01. Your first program

What Python is, and a program that shows a message on the screen with print().

A program is a list of instructions for the computer. Python is a language for writing them: it reads almost like English, so it's one of the most popular first languages, and it's used for real work too, from websites to science to AI.

Here's a whole Python program. It has one instruction: show the words on the screen.

Python

1print("Hello, World!")

It shows

Hello, World!

print means *show this*. What to show goes inside the round brackets ( ). Words go inside quote marks " ", so Python knows they're text to show, not instructions.

Your program goes in, Python follows it, and what it prints comes out.

Your turn

1Steps

1Write your own program that prints I am learning Python! exactly: capital I, capital P, and the exclamation mark.

Use: print()

2Expected output

It should show

I am learning Python!

3Hints

Stuck? Open one hint at a time: each gives a bit more help.

Hint 1

It's one line, made the same way as the Hello, World! program, with different words.

Hint 2

Start with print, then round brackets, and the words inside quote marks inside the brackets.

Hint 3

Capitals and the ! all count. The words inside the quotes are I am learning Python!