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Python is extremely popular, especially in the last two to three years. So it's no surprise that many people wonder whether they should start with Python. Python is a very suitable language for beginners because it starts easily and quickly. If you already have some programming experience, you will see that you can pick up Python very quickly.

What do you need to know before you start?

Getting started with programming is super fun and you'll see that you can make big strides if you don't give up at the first setback. Google is your friend here! It is quite normal that you go from error to error in the beginning, that's how all developers started. The syntax of a programming language is what rules there are for writing instructions. The syntax of a language always takes some getting used to. Once you understand the first one, you quickly pick up another language. Now the Python syntax is different from many other languages. In a way it is simpler and looks much lighter.

So even if you already know other languages, Python's syntax will take some getting used to. Much less parentheses, more colons and indenting the correct level is now a hard obligation. Your code won't work if you don't do it right. Python can tell by how far that code is indented which pieces of code belong to which.

Set up Python environment

Your computer must be able to understand the Python language, for this you will have to download Python. You can do this here: https://www.python.org/downloads/

Python comes with IDLE, a great program to write your first Python modules. If you really start developing you will quickly want a different editor. Editors to write code in are called IDEs (Integrated Development Environment). There are many good IDEs for Python. We recommend PyCharm ourselves. PyCharm is an IDE specifically for Python. Other editors that are very popular and also support Python are Atom and Visual Studio Code. You can download these from their sites. Then you install your IDE and your environment is ready to go.

How do you pick it up?

Recensie: Apps maken voor kids, Nadine Bergner en Thiemo Leonhardt

Heb jij een smartphone of tablet? Dan weet je als geen ander dat je er alleen maar iets mee kunt als je apps op je telefoon hebt geïnstalleerd. Maar je kent het natuurlijk ook wel dat je niet die ene app kunt vinden die je zo graag zou hebben. In dat geval heb ik goed nieuws voor je: je kunt ze zelf gaan maken! Als je niet te veel noten op je zang hebt, tenminste. Het boekje Apps maken voor kids…