Getting Started

• Setting Up your programming environment
• Python on different operating systems
• Troubleshooting installation issues
• Running Python programs from a terminal

Variables and simple data types

• Writing our first programme in python
  • Print Hello World
• What really happens when you run hello_world.py
• Data types in python
  • Integer
  • Float
  • String
  • Boolean
  • Complex
  • Sequenced data
    • List
    • Tuple
  • Mapped Data
    • Dictionary
• Variables
  • Variable naming rules
  • Avoiding name errors when using variables
  • Try it by yourself
  • Operators
    • +, -, *, /
    • **, //
    • ^
• Strings
  • Defining String
  • Overcoming Errors
  • Changing Case in a string with methods
  • Combining or Concatenating strings
  • Adding whitespace to strings with tabs or newlines
  • “\n”, “\t”
  • Striping Whitespace
  • rstrip(), lstrip(), strip()
  • Try it by yourself
• Numbers
  • Integer Operations
  • Float Operations
  • Avoiding Type errors with str() function
  • fstring
• Comments
• Type casting
  • int to str
  • str to int
  • int to str
  • eval
• Print
  • sep
  • end
• The Zen of python
• Mini Project
  • Temperature
  • BMI
  • Quadric
  • Currency

Introducing Lists

• What is a list?
  • Accessing elements in a list
  • Index position
  • Using Individual values from a list
• Changing adding, and removing elements
  • Modifying elements in a list
  • Adding elements to a list
    • appending Elements to the End of a List (append)
    • Inserting Elements into a List (insert)
  • Removing elements from a list
    • removing an Item Using the del Statement
    • removing an Item Using the pop() Method
    • Popping Items from any Position in a List
    • removing an Item by Value
• Organizing a list
  • Sorting a List Permanently with the sort() Method
  • Sorting a List Temporarily with the sorted() Function
  • Printing a List in Reverse Order
  • Finding the Length of a List
  • Avoiding Index Errors When Working with Lists

Working with Lists

• Looping through the entire list
  • A Closer Look at Looping
  • Doing More Work Within a for Loop
• Avoiding Indentation Errors
  • Forgetting to Indent
  • Forgetting to Indent Additional Lines
  • Indenting Unnecessarily
  • Indenting Unnecessarily After the Loop
  • Forgetting the Colon
• Making Numerical Lists
  • Using the range() Function
  • Using range( ) to Make a List of Numbers
  • Simple Statistics with a List of Numbers
  • List Comprehensions
• Working with part of a List
  • Slicing a List
  • Looping Through a Slice
  • Copying a List
• Tuples
  • Defining a Tuple
  • Looping Through All Values in a Tuple
  • Writing over a Tuple
• Styling your code
  • The Style Guide
  • Indentation
  • Line Length
  • Blank Lines
  • Other Style Guidelines
  • Try by yourself (https://python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/)

If Statements

• A simple example
• Conditional Tests
  • Checking for Equality
  • Ignoring Case When Checking for Equality
  • Checking for Inequality
  • Numerical Comparisons
  • Checking Multiple Conditions
    • Using and to Check Multiple Conditions
    • Using or to Check Multiple Conditions
  • Checking Whether a Value Is in a List
  • Checking Whether a Value Is Not in a List
  • Boolean Expressions
• If statements
  • Simple if Statements
  • if-else Statements
  • The if-elif-else Chain
  • Using Multiple elif Blocks
  • Omitting the else Block
  • Testing Multiple Conditions
• Using if statements with lists
  • Checking for Special Items
  • Checking That a List Is Not Empty
    • If (list)
  • Using Multiple Lists
• Styling your if statements
• Mini Project
  • Coin Flip
  • Grade
  • Magic Balls

