commit 057a9229d517de381647630009e8d893d5b38d99
Author: Alexander Hess <alexander@webartifex.biz>
Date:   Wed Sep 30 16:00:05 2020 +0200

    Initial commit
    
    - add the following files:
      + LICENSE.txt => use MIT license as the project should be
                       accessible to anybody who wants to learn Python
      + README.md => provide a rough description of the project
      + pyproject.toml => initialize poetry and the add project metadata
      + poetry.lock => initialize poetry
      + .gitignore => hide pyenv and poetry artifacts
      + static/link/ => folder holding images for links
    - for the pre-2020 version of the files, check out the "v0.0.0" tag

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+.python-version
+.venv/
diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2018-2020 Alexander Hess [alexander@webartifex.biz]
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# An Introduction to Python and Programming
+
+This project is a thorough introductory course
+in programming with **[Python <img height="12" style="display: inline-block" src="static/link/to_py.png">](https://www.python.org/)**.
+
+The **main goal** is to **prepare** students
+for **further studies** in the "field" of **data science**.
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
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+package = []
+
+[metadata]
+content-hash = "fafb334cb038533f851c23d0b63254223abf72ce4f02987e7064b0c95566699a"
+lock-version = "1.0"
+python-versions = "^3.8"
+
+[metadata.files]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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+[build-system]
+requires = ["poetry>=0.12"]
+build-backend = "poetry.masonry.api"
+
+[tool.poetry]
+name = "intro-to-python"
+version = "0.1.0.dev0"
+
+authors = ["Alexander Hess <alexander@webartifex.biz>"]
+description = "An intro to Python & programming for wanna-be data scientists"
+license = "MIT"
+
+[tool.poetry.dependencies]
+python = "^3.8"
+
+[tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/static/link/README.md b/static/link/README.md
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+This folder contains small images
+that are used to enhance the links in the notebooks and markdown files.
diff --git a/static/link/to_py.png b/static/link/to_py.png
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