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Python Programming for Beginners - Learn in 100 Easy Steps

Python Programming for Beginners - Learn in 100 Easy Steps

by Ranga Karanam
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Release Date: January 2019
ISBN: 9781838556563
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Learn Python Programming using a Step By Step Approach with 200+ code examples.

About This Video

  • The course is amazing, the instructor has good knowledge in the field
  • This course can be viewed with zero Python Programming Experience

In Detail

Python is one of the most popular programming languages. Python offers both object-oriented and structural programming features. We love Programming. Our aim with this course is to create a love for Programming.

In more than 150 Steps, we explore the most important Python Programming Language Features

  • Basics of Python Programming - Expressions, Variables, and Printing Output
  • Python Operators - Python Assignment Operator, Relational and Logical Operators, Short Circuit Operators
  • Python Conditionals and If Statement
  • Methods - Parameters, Arguments and Return Values
  • An Overview Of Python Platform
  • Object-Oriented Programming - Class, Object, State and Behavior
  • Basics of OOPS - Encapsulation, Inheritance and Abstract Class.
  • Basics about Python Data Types
  • Basics about Python Built-in Modules
  • Conditionals with Python - If Else Statement, Nested If Else
  • Loops - For Loop, While Loop in Python, Break and Continue
  • Immutablity of Python Basic Types
  • Python Data Structures - List, Set, Dictionary and Tuples
  • Introduction to Variable Arguments
  • Basics of Designing a Class - Class, Object, State and Behavior. Deciding State and Constructors.
  • Introduction to Exception Handling - Your Thought Process during Exception Handling. try, except, else and finally. Exception Hierarchy. Throwing an Exception. Creating and Throwing a Custom Exception.

