I was just about to suggest Livewires. I'm a programming newb (35 yrs old ) haha- and I'm finding the lIvewires course pretty helpful, even though it's geared for teens. I suppose my brain works on that functional level. :) And a book that's great for beginner's (know you probably don't want to buy books but just wanted to throw this info out there in case it helps somehow) is Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner by Michael Dawson. I'm working through that too and it's wonderful. It had many fairly simple to implement programs (lots of them simple games) that build on each other in a very easily comprehended, step-by-step manner. Hope htis helps-
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