Python Programming for Beginners: Hands-on (Online Lab)

Table of contents

1. Chapter 1 : Welcome
   1. Course Overview
   2. To Get Best Out of This Course
   3. Why Learn Python Programming?
2. Chapter 2 : Setting up the Python Development Environment
   1. Overview
   2. Editors and Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)
3. Chapter 3 : Python – Absolute Basics
   1. Overview
   2. History and Versions
   3. Whitespaces
   4. "Hello World!" - Program
   5. Running a Python Script from the Linux Terminal
   6. Read-Eval-Print-Loop (REPL)
   7. Adding Comments to Your Code
   8. Python.org - Quick Tour
4. Chapter 4 : Variables, Data Types, and Built-in Functions
   1. Overview
   2. Variables and Assignments - Part 1
   3. Variables and Assignments - Part 2
   4. Build-in Data Types
   5. Mutable and Immutable
   6. Operators - Part 1
   7. Operators - Part 2
   8. Operators - Part 3
   9. Built-in Functions
   10. Zen of Python
   11. Input Statement
   12. Type Conversion
   13. Print Function
5. Chapter 5 : Conditional Statements and Loops
   1. Introduction to "If" Statement
   2. "If" Statement - Part 1
   3. "If" Statement - Part 2
   4. "While" loop - Introduction
   5. "While" loop - Hands-on
   6. Introduction to "Continue" and "Break" Statements
   7. Control Loops with "Continue" and "Break" Statements
   8. "For" Loop - The king of loops
6. Chapter 6 : Working with Lists
   1. Working with Lists - Part 1
   2. Working with Lists - Part 2
   3. Working with Lists - Part 3
   4. Working with Lists - Part 4
   5. Working with Lists - Part 5
   6. Working with Lists - Part 6
   7. Working with Lists - Part 7
   8. Working with Lists - Part 8
   9. Working with Lists - Part 9
7. Chapter 7 : Working with Tuples
   1. Working with Tuples - Part 1
   2. Working with Tuples - Part 2
   3. Working with Tuples - Part 3
   4. Working with Tuples - Part 4
8. Chapter 8 : Working with Sets
   1. Working with Sets - Part 1
   2. Working with Sets - Part 2
   3. Working with Sets - Part 3
   4. Working with Sets - Part 4
   5. Working with Sets - Part 5
   6. Working with Sets - Part 6
   7. Working with Sets - Part 7
9. Chapter 9 : Working with Dictionaries
   1. Introduction to Dictionary Data Type
   2. Working with Dictionaries - Part 1
   3. Working with Dictionaries - Part 2
   4. Working with Dictionaries - Part 3
   5. Working with Dictionaries - Part 4
   6. Working with Dictionaries - Part 5
   7. Working with Dictionaries - Part 6
   8. Working with Dictionaries - Part 7
10. Chapter 10 : Working with Strings
    1. Working with Strings - Part 1
    2. Working with Strings - Part 2
    3. Working with Strings - Part 3
    4. Working with Strings - Part 4
    5. Working with Strings - Part 5
11. Chapter 11 : Functions
    1. Functions Basics
    2. Function Parameters
    3. Function Parameters - Advanced - Part 1
    4. Function Parameters - Advanced - Part 2
    5. Returning Values
    6. Building a Small Project
    7. Local and Global Variables
12. Chapter 12 : Modules and Packages
    1. What is a Module?
    2. Importing a Module – PyCharm
    3. Importing a Module – Read-Eval-Print-Loop (REPL) (Python Console)
    4. Creating a Simple Module
    5. Where Does Python Look for Modules?
    6. dir() Function
    7. __name__ and __main__ attributes
    8. Packages - Part 1
    9. Packages – Part 2
    10. Packages - Part 3
    11. Using Docstrings
13. Chapter 13 : Debugging
    1. Debugging - Part 1
    2. Debugging - Part 2
14. Chapter 14 : Working with Files (Files Input/Output)
    1. Writing to a File
    2. Appending to a File
    3. Reading a File
    4. Reading and Writing to a Comma-separated Values (CSV) File
    5. Reading and Writing to a Binary File
15. Chapter 15 : Handling Exceptions
    1. Module Overview
    2. Handling "String" Exceptions
    3. Handling "List" Exceptions
    4. Handling "File" Exceptions
    5. Raising Exceptions
16. Chapter 16 : Working with Numbers
    1. Working with Numbers - Part 1
    2. Working with Numbers - Part 2 (Math Module)
    3. Working with Numbers - Part 3 (Formatting Numbers)
    4. Working with Numbers - Part 4 (Floats and Decimals)
17. Chapter 17 : Working with Dates and Times
    1. Checking the Current Date and Time
    2. Extracting Date-related and Time-related Information
    3. Creating Datetime Objects
    4. Parsing Strings for Date and Time
    5. Formatting Date and Time Output
    6. Timespan
18. Chapter 18 : Package Management
    1. Overview
    2. Script, Module, Package, and Library
    3. Python Package Index (PyPI)
    4. "pip" – Installing Python Libraries
    5. "pip" - Installing and Uninstalling Python Packages
    6. "pip" - Freeze
19. Chapter 19 : Python Virtual Environments
    1. Overview
    2. Installing "virtualenv"
    3. Creating, Activating, and Deactivating Virtual Environments
    4. Setting up a Virtual Environment with Your Desired Python Version
    5. "virtualenvwrapper" - Part 1
    6. "virtualenvwrapper" - Part 2
20. Chapter 20 : Comprehensions
    1. Module Overview
    2. What are Comprehensions?
    3. List Comprehensions
    4. Dictionary Comprehensions
    5. Set Comprehensions
21. Chapter 21 : Decorators
    1. Nested Functions
    2. Warming up
    3. Creating Decorators
    4. Docstring Issues and Fixes
    5. Decorator Use Cases - A few
    6. Decorators Assignment #1
    7. Decorators Assignment #1 Solution
22. Chapter 22 : Generators
    1. What are Generators?
    2. Simple Generator
    3. Function to Generator Function
    4. Generator Expression
    5. Processing a List
    6. Generator Pipeline
    7. Generator - "send" Method – Part 1
    8. Generator - "send()" Method – Part 2
    9. Generator - "throw()" Method
    10. Generator - "close()" Method
23. Chapter 23 : Miscellaneous and Additional Resources
    1. Setting up Python and PyCharm in Windows 10