A 10th-class question paper shocked an assistant professor of Bengaluru ’s Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc) after it asked the kids to write a Python program for chatbots.

You're taking a new programming class this fall, and you don't know anything about code. Python is taught widely in schools, and it's one of the most loved programming languages because it's simple.

You can write a Python program or use a Jupyter Notebook to do almost anything. But you can also get a lot of things done quickly using a spreadsheet. Grist is a “hacker’s” spreadsheet that ...