Introduction to Python

Lessons:

• Running Python
• Hello, World!
• Literals
• Python Comments
• Variables
• WRiting a Python Module
• print() Function
• Collecting User Input
• Getting Help

• Hello, World
• Exploring Types
• A Simple Python Script

• Understand how Python works
• Understand Python’s place in the world of programming languages
• Understand the difference between Python 3.x and Python 2.x
• Understand variables and Python’s data types
• Create simple modules
• Get help on Python

Lessons:

• Defining Functions
• Variable Scope
• Global Variables
• Function Parameters
• Returning Values
• Importing Modules

• A Function with Parameters
• Parameters with Default Values

• Define and call functions.
• Define parameters in the pass arguments to functions
• Set default values for parameters
• Understand variable scope
• Return values from functions
• Create and import modules

Lessons:

• Arithmetic Operators
• Assignment Operators
• Built-in Math Functions
• The math Module
• The randon Module

• Floor and Modulus
• How Many Pizzas Do We Need

• Do basic math in Python.
• Use the math module for additional math operations.
• Use the random module to generate random numbers.

Lessons:

• Quotation Marks and Special Characters
• String Indexing
• Slicing Strings
• Concatentaion and Repetition
• Common String Methods
• String Formatting
• Formatted String Literals (f-strings)
• Built-in String Functions

• Indexing Strings
• Slicing Strings
• Repetition
• Playing with Formatting
• Getting Acquainted with f-strings
• Outputting Tab-delimited Text

• Work with strings.
• Escape special characters
• Work with multi-line strings.
• Index and slice strings.
• Use common string operators and methods.
• Format strings.
• Use built-in string functions

Iterables are objects that can return their members one at a time. The iterables we will cover in this lesson are lists, tuples, ranges, dictionaries, and sets.

Lessons:

• Definitions
• Sequences
• Unpacking Sequences
• Dictionaries
• The len() Function
• Sets
• *args and **kwargs

• Remove and Return Random Element
• Simple Rock, Paper, Scissors Game
• Slicing Sequences
• Creating a Dictionary from User Input

• Understand the different types of iterables available in Python
• Create, modify, and work with lists.
• Create and work with typles.
• Create ranges.
• Create, modify, and work with dictionaries
• Create sets and to use sets to remove duplicates in lists
• Understand the *args and **kwargs parameters.

Lessons:

• Conditional Statements
• Loops in Python
• break and continue
• The enumerate() Function
• Generators
• List Comprehensions

• All True and Any True
• Word Guessing Game
• Find the Needle
• Rolling Dice

• Work with if conditions in Python.
• Work with loops in Python.
• Create generator functions
• Work with list comprehensions

Lessons:

• Virtual Environment

• Working with a Virtual Environment

• Understand what a virtual environment is.
• Create a virtual environment.
• Activate and deactivate a virtual environment.
• Delete a virtual environment.

Lessons:

• Regular Expression Syntax
• Python’s Handling of Regular Expressions

• Create regular expressions for pattern matching.
• Use regular expressions within Python.

Lessons:

• Bits and Bytes
• Hexadecimal Numbers
• Encoding

• Converting Numbers between Number Systems
• Finding Confusables

• Understand binary and hexadecimal numbers
• Convert numbers between number systems

Lessons:

• Opening Files
• The os and os.path Modules

• Finding Text in a File
• Writing to Files
• List Creator

• Read files on the operating system
• Create and write to files on the operating system
• Access and work with directories on the operating system
• Work with the os and os.path modules

Lessons:

• Wildcard except Clauses
• Getting Information on Exceptions
• The else Clause
• The finally Clause
• Using Exceptions for Flow Control
• Raising your Own Exceptions
• Exception Hierarchy

• Raising Exceptions
• Running Sum

• Handle exceptions in Python

Lessons:

• Understanding Time
• The time Module
• The datetime Module

• Report on Amtrack Departure Times

• Work with the time module
• Work with the datetime module

Lessons:

• sys.arg
• sys.path

• Migrating Settings by using Windows Easy Transfer
• Configuring a Reference Image of Windows 7
• Configuring a Reference Image

• Run Python scripts from the command line