Build with Python
a beginner course where your code draws
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Details
- External ID
- 49956771
- Source
- HN
- Company
- —
- Product
- Build with Python
- Website domain
- scimigo.com
- Launched
- Oct. 4, 2026
- Cohort
- —
- Upvotes
- 48
- Upvotes percentile
- 0.8145161290322581
- Tags
- —
- Fetched at
- Oct. 8, 2026, 1:01 a.m.
- Updated at
- Oct. 8, 2026, 1:01 a.m.
Description
Hi HN, I built this because I watched my daughter struggle at learning Python. I made something that runs only in the browser with visuals rather than relying on CLI/terminal output. No need to worry about python installation, package versions, venv etc.The lab runs with Pyodide in a web worker, and the program output is a picture by the side of the code block. A user would experiment with the code, and see the immediate changes in the visual output.The course has 13 modules, with the first 6 foundation modules free, module 7-13 with free readings but guide labs for a one-time price of $49.Please give it a try at https://scimigo.com/en/learn/build-with-python Send me feedback on the UX and on the exercise design, especially if you teach kids to program.I am also working on a C++ version for beginners (also with browser, no gcc or command lines). stay tuned.
Enrichment
- Niche
- agent skills for motion and design
- Vertical
- Education
- Function
- Dev tools
- Audience
- B2C
- AI stance
- Not AI
- Project type
- Commercial product
- Normalized one-liner
- visual python course for beginners
- Manually corrected
- False
Could you build this?
Yes This is an educational browser application using Pyodide in a Web Worker to execute Python turtle/canvas drawing code directly in the client.
Discussion
9 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: CMU CS Academy
Concerns raised: $49 price is too high for AI-generated content, Looks like low-quality AI slop, Initial task was already completed by default
Feature requests: C++ version
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one — 119 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #30 of 120 (itself plus its competitors, highest first — normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 338 days after the earliest competitor.
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- Memory Graph · hn · 2026-01-05 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.44
- Weft · hn · 2026-01-03 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.44
- Python Code Editor & IDE · ph · 2026-09-27 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.43
- PyTogether, open-source lightweight real-time Python IDE for teachers · hn · 2025-11-03 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.43
- Python-Course · github · 2026-09-22 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.43
- learning-python · github · 2026-09-17 · 240 upvotes · similarity 0.42
- WriteCode · ph · 2026-10-05 · 11 upvotes · similarity 0.40
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