CS Circles: An In-Browser Python Course for Beginners

TL;DR

Computer Science Circles is a free, accessible in-browser Python course for beginners, featuring structured lessons, exercises, and multilingual support, aimed at making learning programming fun and easy.

Contribution

This paper introduces a comprehensive beginner-friendly Python course with a well-designed curriculum and features to support teachers, enhancing accessible programming education.

Findings

Over 100 exercises and 30 lessons available

Course supports English and French languages

Provides usage statistics and insights

Abstract

Computer Science Circles is a free programming website for beginners that is designed to be fun, easy to use, and accessible to the broadest possible audience. We teach Python since it is simple yet powerful, and the course content is well-structured but written in plain language. The website has over one hundred exercises in thirty lesson pages, plus special features to help teachers support their students. It is available in both English and French. We discuss the philosophy behind the course and its design, we describe how it was implemented, and we give statistics on its use.