{"id":64,"date":"2020-12-12T08:45:17","date_gmt":"2020-12-12T08:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211101023736\/https:\/\/beta.python3.guide\/wordpress\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2021-10-05T09:33:40","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T07:33:40","slug":"introduction-to-python","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211101023736\/https:\/\/python.land\/introduction-to-python","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Python: Learn the Python Basics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You are now ready to start learning the basics with this introduction to Python. Make sure you have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/python.land\/installing-python\">Python installed on your system<\/a>, or use an <a href=\"https:\/\/python.land\/installing-python\/python-in-the-browser\">online version of Python<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even if you have no prior programming experience, you should be able to get a good start with this Python introduction. 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