Learn how to seize the power of Python’s dataclasses, editable installs, virtual environments, and new free-threaded build.

From graphing calculators to interactive notebooks, Python eases you into programming, no GOTOs required.

For years, the lingua franca for desktop computers was the Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, a.k.a. Basic. Essentially every PC had it, and just about anyone could learn to program ...