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Hi, my name is Megan, and
I'm a teacher here at Treehouse.

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My pronouns are she/her/hers.

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In this workshop, I'm going to introduce
you to the Python programming language.

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Python is a beginner friendly programming
language that you can download for free.

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It's a popular programming language for

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beginners, since it's easier to read,
compared to other languages.

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This also makes writing code a lot faster,
and more approachable.

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Python is a backend language, which
means it works on the server side, and

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can communicate with the database.

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Let me dive into what being a backend
developer means with an analogy.

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Let's think of frontend versus backend
development, in terms of a restaurant.

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When visiting a restaurant,
you interact with a host to be seated,

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view a menu, and
then a waiter takes your order.

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This is the frontend.

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Users see and
interact with this side of the restaurant.

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You can think of the menu,
the layout of the tables and chairs, and

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the design of the restaurant's
interior as the HTML and CSS.

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They typically don't change a lot,
once created.

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The interactions with the host and
waiter are the JavaScript.

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They handle things like
responding to questions and

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send information, like your order
to the kitchen, or the backend.

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The kitchen focuses on creating quality
food as efficiently as possible.

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It keeps track of the amount of each
ingredient, like a database keeps track of

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data, the order in which they received
food orders from waiters, and more.

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This is the backend, or
where Python does its magic.

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Users don't always see the code
in the backend work, but

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it's powerful, and
capable of tackling many things.

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On that note,
what is Python capable of doing?

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Well, it's capable of creating websites,

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building games, data science,
machine learning and

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AI, robotics, software development,
and so much more.

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As a Python programmer,
you also get a new title, Pythonista.

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So join me as I walk through some
Python code to sink your fangs into.