add live demo to readme file, change the intro to be even more accessible, add more practice to loops and logic

Author: ProbablyComputingSquid

Intro_To_Python.ipynb

@@ -55,9 +55,26 @@
    "cell_type": "code",
    "outputs": [],
    "execution_count": null,
-   "source": "# write a print statement here and run it",
+   "source": "# write a print statement below and run it\n",
    "id": "1f40c56b228dc899"
   },
+  {
+   "metadata": {},
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "source": "Here's the thing though, when you want to print a number, you need to make sure that you're telling Python how to interpret what you're giving it. Python needs you to tell it what's text, and what's a number. Below are a few different examples. If you put something in quotes, that means it's text. If you put something without quotes, that means you're commanding Python to do something.",
+   "id": "7305b807d0f19107"
+  },
+  {
+   "metadata": {},
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "outputs": [],
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "source": [
+    "print(2 + 2)  # this is a number\n",
+    "print(\"2 + 2\") # this is text"
+   ],
+   "id": "fa6a745b4962d6e3"
+  },
   {
    "metadata": {},
    "cell_type": "markdown",
@@ -69,7 +86,7 @@
    "cell_type": "code",
    "outputs": [],
    "execution_count": null,
-   "source": "# try printing it out here",
+   "source": "# try printing it out below\n",
    "id": "f491bccb1ea66088"
   },
   {
@@ -219,8 +236,8 @@
   {
    "metadata": {
     "ExecuteTime": {
-     "end_time": "2025-09-19T16:17:06.845303Z",
-     "start_time": "2025-09-19T16:17:06.612175Z"
+     "end_time": "2025-09-22T17:21:18.199693Z",
+     "start_time": "2025-09-22T17:21:18.190563Z"
     }
    },
    "cell_type": "code",
@@ -236,18 +253,8 @@
      "name": "stdout",
      "output_type": "stream",
      "text": [
-      "5\n"
-     ]
-    },
-    {
-     "ename": "TypeError",
-     "evalue": "can only concatenate str (not \"float\") to str",
-     "output_type": "error",
-     "traceback": [
-      "\u001B[31m---------------------------------------------------------------------------\u001B[39m",
-      "\u001B[31mTypeError\u001B[39m                                 Traceback (most recent call last)",
-      "\u001B[36mCell\u001B[39m\u001B[36m \u001B[39m\u001B[32mIn[1]\u001B[39m\u001B[32m, line 4\u001B[39m\n\u001B[32m      2\u001B[39m \u001B[38;5;28mprint\u001B[39m(x)\n\u001B[32m      3\u001B[39m pi = \u001B[32m3.1415962\u001B[39m\n\u001B[32m----> \u001B[39m\u001B[32m4\u001B[39m \u001B[38;5;28mprint\u001B[39m(\u001B[33;43m\"\u001B[39;49m\u001B[33;43mI love \u001B[39;49m\u001B[33;43m\"\u001B[39;49m\u001B[43m \u001B[49m\u001B[43m+\u001B[49m\u001B[43m \u001B[49m\u001B[43mpi\u001B[49m)\n",
-      "\u001B[31mTypeError\u001B[39m: can only concatenate str (not \"float\") to str"
+      "5\n",
+      "I love 3.1415962\n"
      ]
     }
    ],
@@ -321,6 +328,8 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "execution_count": null,
    "source": [
+    "# this is a comment and doesn't run\n",
+    "# i can leave notes on what my code does\n",
     "# The following code prints out 2\n",
     "print (1 + 1)"
    ],
@@ -338,6 +347,24 @@
    ],
    "id": "b18a664c7e3bdf06"
   },
+  {
+   "metadata": {},
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "source": "Try writing a comment to explain what the code below does",
+   "id": "b42f5ed82e7a36ff"
+  },
+  {
+   "metadata": {},
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "outputs": [],
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "source": [
+    "cheese = 3\n",
+    "if cheese * 2 > 3:\n",
+    "    print(\"that's a lot of cheese!\")"
+   ],
+   "id": "950d531874ef341a"
+  },
   {
    "metadata": {},
    "cell_type": "markdown",