Python Basics

Introduction to Python - Syntax, working with Shell commands, Files, Text Processing, and more...

Suitable for a one/two day workshop for Python beginners
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Chapters

Introduction
- Installation, Hello World example, Python Interpreter, Python Standard Library
Number and String data types
- Numbers, String, Constants, Built-in Operators
Functions
- def, print function, range function, type function, Variable Scope
Getting User input
- Integer input, Floating point input, String input
Executing external commands
- Calling Shell commands, Calling Shell commands with expansion, Getting command output and redirections
Control Structures
- Condition checking, if, for, while, continue and break
Lists
- Assigning List variables, Slicing and Modifying Lists, Copying Lists, List Methods and Miscellaneous, Looping, List Comprehension, Getting List as user input, Getting random items from list
Sequence, Set and Dict data types
- Strings, Tuples, Set, Dictionary
Text Processing
- String methods, Regular Expressions, Pattern matching and extraction, Search and Replace, Compiling Regular Expressions, Further Reading on Regular Expressions
File handling
- open function, Reading files, Writing to files, Inplace editing with fileinput
Command line arguments
- Known number of arguments, Varying number of arguments, Using program name in code, Command line switches
Exception Handling and Debugging
- Exception Handling, Syntax check, pdb, Importing program
Docstrings
- Style guide, Palindrome example
Testing
- assert statement, Using assert to test a program, Using unittest framework, Using unittest.mock to test user input and program output, Other testing frameworks
Exercises
Further Reading
- Standard topics not covered, Useful links on coding, Python extensions

Contributing

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- As this repo is no longer actively worked upon, please do not submit pull requests
Share the repo with friends/colleagues, on social media, etc to help reach other learners
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ebook

Read as ebook on gitbook
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Acknowledgements

automatetheboringstuff for getting me started with Python
/r/learnpython/ - helpful forum for beginners and experienced programmers alike
stackoverflow - for getting answers to pertinent questions as well as sharpening skills by understanding and answering questions
Devs and Hackers - helpful slack group
Weekly Coders, Hackers & All Tech related thread - for suggestions and critique

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

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