# ehmatthes/pcc

Resources for Python Crash Course, from No Starch Press.

Repository: https://github.com/ehmatthes/pcc
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pcc
Language: Python
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2025-08-11T22:09:43+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 36, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4245, "days_push": 387, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3125, forks 1853 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:44.435667+00:00)

## What it is
Companion repository of online resources for the first edition of the book 'Python Crash Course' by Eric Matthes (No Starch Press). It hosts exercises, solutions, and reference material, though the first edition is out of print and the repo points readers to the third edition's resources.

## Use cases
- learn python programming from scratch
- find exercises and solutions for python crash course
- get companion code for a python beginner book
- practice python with guided projects
- study python basics with a structured curriculum

## When to choose
- you are following the first edition of Python Crash Course
- you want free beginner Python exercises and project code

## When to avoid
- you want up-to-date material - use the third edition resources instead
- you need a maintained course or interactive learning platform

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation, developer-tools
- domain: education, programming-languages, tutorials
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: python-learning, book-resources, beginner, programming-exercises, outdated-edition

## Member repositories
- ehmatthes/pcc (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:44.435667+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:26:23.074965+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ehmatthes/pcc (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:44.435667+00:00, sha 8f1f41d5be24)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.