Python Programming for Beginners - Learn in 100 Easy Steps

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 : Introduction

Introduction

How to Make Best use of the Course Guide?

Installing Python and Launching Python Shell

Chapter 2 : Introduction to Python Programming With Multiplication Table

Step 01 - Getting Started with Programming

Step 02 - Introduction to Multiplication Table challenge

Step 03 - Break down Multiplication Table Challenge

Step 04 - Python Expression - An Introduction

Step 05 - Python Expression – Exercises

Step 06 - Python Expression – Puzzles

Step 07 - Printing output to console with Python

Step 08 - Calling Functions in Python – Puzzles

Step 09 - Advanced Printing output to console with Python

Step 10 - Advanced Printing output to console with Python - Exercises and Puzzle

Step 11 - Introduction to Variables in Python

Step 12 - Introduction to Variables in Python – Puzzles

Step 13 - Assignment Statement

Step 14 - Tip - Using formatted strings in print method

Step 15 - Using For Loop to Print Multiplication Table

Step 16 - Using For Loop in Python – Puzzles

Step 17 - Using For Loop in Python – Exercises

Step 18 - Getting Started with Programming - Revise all Terminology

Chapter 3 : Introduction to Methods - Multiplication Table

Step 00 - Section 02 - Methods - An Introduction

Step 01 - Your First Python Method - Hello World Twice and Exercise Statements

Step 02 - Introduction to Python Methods – Exercises

Step 03 - Introduction to Python Methods - Arguments and Parameters

Step 04 - Introduction to Python Method Parameters – Exercises

Step 05 - Introduction to Python Method - Multiple Parameters

Step 06 - Getting back to Multiplication Table - Creating a method

Step 07 - Tip - Indentation is king

Step 08 - Introduction to Python Method - Puzzles - Named Parameters

Step 09 - Introduction to Python Method - Return Values

Step 10 - Introduction to Python Method - Return Values – Exercises

Chapter 4 : Introduction to Python Platform

Step 01 - Writing and Executing your First Python Script

Step 02 - Python Virtual Machine and bytecode

Chapter 5 : Introduction to PyCharm

Step 01 - Installing and Introduction to PyCharm

Step 02 - Write and Execute a Python File with PyCharm

Step 03 - Execise - Write Multiplication Table Method with PyCharm

Step 04 - Debugging Code with PyCharm

Step 05 - PyCharm Tips: Tool Windows

Step 06 - PyCharm Tips: Keyboard Shortcuts

Chapter 6 : Basic Numeric Data Types and Conditional Execution

Step 01 - Introduction to Numeric Data Types

Step 02 - Exercise - Calculate Simple Interest

Step 03 - Introduction to Numeric Data Types – Puzzles

Step 04 - Introduction to Boolean Data Type

Step 05 - Introduction to If Condition

Step 06 - Introduction to If Condition – Exercises

Step 07 - Logical Operators - and or not

Step 08 - Logical Operators - and or not – Puzzles

Step 09 - Introduction to If Condition - else and elif

Step 10 - if, else and elif - Menu Exercise - Part 1

Step 11 - if, else and elif - Menu Exercise - Part 2

Step 12 - if, else and elif – Puzzles

Chapter 7 : Text in Python

Step 01 - Text in Python - Methods in str class

Step 02 - Data Type Conversion – Puzzles

Step 03 - Strings are immutable

Step 04 - There is no separate Character data type

Step 05 - String module

Step 06 - Exercise - is vowel, print lower case and upper case characters

Step 07 - String - Exercises and Puzzles

Step 08 - String – Conclusion

Chapter 8 : Python Loops

Step 01 - For loop basics

Step 02 - For loop exercise 1 - is_prime

Step 03 - For loop exercise 2 - sum_upto_n

Step 04 - For loop exercise 3 - sum of divisors