Dictionaries

• A simple dictionary
• Working with Dictionaries
  • Accessing Values in a Dictionary
  • Adding New Key-Value Pairs
  • Starting with an Empty Dictionary
  • Modifying Values in a Dictionary
  • Removing Key-Value Pairs
  • A Dictionary of Similar Objects
• Looping through a Dictionary
  • Looping Through All Key-Value Pairs
  • Looping Through All the Keys in a Dictionary
  • Looping Through a Dictionary’s Keys in Order
  • Looping Through All Values in a Dictionary
• Nesting
  • A List of Dictionaries
  • A List in a Dictionary
  • A List in a Dictionary

User input and while loops

• How the input() function works
  • Writing Clear Prompts
  • Using int() to Accept Numerical Input
  • Using eval()
  • The Modulo Operator
• Introducing while loops
  • The while Loop in Action
  • Letting the User Choose When to Quit
  • Using a Flag
  • Using break to Exit a Loop
  • Using continue in a Loop
  • Avoiding Infinite Loops
• Using a while loop with lists and dictionaries
  • Moving Items from One List to Another
  • Moving Items from One List to Another
  • Filling a Dictionary with User Input

Functions

• Defining a function
  • Passing Information to a Function
  • Arguments and Parameters
• Passing arguments
  • Positional Arguments
    • Multiple Function Calls
    • Order Matters in Positional arguments
  • Keyword Arguments
  • Default Values
  • Equivalent Function Calls
  • Avoiding Argument Errors
• Return values
  • Returning a Simple Value
  • Returning a Simple Value
  • Returning a Dictionary
  • Using a Function with a while Loop
• Passing a List
  • Modifying a List in a Function
  • Preventing a Function from Modifying a List
• Passing an Arbitrary number with arguments
  • Mixing Positional and Arbitrary Arguments
  • Mixing Positional and Arbitrary Arguments
• Storing Your functions in modules
  • Importing an Entire Module
  • Importing Specific Functions
  • Using as to Give a Function an Alias
  • Using as to Give a Module an Alias
  • Using as to Give a Module an Alias
• Styling functions

Classes

• Creating and using a class
  • Creating the Dog Class
    • The __init__() Method
  • Making an Instance from a Class
    • Accessing attributes
    • Calling Methods
    • Creating Multiple Instances
• Working with classes and instances
  • The Car Class
  • Setting a Default Value for an Attribute
  • Modifying Attribute Values
    • Modifying an attribute’s Value Directly
    • Modifying an attribute’s Value through a Method
    • Incrementing an attribute’s Value through a Method
• Inheritance
  • The init() Method for a Child Class
  • Defining Attributes and Methods for the Child Class
  • Overriding Methods from the Parent Class
  • Instances as Attributes
  • Modelling Real-World Objects
• Importing Classes
  • Importing a Single Class
  • Storing Multiple Classes in a Module
  • Importing Multiple Classes from a Module
  • Importing an Entire Module
  • Importing All Classes from a Module
  • Importing a Module into a Module
  • Finding Your Own Workflow
• The Python Standard Library
• Styling Classes

Files and Exceptions

• Reading from a file
  • Reading an Entire File
  • File Paths
  • Reading Line by Line
  • Making a List of Lines from a File
  • Working with a File’s Contents
  • Large Files: One Million Digits
  • Is Your Birthday Contained in Pi?
• Writing to a file
  • Writing to an Empty File
  • Writing Multiple Lines
  • Appending to a File
• Exceptions
  • Handling the ZeroDivisionError Exception
  • Using try-except Blocks
  • Using Exceptions to Prevent Crashes
  • The else Block
  • Handling the FileNotFoundError Exception
  • Analyzing Text
  • Working with Multiple Files
  • Failing Silently
  • Deciding Which Errors to Report
• Storing Data
  • Using json.dump() and json.load()
  • Saving and Reading User-Generated Data
  • Refactoring

Testing Your Code

• Testing a Function
  • Unit Tests and Test Cases
  • A Passing Test
  • A Failing Test
  • Responding to a Failed Test
  • Adding New Tests
• Testing a class
  • A Variety of Assert Methods
  • A Class to Test
  • Testing the AnonymousSurvey Class
  • The setUp() Method

Jarvis- The AI

Flappy Bird Game

Data Visualization