The Python course is part of Grow With Google, an initiative unveiled three years ago in which the company pledged $1 billion to help prepare workers for tech jobs.

As part of our mini-series on programming languages, Dolly Setton makes the case for Python being the best language for data journalism and our team shares their tips for getting started with it.

Encode is a simple, no-frills app that offers bite-sized coding lessons – think of it as TikTok instead of YouTube videos. The interface is intuitive, and the app offers free lessons on Python ...