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Python 3 learning for the first time

I have a background in shell scripting, so when I had to automate something, bash scripting would do the job just fine!

I also want to learn Python because is widely use nowadays and easy to integrate in most AWS Services, specifically useful for events with Lambda in AWS within serverless architectures.

Took me a while to do something useful with Python 3. At first, seemed an easy language to learn, and I still think it is!

If you already started first steeps, you know you can easily do print a print ("Hello World"), and you probably learnt a difference on the print command. From Python 2 to Python 3, you now have to use the parentheses ( ... )...

Just the command print is not enough to make something useful.

I thought that there might be someone else out there struggling to get started in Python 3, so I decided to share my experience on "How I start learning Python 3 and doing something useful".

You can execute command directly from running the command python3

CommandLine $ > python3
Python 3.7.4 (default, Jul  9 2019, 18:13:23)
[Clang 10.0.1 (clang-1001.0.46.4)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> print ("Hello World for AntonioCloud.com")
Hello World for AntonioCloud.com
>>>
>>> exit()
CommandLine $ >
CommandLine $ >

Then, I installed ipython and practice from there, but I was still on the basics commands and wanted to learn more.


Learn Python 3 on-the-go offline and mobile phone

After trying the basics, I set myself to practice on commute or free time.

Started by downloading the mobile app SoloLearn and started to practices while I was on commute. Some time later I completed the course, and Hey! Actually the final certificate feels like a good and well deserved rewards for completing the corse.

Here is mine [Antonio SoloLearn Python Certificate].


Learning by doing and practice often

So, after that, it really boosted my Python 3 skill when i started the fun project Stranger Things Alphabet Wall Lights.

With a fun challenge and with some physical visual result I felt is a lot more engaging.

commandI set fun challenge, something simple that only requires for loops, while loops and


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