Python Practice: Real-World Coding Challenges

46mIntermediate2023-01-18

Authors

Ryan Mitchell

Senior Software Engineer at GLG

Course details

Are you new to Python and looking for a bootcamp-style introduction? Or looking for extra practice coding in Python with project-based lessons? In this course, instructor Ryan Mitchell highlights what you need to know about the Python standard library, using a single project that you’ll build throughout the course. Each chapter focuses on a single Python topic—basic data types, control flow, functions, errors, and more—and provides a challenge and corresponding solution for each topic. If you’re somewhat new to Python, this course is designed to go hand-in-hand with the Python Essential Training course, so you can jump between both courses, or work in this course alone.

Skills covered

Programming FoundationsPythonProjectProgramming LanguagesOpen SourceSoftware Development

Concepts

Introduction

Stepping up to the challenge
Who this course is for
Laying out the code

Quickstart

Challenge - It's hip to be square
Solution - It's hip to be square

Basic Data Types

Challenge - Sense of direction
Solution - Sense of direction

Basic Data Structures

Challenge - Structuring scribes
Solution - Structuring scribes

Control Flow

Challenge - Hitting a wall
Solution - Hitting a wall

Functions

Challenge - Plotting the course
Solution - Plotting the course

Classes and Objects

Challenge - Extending the scribe
Solution - Extending the scribe

Errors

Challenge - The trouble with scribbles
Solution - The trouble with scribbles

Threads and Processes

Challenge - When I move, you move
Solution - When I move, you move

Working with Files

Challenge - Single file
Solution - Single file

Packaging Python

Challenge - Handling arguments
Solution - Handling arguments

Conclusion

Continue your Python journey