Your First Python Program Runs. Now What?

You downloaded Python. You watched the installation video. You followed along. You opened the terminal and typed that command. And it worked. "Hello, World!" appeared on the screen. You stared at it for a second. Then you thought: okay, but what just happened? And what do I do now? That's exactly where this post starts. Not from "let's learn programming theory." From the moment after it works, when the real questions begin. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0} What You'll Actually Get From This