# Welcome to Discourse! **URL:** https://discuss.python.org/c/welcome/12.md [Latest](https://discuss.python.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.python.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.python.org/tags.md) --- ## [Python Discourse Quick Start](https://discuss.python.org/t/python-discourse-quick-start/116)
**Author:** [@willingc](https://discuss.python.org/u/willingc)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2022, 7:59am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/python-discourse-quick-start/116 "2022-05-22T07:59:56Z")
Python Discourse Help About FAQ Keyboard Shortcuts Found in top right “hamburger” menu or press ? How do I bookmark a message? If one clicks the … icon below a message, it is replaced by a flag :white\_flag: and book… --- ## [Self-Introduction: Renato Loureiro](https://discuss.python.org/t/self-introduction-renato-loureiro/109146)
**Author:** [@loureir-or-not](https://discuss.python.org/u/loureir-or-not)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 4:02am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/self-introduction-renato-loureiro/109146 "2026-09-21T04:02:42Z")
Salutations, my name is Renato Loureiro, also under the online pseudonym loureir-or-not. I’m a college student and software developer from the United Kingdom, and I am mainly using Python for my projects as that’s what I… --- ## [Thank You - From Nova](https://discuss.python.org/t/thank-you-from-nova/108824)
**Author:** [@novadiony](https://discuss.python.org/u/novadiony)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/thank-you-from-nova/108824 "2026-08-31T17:47:56Z")
Hello! I’m Nova, I’m a college student taking CS in Norway. And I just wanted to share a bit of my story. I started my developing career roughly 7 years ago when I was 8-9. I remember watching so many movies about thes… --- ## [Returning Dev (C#/VB.Net -\> Management -\> React/Node) Looking for Python IDE Recommendations](https://discuss.python.org/t/returning-dev-c-vb-net-management-react-node-looking-for-python-ide-recommendations/108755)
**Author:** [@NakaharaL](https://discuss.python.org/u/NakaharaL)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 1:54pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/returning-dev-c-vb-net-management-react-node-looking-for-python-ide-recommendations/108755 "2026-08-29T13:54:58Z")
Hi everyone, I wanted to introduce myself to the forum. I’m Leonardo. I worked as a C# and VB.Net developer for many years before stepping into management roles, which kept me away from hands-on coding for a while. Abou… --- ## [Hello, World (From NY)](https://discuss.python.org/t/hello-world-from-ny/108686)
**Author:** [@AlexStone](https://discuss.python.org/u/AlexStone)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2026, 10:49am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/hello-world-from-ny/108686 "2026-08-23T10:49:50Z")
Good Morning, this is my first post on discourse. I am a technology enthusiast and hoping to learn more about the CPython interpreter and python extensions. Other than the devguides, does anyone know a good place to find… --- ## [New contributor interested in interpreter internals and performance](https://discuss.python.org/t/new-contributor-interested-in-interpreter-internals-and-performance/106331)
**Author:** [@senesoncu](https://discuss.python.org/u/senesoncu)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2026, 7:47pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/new-contributor-interested-in-interpreter-internals-and-performance/106331 "2026-03-01T19:47:05Z")
Hi everyone, I’m Enes from Istanbul. I’ve recently built CPython from source and successfully ran the full test suite locally. I’m very interested in language internals, algorithms, data structures, and performance/opti… --- ## [Python Chemistry Project](https://discuss.python.org/t/python-chemistry-project/106335)
**Author:** [@Grace\_Guerrera](https://discuss.python.org/u/Grace_Guerrera)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/python-chemistry-project/106335 "2026-03-01T15:17:00Z")
Hi, I am currently an undergrad university student and was wondering if there are currently any python projects relating to the physical sciences or can be applied to the physical sciences such as chemistry? I am intere… --- ## [New contributor exploring Python and preparing for GSoC 2026](https://discuss.python.org/t/new-contributor-exploring-python-and-preparing-for-gsoc-2026/105910)
**Author:** [@Jami](https://discuss.python.org/u/Jami)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/new-contributor-exploring-python-and-preparing-for-gsoc-2026/105910 "2026-01-28T15:22:21Z")
Hi everyone, I’m Muhammad Jami Ahad, a BS Artificial Intelligence student from Pakistan. I’m currently exploring the Python ecosystem and preparing to contribute to open source, with the goal of applying to Google Summe… --- ## [Hello, Tony here!](https://discuss.python.org/t/hello-tony-here/105857)
**Author:** [@yes-i-built-that](https://discuss.python.org/u/yes-i-built-that)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/hello-tony-here/105857 "2026-01-23T16:09:33Z")
Hello! I go by Tony or Phoenix (Tony preferred) and my pronouns are they/he. I am very new to the python language and programming as a whole. I want to go into computer science or mechatronics, but would like to try and … --- ## [Hello from Italy](https://discuss.python.org/t/hello-from-italy/103353)
