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 - How to use CoderPad
05 - Python standard library introduction

1. Python - What's Built In

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

2. Python - Math

15 - Trigonometry, ceiling, floor, and constants
16 - Factorial, square root, and GCD
17 - Python random module
18 - Calculating statistics with Python
19 - Iterators with itertools - Infinite processes
20 - Iterators with itertools - Permutations and combinations
21 - Solution - Calculate hypotenuse

3. Python Input Output

22 - Command-line arguments
23 - Input and output
24 - Files and file writing
25 - File seeking in Python
26 - Iterative files
27 - Tempfile module
28 - Manipulate zip files in Python
29 - Solution - Count words in a file

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

30 - Getting the current time with Python
31 - Formatting dates and times in Python with datetime
32 - Calculating future times and Python calendar module
33 - Create a timer with the Python time module
34 - Python HTML parser module
35 - Text wrap module
36 - Python HTTP package and urllib and JSON modules
37 - Solution - Add Fractions with Fraction Module

Conclusion

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