The first step to becoming a programmer is getting familiar with an IDE (Integrated Development Environment). This is an application that can help you write programs and that can actually run your code. You can use an online, browser based IDE, like replit.com, or you can download an IDE application, like Python’s IDLE, that is a stand alone application for your computer. Once you have an integrated development environment, you can start following a long with the slideshow below, it will walk you through the basics of programming in Python and give you projects and challenges as you learn to test your skills!