Learning the Python 3 Standard Library

Explore the Python 3 standard library. Learn how to take advantage of its built-in modules to calculate statistics, format dates and times, get content from the internet, and more.

Introduction

• Make writing Python easier with Python standard libraries
• What you need to know
• Using exercise files
• How to use CoderPad
• Python standard library introduction

1. Python: What's Built In?

• Logical operators: And, or, not
• Comparison operators
• Calculating length
• Range and list
• Min and max
• Rounding, absolute value, and exponents
• Sorted function
• Type functions
• Solution: Count valid numbers

2. Python: Math

• Trigonometry, ceiling, floor, and constants
• Factorial, square root, and GCD
• Python random module
• Calculating statistics with Python
• Iterators with itertools: Infinite processes
• Iterators with itertools: Permutations and combinations
• Solution: Calculate hypotenuse

3. Python Input/Output

• Command-line arguments
• Input and output
• Files and file writing
• File seeking in Python
• Iterative files
• Tempfile module
• Manipulate zip files in Python
• Solution: Count words in a file

4. Python: Date and Time, HTML Parsing, and HTTP

• Getting the current time with Python
• Formatting dates and times in Python with datetime
• Calculating future times and Python calendar module
• Create a timer with the Python time module
• Python HTML parser module
• Text wrap module
• Python HTTP package and urllib and JSON modules
• Solution: Add Fractions with Fraction Module

Conclusion

• Add these built-in functions to your own applications