{"id":23,"date":"2026-06-29T08:35:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/algovelgo.com\/?p=23"},"modified":"2026-06-29T08:35:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:35:49","slug":"lesson-1-setting-up-python","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/algovelgo.com\/?p=23","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 1: Setting Up Python"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Welcome to Python<\/h2>\n<p>Before we dive into logic and algorithms, we need to set up our development environment.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Download Python<\/h3>\n<p>Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.python.org\/downloads\/\" target=\"_blank\">official Python website<\/a> and download the latest version for your operating system. Make sure to check the box that says <strong>&#8220;Add Python to PATH&#8221;<\/strong> during installation.<\/p>\n<h3>2. Verify Installation<\/h3>\n<p>Open your terminal or command prompt and type the following command to ensure Python is installed correctly:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"language-bash\">python3 --version<\/code><\/pre>\n<h3>3. Your First Script<\/h3>\n<p>Create a file named <code>hello.py<\/code> in your favorite code editor (like VS Code) and write your first line of code:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"language-python\">print(\"Hello, CrackTheLogic!\")<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Run it using your terminal:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"language-bash\">python3 hello.py<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Congratulations! You are now ready to start coding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Python Before we dive into logic and algorithms, we need to set up our development environment. 1. Download Python Visit the official Python website and download the latest version for your operating system. Make sure to check the box that says &#8220;Add Python to PATH&#8221; during installation. 2. Verify Installation Open your terminal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-python"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/algovelgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/algovelgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/algovelgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/algovelgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/algovelgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/algovelgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/algovelgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/algovelgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/algovelgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}