Chapter 1: The Absolute Basics — Getting Started with Python
This chapter answers the practical questions every new Python developer faces: what the language optimizes for, how to install and isolate environments, how scripts are structured, and how to express logic with conditionals, loops, and built-in collections. By the end, you can read and write small programs confidently and you are prepared for functions, modules, and larger designs in Chapter 2.
Work through the series in order—the later articles assume you have used variables, know how indentation defines blocks, and can iterate over sequences.