1.1 - Writing text
Writing text is a common task, found in almost every program. In Python, you can write text by using print.
In many programming languages, `print` refers to "printing" text to the screen. It has nothing to do with printers or paper.
Let's have a look at a basic example. This program will say "Hello!"
print("Hello!")
Try changing "Hello!" in the code to something else. What happens?
You may have an error, something like NameError: name 'Text' is not defined on line 1. This is because the text has to be in "quotes". This is called a string, and it tells Python that it is text that should be taken literally, not something else.
Try chaining print statements together, and play around with it.
print("Hello!")
print("This is running in Python!")
print("Pretty cool, huh?")
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