Python Essential Training

Learn the skills to build a foundational knowledge of this popular programming language.

Introduction

• Getting started with Python
• Who this course is for
• Resources for this course

1. Gearing Up for Python

• How computers think
• Installing Python, pip, and Jupyter Notebook
• The Zen of Python
• Writing a program
• Challenge: Now in termcolor
• Solution: Now in termcolor

2. Quick Start

• Variables and types
• Data structures
• Operators
• Control flow
• Functions
• Classes and objects
• Challenge: It's hip to be square
• Solution: It's hip to be square

3. Basic Data Types

• Ints and floats
• Other types of numbers
• Booleans
• Strings
• Bytes
• Challenge: Sense of direction
• Solution: Sense of direction

4. Basic Data Structures

• Lists
• Tuples and sets
• Dictionaries
• List comprehensions
• Dictionary comprehensions
• Challenge: Structuring scribes
• Solution: Structuring scribes

5. Control Flow

• If and else
• While
• For
• Challenge: Hitting a wall
• Solution: Hitting a wall

6. Functions

• The anatomy of a function
• Variables and scope
• Functions as variables
• Challenge: Plotting the course
• Solution: Plotting the course

7. Classes and Objects

• The anatomy of a class
• Static and instance methods
• Inheritance
• Challenge: Extending the scribe
• Solution: Extending the scribe

8. Errors

• Errors and exceptions
• Handling exceptions
• Custom exceptions
• Challenge: The trouble with scribbles
• Solution: The trouble with scribbles

9. Threads and Processes

• Intro to threads and processes
• Multithreading
• Multiprocessing
• Challenge: When I move, you move
• Solution: When I move, you move

10. Working with Files

• Opening, reading, and writing
• CSV
• JSON
• Challenge: Single file
• Solution: Single file

11. Packaging Python

• Command-line arguments
• Creating modules and packages
• Challenge: Handling arguments
• Solution: Handling arguments

Conclusion

• Wrap up