Learning Python (2021)

3h 6mBeginner2023-09-14

Authors

Joe Marini

Senior Developer Advocate at Google, Developer

Course details

Python—the popular and highly-readable object-oriented language—is both powerful and relatively easy to learn. Whether you're new to programming or an experienced developer, this course can help you get started with Python. Joe Marini provides an overview of the installation process, basic Python syntax, and an example of how to construct and run a simple Python program. Learn to work with dates and times, read and write files, and retrieve and parse HTML, JSON, and XML data from the web.

Skills covered

PythonLearningProgramming LanguagesOpen SourceSoftware Development

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Learning Python
02 - What you should know
03 - Exercise files

1. Getting Started

04 - Installing Python on Windows
05 - Installing Python on Mac
06 - Choosing an editor or IDE
07 - How to run the Python examples
08 - CoderPad Challenges

2. Python Basics

09 - Building Hello World
10 - Variables and expressions
11 - Python functions
12 - Conditional structures
13 - Loops
14 - Classes
15 - Importing and using modules
16 - Using exceptions
17 - Solution - Palindromes

3. Working with Files

18 - Reading and writing files
19 - Working with OS path utilities
20 - Using filesystem shell methods
21 - Solution - Files

4. Using Dates and Times

22 - The date, time, and datetime classes
23 - Formatting time output
24 - Using timedelta objects
25 - Working with calendars
26 - Solution - Dates and times

5. Internet Data Formats

27 - Fetching Internet data
28 - Working with JSON data
29 - Parsing and processing HTML
30 - Manipulating XML

Conclusion

31 - Where to go next