**Author:** [@anon31601410](https://discuss.python.org/u/anon31601410)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/hello-from-italy/103353 "2025-08-28T13:53:35Z")
Hello to all Python team! My name is Christian, I’m an Italian boy, I’m 15 years old, and I’m very passionate about computer science, my dream is to become a video game or app developer. I am currently working on my own … --- ## [Hello there fellow Python friends!](https://discuss.python.org/t/hello-there-fellow-python-friends/103287)
**Author:** [@B.Guillen](https://discuss.python.org/u/B.Guillen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 12:37pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/hello-there-fellow-python-friends/103287 "2025-08-24T12:37:24Z")
Hi there! I’m a computer systems engineer student, and I’m also a robotics mentor in FIRST Tech Challenge. I do have my fair share of Python experience, but it never hurts to take a refresher right? Perhaps my skills imp… --- ## [Dorod from Iran](https://discuss.python.org/t/dorod-from-iran/94190)
**Author:** [@Matin](https://discuss.python.org/u/Matin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/dorod-from-iran/94190 "2025-07-02T23:48:46Z")
Hi all, I’m 21 years young. Completely new to Python. now I’m student and mostly doing programming contests for fun. --- ## [Hi from Australia](https://discuss.python.org/t/hi-from-australia/93417)
**Author:** [@GOM63](https://discuss.python.org/u/GOM63)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2025, 10:14am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/hi-from-australia/93417 "2025-05-29T10:14:04Z")
Hi all, I’m 63 years young. Completely new to Python. I’ve been playing a browser based, open source, airline simulation. It has been written in scala, which the developers do say is complex & often easy to break when t… --- ## [Hello from India!](https://discuss.python.org/t/hello-from-india/92211)
**Author:** [@Yash-Vijay29](https://discuss.python.org/u/Yash-Vijay29)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2025, 12:40pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/hello-from-india/92211 "2025-05-16T12:40:46Z")
I am reasonably well versed in python ( I mostly do competitive programming in it). Currently in my second year of studying B.E computer science and I wanted to contribute to cpython over the summer! Im hoping i can co… --- ## [Hello from Chile!](https://discuss.python.org/t/hello-from-chile/91147)
**Author:** [@NyanDoge](https://discuss.python.org/u/NyanDoge)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/hello-from-chile/91147 "2025-05-08T14:36:38Z")
So… I’m completely new to this. Less than a month ago i started learning this new language, and it has been fun so far. There are a lot of things i do not know yet, but i’m willing to learn and experience for myself al… --- ## [Hello from Eastern Iowa, USA](https://discuss.python.org/t/hello-from-eastern-iowa-usa/91186)
**Author:** [@joelhuebner](https://discuss.python.org/u/joelhuebner)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/hello-from-eastern-iowa-usa/91186 "2025-05-08T14:35:49Z")
I’ve just gotten started, have a Pi5-16 and look forward to participating with you all! Thank you Joel --- ## [Bonjour cher tous,](https://discuss.python.org/t/bonjour-cher-tous/90191)
**Author:** [@Tordo](https://discuss.python.org/u/Tordo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2025, 10:16am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/bonjour-cher-tous/90191 "2025-04-30T10:16:04Z")
Bonjour cher tous, je suis un débutant et mon soucis est celui d’intégrer la communauté des programmeurs. --- ## [Intro & best place to start contributing?](https://discuss.python.org/t/intro-best-place-to-start-contributing/77701)
**Author:** [@ktl](https://discuss.python.org/u/ktl)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/intro-best-place-to-start-contributing/77701 "2025-02-07T18:51:23Z")
Quick intro of myself. I’m going on 30 years working in IT with the majority of my career spent as a Linux sysadmin and Perl developer. I got into management about 9 years ago and haven’t written a lot of code since then… --- ## [Hello from Cape Town, South Africa](https://discuss.python.org/t/hello-from-cape-town-south-africa/77618)
**Author:** [@Ubuntupy](https://discuss.python.org/u/Ubuntupy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 12:44pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/hello-from-cape-town-south-africa/77618 "2025-01-27T12:44:43Z")
Hey guys, I’m very much new to Python, my skills with google sheets and excel landed me a job opportunity as data analyst and I need to get to grips with python, SQL and some BI tools. Just saying hello, I guess. If you… --- ## [Hello from South Africa](https://discuss.python.org/t/hello-from-south-africa/76958)
**Author:** [@sterretje](https://discuss.python.org/u/sterretje)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2025, 8:32am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/hello-from-south-africa/76958 "2025-01-13T08:32:50Z")
Hi my name is Wim and I’m a reasonable seasoned programmer with experience in microcontroller assembly, TCL and C (and a bit of C++ and C#). I did write a program in Windows powershell to achieve some functionality and… --- ## [Hello from Australia](https://discuss.python.org/t/hello-from-australia/69831)