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Table of Contents

  1. Chapter 1 : Introduction
    1. Introduction 00:02:23
    2. How to Make Best use of the Course Guide? 00:01:15
    3. Installing Python and Launching Python Shell 00:03:50
  2. Chapter 2 : Introduction to Python Programming With Multiplication Table
    1. Step 01 - Getting Started with Programming 00:02:11
    2. Step 02 - Introduction to Multiplication Table challenge 00:01:15
    3. Step 03 - Break down Multiplication Table Challenge 00:01:56
    4. Step 04 - Python Expression - An Introduction 00:05:40
    5. Step 05 - Python Expression – Exercises 00:01:38
    6. Step 06 - Python Expression – Puzzles 00:05:35
    7. Step 07 - Printing output to console with Python 00:04:54
    8. Step 08 - Calling Functions in Python – Puzzles 00:10:12
    9. Step 09 - Advanced Printing output to console with Python 00:05:18
    10. Step 10 - Advanced Printing output to console with Python - Exercises and Puzzle 00:04:28
    11. Step 11 - Introduction to Variables in Python 00:07:56
    12. Step 12 - Introduction to Variables in Python – Puzzles 00:05:10
    13. Step 13 - Assignment Statement 00:07:43
    14. Step 14 - Tip - Using formatted strings in print method 00:03:07
    15. Step 15 - Using For Loop to Print Multiplication Table 00:08:02
    16. Step 16 - Using For Loop in Python – Puzzles 00:06:02
    17. Step 17 - Using For Loop in Python – Exercises 00:05:05
    18. Step 18 - Getting Started with Programming - Revise all Terminology 00:03:36
  3. Chapter 3 : Introduction to Methods - Multiplication Table
    1. Step 00 - Section 02 - Methods - An Introduction 00:01:53
    2. Step 01 - Your First Python Method - Hello World Twice and Exercise Statements 00:04:39
    3. Step 02 - Introduction to Python Methods – Exercises 00:03:39
    4. Step 03 - Introduction to Python Methods - Arguments and Parameters 00:09:44
    5. Step 04 - Introduction to Python Method Parameters – Exercises 00:04:21
    6. Step 05 - Introduction to Python Method - Multiple Parameters 00:04:57
    7. Step 06 - Getting back to Multiplication Table - Creating a method 00:04:25
    8. Step 07 - Tip - Indentation is king 00:03:57
    9. Step 08 - Introduction to Python Method - Puzzles - Named Parameters 00:08:51
    10. Step 09 - Introduction to Python Method - Return Values 00:04:31
    11. Step 10 - Introduction to Python Method - Return Values – Exercises 00:04:32
  4. Chapter 4 : Introduction to Python Platform
    1. Step 01 - Writing and Executing your First Python Script 00:07:14
    2. Step 02 - Python Virtual Machine and bytecode 00:03:53
  5. Chapter 5 : Introduction to PyCharm
    1. Step 01 - Installing and Introduction to PyCharm 00:01:42
    2. Step 02 - Write and Execute a Python File with PyCharm 00:03:53
    3. Step 03 - Execise - Write Multiplication Table Method with PyCharm 00:05:10
    4. Step 04 - Debugging Code with PyCharm 00:09:00
    5. Step 05 - PyCharm Tips: Tool Windows 00:03:08
    6. Step 06 - PyCharm Tips: Keyboard Shortcuts 00:10:53
  6. Chapter 6 : Basic Numeric Data Types and Conditional Execution
    1. Step 01 - Introduction to Numeric Data Types 00:05:56
    2. Step 02 - Exercise - Calculate Simple Interest 00:04:50
    3. Step 03 - Introduction to Numeric Data Types – Puzzles 00:05:38
    4. Step 04 - Introduction to Boolean Data Type 00:03:20
    5. Step 05 - Introduction to If Condition 00:04:38
    6. Step 06 - Introduction to If Condition – Exercises 00:04:34
    7. Step 07 - Logical Operators - and or not 00:03:15
    8. Step 08 - Logical Operators - and or not – Puzzles 00:06:51
    9. Step 09 - Introduction to If Condition - else and elif 00:06:17
    10. Step 10 - if, else and elif - Menu Exercise - Part 1 00:08:26
    11. Step 11 - if, else and elif - Menu Exercise - Part 2 00:05:03
    12. Step 12 - if, else and elif – Puzzles 00:04:34
  7. Chapter 7 : Text in Python
    1. Step 01 - Text in Python - Methods in str class 00:08:56
    2. Step 02 - Data Type Conversion – Puzzles 00:04:38
    3. Step 03 - Strings are immutable 00:06:15
    4. Step 04 - There is no separate Character data type 00:03:27
    5. Step 05 - String module 00:04:37
    6. Step 06 - Exercise - is vowel, print lower case and upper case characters 00:07:06
    7. Step 07 - String - Exercises and Puzzles 00:05:39
    8. Step 08 - String – Conclusion 00:02:50
  8. Chapter 8 : Python Loops
    1. Step 01 - For loop basics 00:02:21
    2. Step 02 - For loop exercise 1 - is_prime 00:07:26
    3. Step 03 - For loop exercise 2 - sum_upto_n 00:03:06
    4. Step 04 - For loop exercise 3 - sum of divisors 00:03:28
    5. Step 05 – For loop exercise 4 - print a number triangle 00:05:08
