Python Crash Course, 2nd Edition

Table of contents

1. Cover Page
2. Title Page
3. Copyright Page
4. About the Author
5. About the Technical Reviewer
6. Dedication
7. BRIEF CONTENTS
8. CONTENTS IN DETAIL
9. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
10. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
11. INTRODUCTION
    1. Who Is This Book For?
    2. What Can You Expect to Learn?
    3. Online Resources
    4. Why Python?
12. PART I: BASICS
13. 1 GETTING STARTED
    1. Setting Up Your Programming Environment
    2. Python on Different Operating Systems
    3. Running a Hello World Program
    4. Troubleshooting
    5. Running Python Programs from a Terminal
    6. Summary
14. 2 VARIABLES AND SIMPLE DATA TYPES
    1. What Really Happens When You Run hello_world.py
    2. Variables
    3. Strings
    4. Numbers
    5. Comments
    6. The Zen of Python
    7. Summary
15. 3 INTRODUCING LISTS
    1. What Is a List?
    2. Changing, Adding, and Removing Elements
    3. Organizing a List
    4. Avoiding Index Errors When Working with Lists
    5. Summary
16. 4 WORKING WITH LISTS
    1. Looping Through an Entire List
    2. Avoiding Indentation Errors
    3. Making Numerical Lists
    4. Working with Part of a List
    5. Tuples
    6. Styling Your Code
    7. Summary
17. 5 IF STATEMENTS
    1. A Simple Example
    2. Conditional Tests
    3. if Statements
    4. Using if Statements with Lists
    5. Styling Your if Statements
    6. Summary
18. 6 DICTIONARIES
    1. A Simple Dictionary
    2. Working with Dictionaries
    3. Looping Through a Dictionary
    4. Nesting
    5. Summary
19. 7 USER INPUT AND WHILE LOOPS
    1. How the input() Function Works
    2. Introducing while Loops
    3. Using a while Loop with Lists and Dictionaries
    4. Summary
20. 8 FUNCTIONS
    1. Defining a Function
    2. Passing Arguments
    3. Return Values
    4. Passing a List
    5. Passing an Arbitrary Number of Arguments
    6. Storing Your Functions in Modules
    7. Styling Functions
    8. Summary
21. 9 CLASSES
    1. Creating and Using a Class
    2. Working with Classes and Instances
    3. Inheritance
    4. Importing Classes
    5. The Python Standard Library
    6. Styling Classes
    7. Summary
22. 10 FILES AND EXCEPTIONS
    1. Reading from a File
    2. Writing to a File
    3. Exceptions
    4. Storing Data
    5. Summary
23. 11 TESTING YOUR CODE
    1. Testing a Function
    2. Testing a Class
    3. Summary
24. PART II: PROJECTS
25. PROJECT 1: ALIEN INVASION
26. 12 A SHIP THAT FIRES BULLETS
    1. Planning Your Project
    2. Installing Pygame
    3. Starting the Game Project
    4. Adding the Ship Image
    5. Refactoring: The _check_events() and _update_screen() Methods
    6. Piloting the Ship
    7. A Quick Recap
    8. Shooting Bullets
    9. Summary
27. 13 ALIENS!
    1. Reviewing the Project
    2. Creating the First Alien
    3. Building the Alien Fleet
    4. Making the Fleet Move
    5. Shooting Aliens
    6. Ending the Game
    7. Summary
28. 14 SCORING
    1. Adding the Play Button
    2. Leveling Up
    3. Scoring
    4. Summary
29. PROJECT 2: DATA VISUALIZATION
30. 15 GENERATING DATA
    1. Installing Matplotlib
    2. Plotting a Simple Line Graph
    3. Random Walks
    4. Rolling Dice with Plotly
    5. Summary
31. 16 DOWNLOADING DATA
    1. The CSV File Format
    2. Mapping Global Data Sets: JSON Format
    3. Summary
32. 17 WORKING WITH APIs
    1. Using a Web API
    2. Visualizing Repositories Using Plotly
    3. The Hacker News API
    4. Summary
33. PROJECT 3: WEB APPLICATIONS
34. 18 GETTING STARTED WITH DJANGO
    1. Setting Up a Project
    2. Starting an App
    3. Making Pages: The Learning Log Home Page
    4. Building Additional Pages
    5. Summary
35. 19 USER ACCOUNTS
    1. Allowing Users to Enter Data
    2. Setting Up User Accounts
    3. Allowing Users to Own Their Data
    4. Summary
36. 20 STYLING AND DEPLOYING AN APP
    1. Styling Learning Log
    2. Deploying Learning Log
    3. Summary
37. AFTERWORD
38. A INSTALLATION AND TROUBLESHOOTING
    1. Python on Windows
    2. Python on macOS
    3. Python on Linux
    4. Python Keywords and Built-in Functions
39. B TEXT EDITORS AND IDEs
    1. Customizing Sublime Text Settings
    2. Other Text Editors and IDEs
40. C GETTING HELP
    1. First Steps
    2. Searching Online
    3. Internet Relay Chat
    4. Slack
    5. Discord
41. D USING GIT FOR VERSION CONTROL
    1. Installing Git
    2. Making a Project
    3. Ignoring Files
    4. Initializing a Repository
    5. Checking the Status
    6. Adding Files to the Repository
    7. Making a Commit
    8. Checking the Log
    9. The Second Commit
    10. Reverting a Change
    11. Checking Out Previous Commits
    12. Deleting the Repository
42. INDEX