Introduction to Python Programming
About this Course
In this course, you'll learn the fundamentals of the Python programming language, along with programming best practices. You’ll learn to represent and store data using Python data types and variables, and use conditionals and loops to control the flow of your programs. You’ll harness the power of complex data structures like lists, sets, dictionaries, and tuples to store collections of related data. You’ll define and document your own custom functions, write scripts, and handle errors. Lastly, you’ll learn to find and use modules in the Python Standard Library and other third-party libraries.
In this course, you’ll learn the fundamentals of the Python programming language, along with programming best practices. You’ll learn to represent and store data using Python data types and variables, and use conditionals and loops to control the flow of your programs. You’ll harness the power of complex data structures like lists, sets, dictionaries, and tuples to store collections of related data. You’ll define and document your own custom functions, write scripts, and handle errors. Lastly, you’ll learn to find and use modules in the Python Standard Library and other third-party libraries.
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Python is a powerful programming language used in a variety of professions, ranging from data science to web development. It’s in the top 10 for “Most Popular” and “Most Loved” technologies (according to StackOverflow’s 2016 Developer Survey), making it a relatively friendly language for beginners. Learning Python will enable you to program pretty much anything.
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lesson 1
Why Python Programming
Receive an overview of what you’ll be learning and doing in the course
Understand why you should learn programming with Python
lesson 2
Data Types and Operators
Represent data using Python’s data types: integers, floats, booleans, strings, lists, tuples, sets, dictionaries, compound data structures
Perform computations and create logical statements using Python’s operators: Arithmetic, Assignment, Comparison, Logical, Membership, Identity
Practice whitespace and style guidelines
lesson 3
Control Flow
Write conditional expressions using if statements and boolean expressions to add decision making to your Python programs
Use for and while loops along with useful built-in functions to iterate over and manipulate lists, sets, and dictionaries
Condense for loops to create lists efficiently with list comprehensions
lesson 4
Functions
Define your own custom functions
Create and reference variables using the appropriate scope
Use iterators and generators to create streams of data
lesson 5
Scripting
Install Python 3 and set up your programming environment
Experiment in the terminal using a Python Interpreter
