Pyntroduction To Python

Welcome to this short introduction to Python.

Contents

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Installation & Setup
  • Step 1: Download the Python installer
  • Step 2: Run the exe file
  • Step 3: Check the Python installation
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 2: Using the terminal and Python interpreter
  • First steps: The Python interpreter
  • Getting help in the Python interpreter
  • Basic Operations in Python
  • Python variables
  • Conclusion
  • Exercises
• Chapter 3: Using text editors and IDEs
  • Notepad
  • What is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE)?
  • Which text editor should I use?
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 4: Data Types
  • What you will learn
  • Numeric Data Types
  • Conversion from one type to another: casting
  • Text Data Type
  • Sequence Data Types
  • Mapping Data Type: dictionary
  • Set Data Types
  • Boolean Data Types
  • Binary Data Types
  • None Data Type
  • Conclusion
  • Exercises
• Chapter 5: Working with strings
  • Python strings: the basics
  • String index notation
  • Python strings are immutable
  • Format strings
  • Conclusion
  • Exercises
• Chapter 6: Working with lists
  • Python lists
  • List index notation
  • Python lists are mutable
  • Python Lists vs Strings
  • Conclusion
  • Exercises
• Chapter 7: Working with dictionaries
  • Python dictionaries: the basics
  • Reading items from a dictionary
  • Editing key-value pairs
  • Dictionary key/value data types
  • Converting dictionaries to lists
  • Conclusion
  • Exercises
• Chapter 8: Conditional statements: if, elif, else
  • Revisiting the boolean data type
  • Simple decisions: the if statement
  • The elif statement
  • Conclusion
  • Exercises
• Chapter 9: Loops, for and while, break and continue
  • For loops
  • While loops
  • Control statements
  • Conclusion
  • Exercises
• Chapter 10: Functions
  • What is a function? The mathematical definition
  • Functions in Python
  • Built-in functions
  • Conclusion
  • Exercises
• Chapter 11: Built-in Methods
  • Python methods
  • String methods
  • List methods
  • Dictionary methods
  • Conclusion
  • Exercises
• Chapter 12: Modules
  • Python modules
  • The random module
  • The math module
  • The numpy module
  • Conclusion
  • Exercises
• Chapter 13: Practice Projects
  • Rock, paper, scissors game
  • Countdown timer and clock
• Thank you for reading