Welcome, to your first introduction to computing! In this book, you will learn all about the fundamentals of computing with the Python programming language. Now, you're probably thinking "why is this even important?". Well, as you may know, we are currently on the edge of a new technology revolution: The Fourth Industrial Revolution. This revolution is centered around the idea of computers programming computers and the usage of 'smart' technology. This sounds like AI, right?

Python is the most intuitive computing language to date. This means that it is essential for AI/ML code, and is a crucial part of understanding data science. Python is also a very powerful language to help understand the fundamentals of computing from a general perspective. We use computers almost every single day in our lives from the second we turn our alarm off in the morning to when we set it for the next day at night. Yet, only 0.5% of the world population can compute. Isn't that mind-boggling? Virtually everybody on this planet uses computers yet less than 1% know how to communicate with one. Especially when on the brink of a new technology revolution, knowing how computer interactions work is intrinsic to our future. Just as English is needed to speak with your friends, knowing Python and the basics of computing will allow you to speak with technology.