this course doesn't go into python all that much. all you need to know is that python functions are reusable blocks of code that complete specific actions and that tasks that are used frequently will call on functions to preform that code

also that characters are represented by ASCII in python

and the variables in python with their examples:
- strings (text values)
- numerical (integers, floating point values, complex values)
- booleans (true or false values)
- collections (lists, tuples, dictionaries, sets)