Setup

Python Language Advantages and Applications

Python Assessment 1

Background

Input/output

Variables

String basics

Number basics

Error messages

Comments

The Python shell

Type conversion

Mixed data types

Floating-point errors

Dividing integers

The math module

Formatting code

Python careers

Strings revisited

Formatted strings

Variables revisited

List basics

Tuple basics

Boolean values

If-else statements

Boolean operations

Operator precedence

Chained decisions

Nested decisions

Conditional expressions

While loop

For loop

Nested loops

Break and continue

Loop else

Defining functions

Control flow

Variable scope

Parameters

Return values

Keyword arguments

Module basics

Importing names

Top-level code

The help function

Finding modules

String operations

String slicing

Searching/testing strings

String formatting

Splitting/joining strings

Modifying and iterating lists

Sorting and reversing lists

Common list operations

Nested lists

List comprehensions

Dictionary basics

Dictionary creation

Dictionary operations

Conditionals and looping in dictionaries

Nested dictionaries and dictionary comprehension

Object-oriented programming basics

Classes and instances

Instance methods

Overloading operators

Using modules with classes

Recursion basics

Simple math recursion

Recursion with strings and lists

More math recursion

Using recursion to solve problems

Inheritance basics

Attribute access

Methods

Hierarchical inheritance

Multiple inheritance and mixin classes

Reading from files

Writing to files

Files in different locations and working with CSV files

Handling exceptions

Raising exceptions

Introduction to data science

NumPy

Python for Beginners