toughest but by far the most fun and rewarding year of my career.

1000% do www.codedex.io! You can learn Python and then web development from it! ✨

I'm super new but here's is a cool website I use to learn Python and HTML (I'm studying Python right now) https://www.codedex.io.

I would start with Python or HTML because they are useful and beginner friendly. She might like a fun and aesthetic atmosphere to code in too like https://www.codedex.io. Much luck and love!

Definitely try www.codedex.io!

You can literally learn how to do this in 20 minutes by using: www.codedex.io

i was wondering if someone could help me figure out how to install this (https://codewith.mu/) python editor on the steam deck. Or if you have any other suggestions for better editors.

You literally plug the microcontroller into your USB on your PC and it shows up as a teeny-tiny USB flash drive, with "main.py" as a file. Edit the file with any text editor (but I recommend using Mu as it has a built-in serial console to the Python engine, auto-complete, and syntax highlighting) and once you save the file, the microcontroller detects the change and reboots, running the new code.

I recommend the Mu code editor because it's simple but has better UI than IDLE. But if they aren't going to be intimidated by its complexity, VS Code is good too. It sounds silly, but having a cool hacker-y looking IDE with colorful syntax highlighting does motivate people to code.

Great for my kids.

Another option would be Mu: https://codewith.mu/

I'd recommend using Mu as your editor since it's dead-simple: https://codewith.mu/

I'm reading Automate the Boring Stuff with Python and he has you use and install Mu which is meant for beginners. Last time I attempted this book I was using VIM in the Linux terminal because I was trying to learn Linux at the same time (Mu kept crashing anyway). This time I'm using Mu like the book wants (although sometimes he says "type this in IDLE" which is confusing) and it is a lot easier learning Python this way: https://codewith.mu/

I've found for beginner coders using codewithmu helps, because it has Pygame built in and is an easy install on Mac. https://codewith.mu/