If you really want to know something: Teach it to see how much you really know

 So what I'm doing here so far is trying to teach myself python while maybe teaching some of you as well?

We will see if this works or not. However, mostly I will likely benefit by trying to teach others what I don't fully know yet.

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https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/intro-to-python-fundamentals/x5279a44ae0ab15d6:computational-thinking-with-variables/x5279a44ae0ab15d6:the-programming-platform/a/using-the-development-environment

Most programmers use integrated development environments (IDEs) to create their programs. IDEs combine tools for writing, running, and testing code into a single platform to make it easier and faster to get our work done.

For this course, we'll be using Khan Academy's online Python IDE.

Writing code: the code editor

The first thing we'll need is somewhere to write code. A code editor is a text editor specialized for a programming language.

Code editors work just like your favorite docs app. We type in it and text appears - nothing fancy here. But, instead of English, its built-in tools observe the rules of a particular programming language.