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Learn Enough Python to Be Dangerous: Software Development, Flask Web Apps, and Beginning Data Science with Python

by Michael Hartl

July 2023

Beginner to intermediate

448 pages

10h 57m

English

Addison-Wesley Professional

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Chapter by ChapterAdditional FeaturesFinal ThoughtsLearn Enough Scholarships
1.1 Introduction to Python1.2 Python in a REPL1.3 Python in a File1.4 Python in a Shell Script1.5 Python in a Web Browser

2.1 String Basics2.2 Concatenation and Interpolation2.3 Printing2.4 Length, Booleans, and Control Flow2.5 Methods2.6 String Iteration
3.1 Splitting3.2 List Access3.3 List Slicing3.4 More List Techniques3.5 List Iteration3.6 Tuples and Sets
4.1 Math4.2 Times and Datetimes4.3 Regular Expressions4.4 Dictionaries4.5 Application: Unique Words
5.1 Function Definitions5.2 Functions in a File5.3 Iterators
6.1 List Comprehensions6.2 List Comprehensions with Conditions6.3 Dictionary Comprehensions6.4 Generator and Set Comprehensions6.5 Other Functional Techniques
7.1 Defining Classes7.2 Custom Iterators7.3 Inheritance7.4 Derived Classes
8.1 Package Setup8.2 Initial Test Coverage8.3 Red8.4 Green8.5 Refactor
9.1 Reading from Files9.2 Reading from URLs9.3 DOM Manipulation at the Command Line
10.1 Setup10.2 Site Pages10.3 Layouts10.4 Template Engine10.5 Palindrome Detector10.6 Conclusion
11.1 Data Science Setup11.2 Numerical Computations with NumPy11.3 Data Visualization with Matplotlib11.4 Introduction to Data Analysis with pandas11.5 pandas Example: Nobel Laureates11.6 pandas Example: Titanic11.7 Machine Learning with scikit-learn11.8 Further Resources and Conclusion

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Acknowledgments

Thanks to Paul Logston, Tom Repetti, and Ron Lee for their helpful comments on drafts of Learn Enough Python to Be Dangerous. Thanks also to Prof. Jetson Leder-Luis of Boston University and data scientist Amadeo Bellotti for their helpful feedback and assistance in preparing Chapter 11. Any errors that remain in the text are entirely the fault of these fine gentlemen.

As always, thanks to Debra Williams Cauley for shepherding the production process at Pearson.

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