Step 05 – For loop exercise 4 - print a number triangle

Step 06 - Introduction to while loop in Python

Step 07 - While loop – Exercises

Step 08 - Choosing a Loop - Menu Exercise

Step 09 - Loops - Puzzles - break and continue

Chapter 9 : Python Tips for Beginners

Tip 1 - Using Predefined Python Modules

Tip 2 - Loop - Getting Index Element

Tip 3 - Short hand If Statement

Tip 4 - Python is Strongly Typed and Dynamic Language

Tip 4 - Beginners Mistakes – Shadowing

Tip 5 - Beginners Mistakes – Indentation

Tip 6 - PEP8 - Python Style Guide

Tip 7 - PEP20 - Zen of Python

Chapter 10 : Introduction to Object Oriented Programming

Step 00 - Introduction to Object Oriented Programming - Section Overview

Step 01 - Introduction to Object Oriented Programming – Basics

Step 02 - Introduction to Object Oriented Programming - Terminology - Class, Object

Step 03 - Introduction to Object Oriented Programming - Exercise - Online Shopping

Step 04 - First Class and Object - Country class

Step 05 - Create Motor Bike Python Class and a couple of objects

Step 06 - Class and Objects - a few Puzzles

Step 07 - Constructor for MotorBike class

Step 08 - Constructor for Book class – Exercise

Step 09 - Constructors – Puzzles

Step 10 - Class and Objects - Methods and Behavior

Step 11 - Exercise - Enhance Book class with copies

Step 12 - Class and Objects - Methods and Behavior - Puzzles on self

Step 13 - Advantages of Encapsulation

Step 14 - Everything is Object in Python

Chapter 11 : Python Data Structures

Step 01 - Python Data Structures - Why do we need them?

Step 02 - Operations on List Data Structure

Step 03 - Exercise with List - Student class

Step 04 - Puzzles with Strings Lists

Step 05 - List Slicing

Step 06 - List Sorting, Looping and Reversing

Step 07 - List as a Stack and Queue

Step 08 - List with a custom class - Country and representation

Step 08 - List with a custom class - Part 2 - sorting, max and min

Step 09 - List Comprehension

Step 10 - Introduction to Set

Step 11 - Introduction to Dictionary

Step 12 - Exercise with Dictionary - Word and Character Occurrences

Step 13 - Puzzles with Data Structures

Step 14 – Tuples

Chapter 12 : Object Oriented Programming Again

Step 01 - OOPS Basics Revised

Step 02 - Designing a Fan Class

Step 03 - Object Composition - Book and Reviews

Step 04 - Why do we need Inheritance

Step 05 - All classes in Python 3 inherit from object

Step 06 - Multiple Inheritance

Step 07 - Creating and Using an Abstract Class

Step 08 - Template Method Pattern with Recipe Class

Step 09 - A Quick Revision

Chapter 13 : Error Handling with Python

Step 01 - Introduction to Error Handling - Your Thought Process during Error Handling

Step 02 - Basics of Exception Hierarchy

Step 03 - Basics of Error Handling - try except

Step 04 - Handling Multiple Errors with Multiple except blocks

Step 05 - Error Handling - Puzzles - Exception Details

Step 06 - Error Handling - finally and else

Step 07 - Error Handling - Puzzles 2

Step 08 - Raising Exceptions

Step 09 - Raising Custom Exceptions

Chapter 14 : A Few More Python Tips

Tip 1 - Math Module and Decimal Class

Tip 2 - Statistics Module - find mean and median

Tip 3 - Collections Module - deque for Queue and Stack

Tip 4 - Date Module

Tip 5 - Methods and Arguments – Basics

Tip 6 - Methods and Arguments - Keyword Arguments

Tip 7 - Methods and Arguments - Unpacking Lists and Dictionaries

Tip 8 - Creating Custom Modules and Using Them

Tip 9 - Defining Equality for Classes

Tip 10 – None

Chapter 15 : Thank You and Congratulations

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