Python - Getting Started

After spending over 25 years in tech industry, I realized that something is wrong with me.

I am not coding anymore. And perhaps I have forgotten how to program.

So I have taken the 2020 goal of getting myself back to programming.

The first question I had for myself is how to get started?

The answer is simple. Just program!

I will start writing a series of programs using Python. I don't have any past experience with the language. And my programming is rusty.

We will see where we go from here.

Cheers
Location: Saskatoon, SK, Canada

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