This time in my Learn to Program series we’ll cover many string functions and how they can help use solve complex programming problems. We’ll do more with exceptions. We’ll start to explore lists. We’ll create our first function. And, we’ll create an acronym generator and explore the basics of encryption.

If you missed the first video watch it first. All of the code follows the video. You can expect a new video every Saturday and Wednesday because you guys have asked me to stay on a schedule. Continue reading Learn to Program 4 →

In this part of my Learn to Program tutorial I will continue teaching how to program through solving programming problems. We will cover Exception Handling, Do While Loops, the Math Module, the Decimal Module, Strings, and a whole lot more.

If you missed the first part watch it first or you may be confused. All of the code follows the video below. The goal is to learn how common problems are solved so don’t worry if you get them wrong. Continue reading Learn to Program 3 →

Many people asked me to make a tutorial that teaches how to program and so here it is. I’ll be teaching how to program through problem solving which I think is the best way to learn. Python is the best first language and so I’ll use Python 3.5 to teach. And, based on your requests I will use PyCharm in this tutorial series.

I cover receiving input, printing to the screen, doing math, comparison operators, logical operators, if, elif, else and a whole lot more. The code and a transcript of the video can be found below to help you learn. Continue reading Learn to Program →

I get asked all of the time how to install Python on Windows and Mac so I decided to make a tutorial that shows how to do it. I also show how to set up the Atom text editor so that the code will run in a console inside of it because that is another common request.

This is also going to be needed because I want to answer the most common question I get which is how to start programming. That tutorial will start soon while I continue all the others I’ve already started. Step-by-step directions follow the video below. Continue reading Install Python →

Sorry for the long wait. I was moving. I hope to make it up to everyone with my Bash Shell Scripting Tutorial.

In this one video I’ll cover Vim, Input, Output, Variables, Math, Functions, Executing Python Functions, Conditionals, Strings, Arrays, Looping, Positional Parameters, Parameter Expansions and a whole lot more. All of the code and a transcript of the video follows the video below. Continue reading Shell Scripting Tutorial →