This tutorial marks the first of a series of tutorials that will teach you the mechanics of a grid and how to develop a grid using Python as your supporting language. At the end of the series, you should have a good idea both of the technicalities surrounding grid development, but also a complete API in Python for building your own grid applications.This tutorial teaches the basics of a grid design and how different components of the Python language can be used to support the design through its various stages. As the first part of a series of tutorials on building grids with Python, the purpose of this tutorial is to demonstrate the basic grid structure and the functionality provided within Python to support these basic components. By the end of this tutorial, you should have gained an understanding of how a grid operates and the primary methods available within Python that can support it.You can jump straight to the tutorial.