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A simple BOT that a student could ask for advice "I don't understand Python WHILE loops" and it pointed them to a YouTube video coupled with some easy examples.

I see that is almost possible now.

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https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=I+don%27t+under... seems to work just fine.

Couple this with repl.it and some examples to work through. Some hints on how to debug it, etc.

I'm not asking for anything magic, just the glue that sticks all these bits together.

I’ve been using Thonny with my students which has some basic feedback about errors and possible solutions, which isn’t bad (as well as variable inspection, although that gets a bit tedious with larger programs).

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