Lesson 5: Python Utilities and Modules

Agenda 05-03-2019

Required reading

• HOWTO Fetch Internet Resources Using The urllib Package
• subprocess — Subprocess management
• urllib — URL handling modules
• urllib.request — Extensible library for opening URLs
• 8. Errors and Exceptions
• Exception hierarchy
• 8.4. The try statement
• 8.5. The with statement
• os — Miscellaneous operating system interfaces

Supplementary reading

• Python Exceptions: An Introduction
• Absolute vs Relative Imports in Python

Exercises

• Mandatory Assignment