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+    "# Welcome to the Guides!"
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+    "## Introduction\n",
+    "\n",
+    "I've designed this course to be suitable for a wide range of backgrounds. For those of you relatively new to this, I've prepared some technical briefings to build your expertise.\n",
+    "\n",
+    "These are designed to be self-study; you work through them at your own pace, investigating and experimenting.\n",
+    "\n",
+    "I've heavily taken advantage of our AI friends to write some guides, and I've tried to frame them so they're as useful as possible and relevant to the course.\n",
+    "\n",
+    "There's only one requirement for the course: plenty of patience! Keep in mind that one of the best ways to learn is by solving problems - if you feel frustrated with a challenging puzzle, remember that this is where the learning happens! And, get in touch if I can help."
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+    "### Contents (select from the sub-directory in the explorer on the left)\n",
+    "\n",
+    "1. Intro - this contents\n",
+    "2. The command line\n",
+    "3. Git and Github\n",
+    "4. Technical foundations (environment variables, networks, APIs, uv)\n",
+    "5. Notebooks\n",
+    "6. Python foundations\n",
+    "7. \"Vibe coding\" - successfully coding with the help of LLMs\n",
+    "8. Debugging techniques\n",
+    "9. APIs and Ollama\n",
+    "10. Intermediate level python, including decorators and async  \n",
+    "11. Asynchronous Python\n",
+    "12. Starting your project - 3 crucial pieces of advice\n",
+    "13. Frontend Crash Course\n",
+    "14. Briefings on Docker and Terraform\n",
+    "\n",
+    "### Also see the community_contributions directory for some awesome Python cookbooks contributed by students! (Thank you!)"
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