Practicing Python with Ciphers - Open Code Garden 1

Join a hands-on Python coding session focused on cipher cracking in this one-hour video from Microsoft's Open Code Garden series. Learn to set up VS Code, work with print statements and variables, create functions, and decode messages using Caesar ciphers. Explore the importance of indentation in Python, understand how codes are cracked, and discover techniques for wrapping the alphabet. Follow along as the instructor decodes words, discusses various cipher methods, and reveals a hidden message. Gain insights into Microsoft Learn resources and prepare for future coding adventures with host Renee Noble, a passionate advocate for technology education and women in tech.

What's in today's episode
Introduction Module - a hidden message
Caesar Ciphers
Get VS Code set up
Print and Variables
Functions
Decoding a single letter
Why is indentation important?
How are codes cracked?
Making the alphabet wrap around
Decode a whole word
Other ways to create ciphers
Get the answer to the secret message
Microsoft Learn
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