73: Why is Python a good starting point for learning to code? (with Michael Kennedy)

This week we're joined by Python expert (and super-star podcaster) Michael Kennedy to talk about why Python is such a great language to get started coding with.

So why is coding in Python such fun? And why is it so good for beginners and experts alike? Why might Python give you tangible results faster than JavaScript? And once you've learnt some Python, what are your career options? Find out all this and more in this week's pythonic instalment of A Question of Code.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Michael on Twitter @mkennedy
• Talk Python podcast
• Talk Python courses
• Beginners course
• software-carpentry.org