Microsoft has launched a new 44-part series called Python for Beginners on YouTube, consisting of three- to four-minute lessons from two self-described geeks at Microsoft who love programming and ...

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.