Learning the Python 3 Standard Library

Course details

Python libraries can cut your development time and reduce your frustration with coding. In this Python 3 course, follow Kathryn Hodge as she walks through the Python standard library. Discover how familiarizing yourself with its facilities can make writing code in this concise, elegant language a little easier. Familiarize yourself with the library's built-in functions, math modules, and input and output modules. Learn how to get information from the Internet with the HTTP module, and more.

Learning objectives
Working with logical and comparison operators
Getting a list of numbers with the range() and list() functions
Using mathematical functions such as round(), abs(), and pow()
Calculating a given input's length
Importing and using the math module
Reading a user's command-line arguments
Getting the current time
Formatting dates and times with datetime
Creating a timer
Using urllib to get content from the Internet
Using the JSON module to decode content

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Make writing Python easier with Python standard libraries
02 - What you need to know
03 - Using exercise files
04 - Python standard library introduction

1. Python - What's Built In

05 - Logical operators - And, or, not
06 - Comparison operators
07 - Calculating length
08 - Range and list
09 - Min and max
10 - Rounding, absolute value, and exponents
11 - Sorted function
12 - Type functions

2. Python - Math

13 - Trigonometry, ceiling, floor, and constants
14 - Factorial, square root, and GCD
15 - Python random module
16 - Calculating statistics with Python
17 - Iterators with itertools - Infinite processes
18 - Iterators with itertools - Permutations and combinations

3. Python Input Output

19 - Command-line arguments
20 - Input and output
21 - Files and file writing
22 - File seeking in Python
23 - Iterative files
24 - Tempfile module
25 - Manipulate zip files in Python

4. Python - Date and Time, HTML Parsing, and HTTP

26 - Getting the current time with Python
27 - Formatting dates and times in Python with datetime
28 - Calculating future times and Python calendar module
29 - Create a timer with the Python time module
30 - Python HTML parser module
31 - Text wrap module
32 - Python HTTP package and urllib and JSON modules

Conclusion

33 - Add these built-in functions to your own applications

Learning the Python 3 Standard Library

Authors

Kathryn Hodge