01: Basic Python Syntax

First Video lecture of python programming with Jupyter.
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Python was originally developed as a teaching language, but its ease of use and clean syntax have led it to be embraced by beginners and experts alike. The cleanliness of Python's syntax has led some to call it "executable pseudocode", and indeed my own experience has been that it is often much easier to read and understand a Python script than to read a similar script written in, say, C. Here we'll begin to discuss the main features of Python's syntax.