    6. Step 06 - Introduction to while loop in Python 00:05:19
    7. Step 07 - While loop – Exercises 00:05:53
    8. Step 08 - Choosing a Loop - Menu Exercise 00:05:07
    9. Step 09 - Loops - Puzzles - break and continue 00:09:41
  9. Chapter 9 : Python Tips for Beginners
    1. Tip 1 - Using Predefined Python Modules 00:04:01
    2. Tip 2 - Loop - Getting Index Element 00:02:52
    3. Tip 3 - Short hand If Statement 00:02:25
    4. Tip 4 - Python is Strongly Typed and Dynamic Language 00:03:55
    5. Tip 4 - Beginners Mistakes – Shadowing 00:02:49
    6. Tip 5 - Beginners Mistakes – Indentation 00:02:28
    7. Tip 6 - PEP8 - Python Style Guide 00:04:02
    8. Tip 7 - PEP20 - Zen of Python 00:03:21
  10. Chapter 10 : Introduction to Object Oriented Programming
    1. Step 00 - Introduction to Object Oriented Programming - Section Overview 00:01:01
    2. Step 01 - Introduction to Object Oriented Programming – Basics 00:05:24
    3. Step 02 - Introduction to Object Oriented Programming - Terminology - Class, Object 00:04:56
    4. Step 03 - Introduction to Object Oriented Programming - Exercise - Online Shopping 00:03:09
    5. Step 04 - First Class and Object - Country class 00:05:33
    6. Step 05 - Create Motor Bike Python Class and a couple of objects 00:07:24
    7. Step 06 - Class and Objects - a few Puzzles 00:03:53
    8. Step 07 - Constructor for MotorBike class 00:07:33
    9. Step 08 - Constructor for Book class – Exercise 00:01:32
    10. Step 09 - Constructors – Puzzles 00:08:29
    11. Step 10 - Class and Objects - Methods and Behavior 00:06:54
    12. Step 11 - Exercise - Enhance Book class with copies 00:03:24
    13. Step 12 - Class and Objects - Methods and Behavior - Puzzles on self 00:04:59
    14. Step 13 - Advantages of Encapsulation 00:03:09
    15. Step 14 - Everything is Object in Python 00:04:17
  11. Chapter 11 : Python Data Structures
    1. Step 01 - Python Data Structures - Why do we need them? 00:04:21
    2. Step 02 - Operations on List Data Structure 00:03:12
    3. Step 03 - Exercise with List - Student class 00:08:52
    4. Step 04 - Puzzles with Strings Lists 00:06:46
    5. Step 05 - List Slicing 00:06:05
    6. Step 06 - List Sorting, Looping and Reversing 00:07:18
    7. Step 07 - List as a Stack and Queue 00:03:50
    8. Step 08 - List with a custom class - Country and representation 00:04:48
    9. Step 08 - List with a custom class - Part 2 - sorting, max and min 00:04:58
    10. Step 09 - List Comprehension 00:05:20
    11. Step 10 - Introduction to Set 00:05:40
    12. Step 11 - Introduction to Dictionary 00:04:59
    13. Step 12 - Exercise with Dictionary - Word and Character Occurrences 00:04:33
    14. Step 13 - Puzzles with Data Structures 00:05:48
    15. Step 14 – Tuples 00:06:59
  12. Chapter 12 : Object Oriented Programming Again
    1. Step 01 - OOPS Basics Revised 00:02:06
    2. Step 02 - Designing a Fan Class 00:08:19
    3. Step 03 - Object Composition - Book and Reviews 00:08:22
    4. Step 04 - Why do we need Inheritance 00:04:32
    5. Step 05 - All classes in Python 3 inherit from object 00:01:30
    6. Step 06 - Multiple Inheritance 00:05:06
    7. Step 07 - Creating and Using an Abstract Class 00:04:04
    8. Step 08 - Template Method Pattern with Recipe Class 00:07:05
    9. Step 09 - A Quick Revision 00:01:33
  13. Chapter 13 : Error Handling with Python
    1. Step 01 - Introduction to Error Handling - Your Thought Process during Error Handling 00:03:11
    2. Step 02 - Basics of Exception Hierarchy 00:04:10
    3. Step 03 - Basics of Error Handling - try except 00:04:48
    4. Step 04 - Handling Multiple Errors with Multiple except blocks 00:07:31
    5. Step 05 - Error Handling - Puzzles - Exception Details 00:06:39
    6. Step 06 - Error Handling - finally and else 00:04:22
    7. Step 07 - Error Handling - Puzzles 2 00:02:47
    8. Step 08 - Raising Exceptions 00:07:02
    9. Step 09 - Raising Custom Exceptions 00:03:52
  14. Chapter 14 : A Few More Python Tips
    1. Tip 1 - Math Module and Decimal Class 00:04:33
    2. Tip 2 - Statistics Module - find mean and median 00:02:30
    3. Tip 3 - Collections Module - deque for Queue and Stack 00:02:52
    4. Tip 4 - Date Module 00:06:07
    5. Tip 5 - Methods and Arguments – Basics 00:07:15
    6. Tip 6 - Methods and Arguments - Keyword Arguments 00:04:50
    7. Tip 7 - Methods and Arguments - Unpacking Lists and Dictionaries 00:03:45
    8. Tip 8 - Creating Custom Modules and Using Them 00:06:34
    9. Tip 9 - Defining Equality for Classes 00:07:56
    10. Tip 10 – None 00:05:53
  15. Chapter 15 : Thank You and Congratulations
    1. Congratulations 00:00:50