Deciding to learn a programming language is one thing, but if you having trouble deciding where to get started, Microsoft has a new 44-part video series that aims to teach beginners Python.

You're taking a new programming class this fall, and you don't know anything about code. Python is taught widely in schools, and it's one of the most loved programming languages because it's simple.

Unlike R, Python has no clear “winning” IDE. We recommend Spyder because it is well-designed for scientific computing and the popular packages associated with this type of work (NumPy, SciPy, pandas, ...

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While Microsoft's NASA lesson doesn't offer any actual lessons in Python programming, the company has previously released free video tutorials for those that do aim to learn Python.

Coding may seem like entering into a new world altogether. There are just tons of languages to choose from, so being fogged ...