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1answer
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Interesting Projects Involving Strings and WordLists for Python? [closed]

I'm currently trying to teach my friend a bit about Python. He likes iterating over wordLists and using various String methods in order to answer interesting questions like, "Which word has the most ...
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7answers
429 views

Getting my younger brother started on programming [closed]

My younger brother is 13 years old, I started programming when I started to develop Android applications when I was 15, last year my brother gained an interest in it and he would always pestering me ...
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1answer
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Teaching programming (languages) in central/northern Europe

I hope this question is not going to be off-topic; in case you think there'd be a better place to ask it, please let me know. Anyway, I'm currently doing my PhD working in bioinformatics. I would, ...
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Why is Python recommended as an entry level programming language?

I've read here on P.SE more questions in which beginner programmers are advised to pick Python as their first programming language. Don't get me wrong, I like Python. I like it a lot! But its ...