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If you like this you might like the python code club stuff over at raspberrypi.org. Before covid I (volunteer) taught raspberry pi and arduino classes at our local library. For python on raspberry pi, I did a class based on turtle graphics from there which is really fun, even when you make mistakes.

https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/codeclub/python-module-1

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Turtle graphics are a great way to introduce younger people to python. I modified the python turtle.py module to run a small 3d printed drawing robot running MicroPython to use in workshops at our local Makerspace.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09BW6e14T1g https://github.com/russhughes/turtleplotbot3

That's awesome!

Maybe the best thing 'old Nokia' did in the smartphone era was «PyS60» (Python for Symbian/S60) — first fully functional port of Python to smartphones.[0]

That was my "entry door" into Python programming in the early 2000s with Nokia 3230, then N82 ;)

Tutorials written by PyS60 devs community really help me later enter into add-ons development for Blender, FreeCAD, Inkscape, QGIS and other FLOSS apps with Python support.

Actually Python is my "Swiss Army knife" for daily tasks.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_for_S60

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