**Author:** [@Kojrey](https://discuss.python.org/u/Kojrey)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2024, 12:56pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/hello-from-australia/69831 "2024-12-03T12:56:51Z")
Hello all, I’m new to this field after spending the first half of my career in the accounting and finance space. Currently I’m learning Python via Coursera and the ‘For Everyone’ course sets, and have just finished my f… --- ## [Excited to Learn and Contribute to the Python Community!](https://discuss.python.org/t/excited-to-learn-and-contribute-to-the-python-community/69035)
**Author:** [@rahulshah777](https://discuss.python.org/u/rahulshah777)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 8:56am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/excited-to-learn-and-contribute-to-the-python-community/69035 "2024-10-24T08:56:56Z")
Hello everyone! My name is Rahul Shah, and I’m a software engineering student from Dallas, Texas. I’ve been learning Python for a while now and I’m excited to dive deeper into it. I’m particularly interested in explorin… --- ## [Welcome to Discourse!](https://discuss.python.org/t/welcome-to-discourse/8)
**Author:** [@system](https://discuss.python.org/u/system)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 5:37pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/welcome-to-discourse/8 "2024-08-08T17:37:30Z")
This is the Python Software Foundation’s discussion forum. We are currently trying it out for CPython core developers with the intent to replace the existing mailing lists (python-committers, python-dev, python-list, and… --- ## [Just learned about discuss.python.org](https://discuss.python.org/t/just-learned-about-discuss-python-org/58317)
**Author:** [@sloanlance](https://discuss.python.org/u/sloanlance)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2024, 2:40pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/just-learned-about-discuss-python-org/58317 "2024-07-23T14:40:27Z")
I just learned that python.org has this discussion website. It’s quite nice. I wonder whether it will be a better place to get answers about Python rather than Reddit, Stack Overflow, etc. --- ## [I am new on this site](https://discuss.python.org/t/i-am-new-on-this-site/55832)
**Author:** [@Ivanchik](https://discuss.python.org/u/Ivanchik)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/i-am-new-on-this-site/55832 "2024-06-15T12:54:48Z")
It is message to test the capabilities of this site. :smile: add\_function() print("Hello, world!") a a b b cc cc --- ## [Hello Pythonistas ,Got paper selected, Need help with understanding grants for travel for Pycon](https://discuss.python.org/t/hello-pythonistas-got-paper-selected-need-help-with-understanding-grants-for-travel-for-pycon/54778)
**Author:** [@Aditya.mehra](https://discuss.python.org/u/Aditya.mehra)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2024, 3:49am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/hello-pythonistas-got-paper-selected-need-help-with-understanding-grants-for-travel-for-pycon/54778 "2024-06-02T03:49:47Z")
Hello Friends , I got my paper selected in Pycon Newzealand. unfortunately they are not able to provide the travel grant , Is there any provision from getting help in travel grant from python foundation , please sugges… --- ## [Hello aka my toe being dipped](https://discuss.python.org/t/hello-aka-my-toe-being-dipped/52338)
**Author:** [@p3n68](https://discuss.python.org/u/p3n68)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 10:23am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/hello-aka-my-toe-being-dipped/52338 "2024-05-01T10:23:49Z")
Hello. I’m very new to Python and coding more generally. I’ve started on Automate the Boring Stuff as this seems a well trodden path. I’m fairly old at 56 to start coding and notice my cognition is poor but improving, sl… --- ## [Beginner trying to learn python](https://discuss.python.org/t/beginner-trying-to-learn-python/50358)
**Author:** [@Jade](https://discuss.python.org/u/Jade)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2024, 9:26am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/beginner-trying-to-learn-python/50358 "2024-04-06T09:26:35Z")
(Fyi I’m 13 so have a very, very, low bar for me) Hello, recently I got given some spare USB drives, and I found out you could make a bootable OS with it, long story short: finally working, and I now have Ubuntu on ther… --- ## [Saludos comunidad Python](https://discuss.python.org/t/saludos-comunidad-python/43539)
**Author:** [@williansaaid](https://discuss.python.org/u/williansaaid)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/saludos-comunidad-python/43539 "2024-01-18T15:12:55Z")
Saludos con todos, mi nombre es Willians y es un gusto poder formar parte de la comunidad de Python donde de seguro encontraré respuestas a problemas que me vaya encontrando en mi recorrido de aprendizaje en este lenguaj… --- ## [Saying Hello and very happy to be joining the forum](https://discuss.python.org/t/saying-hello-and-very-happy-to-be-joining-the-forum/36491)
**Author:** [@RedSquirrel](https://discuss.python.org/u/RedSquirrel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/saying-hello-and-very-happy-to-be-joining-the-forum/36491 "2023-10-20T21:04:10Z")
Hi Everyone, I’m new to using Python, so a bit of a dummy. I’ve come across a python script that takes date and time data from trail camera pictures, creates an Excel file from which you can create a chart showing peak … [Next page](https://discuss.python.org/c/welcome/12.md?page=1)