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INTERACTIVE COURSE

Python 101: Interactively learn how to program with Python 3

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161 Lessons

10h

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Course Overview

Welcome to Python 101! I created this course to help you learn Python 3. My objective is to get you acquainted with the building blocks of Python so that you can write something useful yourself. With interactive playgrounds to help you learn right away, I will endeavor to not only get ...

How You'll Learn

Hands-on coding environments

You don’t get better at swimming by watching others. Coding is no different. Practice as you learn with live code environments inside your browser.

Faster than videos

Videos are holding you back. The average video tutorial is spoken at 150 words per minute, while you can read at 250. That‘s why our courses are text-based.

No set-up required

Start learning immediately instead of fiddling with SDKs and IDEs. It‘s all on the cloud.

Progress you can show

Built-in assessments let you test your skills. Completion certificates let you show them off.

Hands-on coding environments

You don’t get better at swimming by watching others. Coding is no different. Practice as you learn with live code environments inside your browser.

Faster than videos

Videos are holding you back. The average video tutorial is spoken at 150 words per minute, while you can read at 250. That‘s why our courses are text-based.

No set-up required

Start learning immediately instead of fiddling with SDKs and IDEs. It‘s all on the cloud.

Progress you can show

Built-in assessments let you test your skills. Completion certificates let you show them off.

Course Contents

1. All About Strings

Strings in Python

String Formatting

2. Lists, Tuples and Dictionaries

What are we learning in this chapter?

3. Conditional Statements

What are conditional statements?

The if statement

Boolean Operations

Checking for Nothing

Special Characters

if __name__ == “__main__”

4. Loops

Introduction to Loops

What else is for in loops

5. Python Comprehensions

Introduction to Comprehensions

List comprehensions

Dictionary comprehensions

Set Comprehensions

6. Exception Handling

Introduction to Exception Handling

Common Exceptions

How to Handle Exceptions

The finally Statement

try, except, or else!

7. Working with Files

Introduction to File Handling

How to Read a File

How To Read Files Piece by Piece

Writing Files in Python

Using the with Operator

Catching Errors in file handling

8. Importing

Importing python modules

Using from to import

Importing Everything!

9. Functions

Passing Arguments to a Function

Keyword Arguments

args and kwargs

A Note on Scope and Globals

Coding tip: Don't repeat yourself

10. Classes

Introduction to classes in Python

Creating a Class

11. Introspection

Introduction to Introspection

The Python Type

12. The CSV Module

What's the CSV Module

Reading a CSV File

Writing a CSV File

13. configparser

Configuration files and config parser

Creating a Config File

How to Read, Update and Delete Options

How to Use Interpolation

14. Logging

Logging in Python

Creating a Simple Logger

How to log From Multiple Modules (and Formatting too!)

Configuring Logs for Work and Pleasure

15. The os Module

Python's os module

os.environ, os.getenv() and os.putenv()

Directory and file functions in Python

os.path and related functions

16. Sending emails

Sending email in python

Sending Multiple Emails at Once

Send email using the TO, CC and BCC lines

Add an attachment / body using the email module

17. The SQLite Module

Getting started with SQLite in python

How to Create a Database and INSERT Some Data

Updating and Deleting Records

Basic SQLite Queries

18. The subprocess Module

Python's subprocess module

The call function

The Popen Class

Learning to Communicate with subprocess

19. The sys Module

Python's sys module

20. The threading module

Threads in Python

Writing a Threaded Downloader

21. Working with Dates and Time

Date and time in Python

The datetime Module

The time Module

22. The xml module

Introduction to xml module

Working with minidom

Parsing with ElementTree

How to Create XML with ElementTree

How to Edit XML with ElementTree

How to Parse XML with ElementTree

23. The Python Debugger

Debugger module in Python

How to Start the Debugger

Stepping Through the Code

Setting breakpoints

24. Decorators

Python Decorators

A Simple Function

Creating a Logging Decorator

Built-in Decorators

Replacing Setters and Getters with a Python property

25. The lambda

Lambda statement in Python

Tkinter + lambda

26. Code Profiling

Introduction to Code Profiling

Profiling Your Code with cProfile

27. An Intro to Testing

doctest and unittest

Testing with doctest

Test Driven Development with unittest

28. Installing Modules

Introduction to Installing packages

Installing from Source

Using easy\_install

A Note on Dependencies

29. ConfigObj

configobj in Python

Using a configspec

30. Parsing XML with lxml

What are we learning in this chapter?

Parsing XML with lxml

Parsing the Book Example

Parsing XML with lxml.objectify

Creating XML with lxml.objectify

31. Python Code Analysis

Analyzing Your Code

Getting Started with pyflakes

32. The requests package

What is a 'requests' package?

How to Submit a Web Form

33. SQLAlchemy

SQLAlchemy in Python

How to Create a Database

How to Insert / Add Data to Your Tables

How to Modify Records with SQLAlchemy

How to Delete Records in SQLAlchemy

The Basic SQL Queries of SQLAlchemy

34. virtualenv

Virtual environments

Creating a Virtual Environment

35. Creating Modules and Packages

Introduction to Creating Modules & Packages

How to Create a Python Module

How to Create a Python Package

36. How to Add Your Code to PyPI

What's this chapter about?

Creating a setup.py File

Registering Packages

Uploading Packages to PyPI

37. The Python egg

Introduction to Python eggs

Creating an egg

38. Python wheels

Introduction to Python wheel

Creating a wheel

Installing a Python wheel

39. py2exe

Introduction to py2exe

Creating a Simple GUI

The py2exe setup.py file

Creating an Advanced setup.py File

40. bbfreeze

bbfreeze package

Getting Started with bbfreeze

Using bbfreeze's Advanced Configuration

41. cx_Freeze

Introduction to cx_Freeze

Getting Started with cx_Freeze

Advanced cx_Freeze - Using a setup.py File

42. PyInstaller

Introduction to PyInstaller

Getting Started with PyInstaller

PyInstaller and wxPython

43. Creating an Installer

Introduction to Creating an Installer

Getting Started with GUI2Exe

Let's Make an Installer!

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