Season 1
Your first days at Code Nexus: get your workstation working, read the evidence, and write your first Python.
The badge works. Let's see what else does.
What you will cover
Episode 1
Your Access Badge Works!
Computer fundamentals: hardware vs software, the operating system, peripherals.
Episode 2
Thirty-Seven Browser Tabs
CPU, RAM, and storage — what each one does and its units.
Episode 3
The Feed Has Disappeared
LAN vs WAN, IP addresses, DNS, ports, client and server.
Episode 4
The Suspicious Welcome Pack
Recognising phishing; multi-factor auth; keeping software updated.
Episode 5
Nobody Is Counting Likes by Hand
PCEP 1.1-1.5: syntax, indentation, literals, numeral systems, numeric and bitwise operators, operator precedence, type conversion, console input and output.
Episode 6
Should This Comment Be Flagged?
PCEP 2.1: if / elif / else, nested conditions, comparison operators, Boolean logic (and / or / not), and truthiness.
Episode 7
Ten Thousand Comments
PCEP 2.2 and 3.1: for and while loops, range, break / continue / pass, the loop-else clause, nested loops, and basic list traversal.
Episode 8
Messy Data, Real People
PCEP 3.1-3.4: lists, tuples, dictionaries, strings, slicing, membership, copying (aliasing), comprehensions, and nested collections.
2 practice projects