DevOps Tools for Beginners: Starting with Python Scripts

Name: DevOps Tools for Beginners: Starting with Python Scripts
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Start automating with Python

Created byVitalii Shumylo

Last updated 10/2025

English

What you'll learn

Setup Python
Scripting with OS module basics
Working with paths
Working with files
Using shutil
And more...

Coding Exercises

This course includes our updated coding exercises so you can practice your skills as you learn.

Course content

18 sections • 166 lectures • 21h 9m total length

Setting Up Your Python Environment4:00
Demo: Setting Up Your Python Environment - Part 112:07
Demo: Setting Up Your Python Environment - Part 22:59
Creating Your First Project1:40
Demo: Creating Your First Project4:20
Introduction to version control with Git and GitHub4:33
Demo: Using Git with Python Projects4:24
Cloning and Running a Git Repository in IDEs7:53
Working with GitHub: Importing Repositories and Using GitHub Codespaces5:56
Lesson 1 Exercise: Setting Up Your Python Development Environment8:42
Printing with Python: Your First Step into Coding11:15
Print Techniques in Python6:21
Printing with Python: Your First Step into Coding
Python Fundamentals: Common Print Statement Errors11:21
Debugging Practice Exercise : Identifying and Fixing Python Syntax Errors8:13
Python Print Function: Common Mistakes
Mastering Multi-line Printing in Python: Basic Techniques10:28
Multi-line Printing Exercise and Solution: Practical Exercises in Python6:17
Practice multi-line printing in Python by completing tasks that print poems with separate print statements, use backslash escapes and triple quotes, and review the solutions.
Multi-line Printing in Python
Using Comments in Python3:36
Demo: Using Comments in Python11:57
Adding Comments in Python

Python Data Types3:55
Demo: Python Data Types8:32
Python Data Types Exercise
Hands-on Data Types Identification: Exercise and Solution5:26
Python Data Types and Variables Exercise
Hands-on Variable Assignment Manipulation: Exercise and Solution7:36
Python Variables and Data Types Exercise
Adding Variables3:15
Adding Variables. Part 24:04
Operations with Variables Exercise
Python Variable Naming Rules and Best Pactices10:31
Python Variable Naming Rules
String Manipulation in Python3:02
Explore the fundamentals of strings in Python, including creating strings with quotes, measuring length, indexing, and slicing. Master concatenation, repetition, and methods like upper, lower, and replace to build strings.
Demo: String Manipulation in Python12:09
Pythhon String Operations
String Manipulation - Example10:53
String Manipulation Word Game
Hands-on Simple Calculations String Manipulation: Exercise and Solution11:06
Hands-on Type Conversion Operations: Exercise and Solution8:59
Understanding Int and Other Variable Types4:21
Working with User Input. Type Converting3:16
Type Converting cont.3:11
Python Coding Best Practices10:08
Python Coding Best Practices: PEP 88:54
Hands-On Challenge: Building a Celsius to Fahrenheit Converter17:30

Python Integer Arithmetic10:31
Hands-On Challenge: Shopping Calculator Program4:43
Hands-On Challenge: Build Your Personal Savings Calculator Program11:33
Hands-On Challenge: Dining Out with Python. Build Your Smart Bill Splitter9:59
From Integers to Floats and Back Again6:56
Explore how Python handles integers and floats in arithmetic, including how division yields floats and how the // operator performs integer division that rounds down.
Hands-On Challenge: From Floor Division to Negative Numbers5:58
Hands-On Challenge: Time Management with Python - Days-to-Weeks Conversion App5:19
Take a hands-on Python exercise to help time management by converting days to full weeks using integer division and the modulo operator, with a 45-day example.
Hands-On Challenge: Build a Road Trip Budget Calculator12:12

Modulo Operator: Powerful Remainder Calculations in Python8:16
Mastering Exponentiation and Modulo Operators in Python12:13
Hands-On Challenge: Calculating Cube Volumes and Surface Areas8:07
Hands-On Modular Arithmetic: Movie Theater Seating and Secret Message Decoding17:04
Operations Processing order in Python: PEMDAS11:29
Hands-On Python Workshop: Startup Financial Modeling14:31
build a hands-on startup financial calculator in python to compute development, marketing and equipment startup costs, monthly revenue from subscription tiers, operating costs, break-even time, and sensitivity analysis with f-strings.
Hands-On Python Workshop Solution: Startup Financial Modeling22:35

Submitting an input in Python10:19
Create interactive Python scripts with the input function, greet users by name, and compute age by converting input to integers and derive the current year with the datetime module.
Hands-On Exercises with User's Input: Tasks and Solutions. Part 110:14
Hands-On Exercises with User's Input: Tasks and Solutions. Part 212:33
Hands-On Exercises with User's Input: Tasks and Solutions. Part 317:56
Hands-On Exercises with User's Input: Tasks and Solutions. Part 49:23

Arithmetic Operations and Order of Operations in Python11:35
Mastering Python Operators. What are their types and uses13:38
Working with User Input for Numerical Calculations4:50
Read numbers from user input in Python and convert to ints and floats. Practice with a simple calculator to perform calculations and handle a value error.
Practical Applications of Basic Math in Python16:29
Building a Savings Goal Tracker Application in Python6:24
Build a Python savings goal tracker that computes months to reach a goal from monthly contributions, handles non-whole results with rounding, and optionally outputs years and months.
Programming with Numbers Operators and Calculations11:15
Advanced Paint Calculator Implementing Multiple Rounding Methods11:11
Practical Math Applications in Python Programming11:02
Explore practical math in Python through hands-on exercises, building a fuel efficiency calculator to compute miles per gallon and a BMI calculator using weight and height inputs.
Building Financial and Unit Conversion Tools in Python12:18
Develop practical python tools for financial and unit conversion, including a usd to eur currency converter with real-time exchange rates and a mortgage payment calculator.
Implementing a Time Zone Converter in Python4:47
Advanced Time Conversion and Function Usage in Python10:27

Introduction to Python Functions How to invoke and use them6:34
Explore how to invoke Python functions, pass arguments, and use built-in functions like print, type conversion, and basic numeric operations to improve code readability and reuse.
Exploring Python Built-in Functions What are their uses9:36
Python String Manipulation Functions How to transform text7:58
Applying Python Functions How to solve real-world problems5:27

Requirements

It's good to have Basic Linux knowledge
Laptop or PC running Windows, Mac OS X, or any Linux

Description

This course is A Beginner's Guide to DevOps Tools, such as Python. The purpose of this course is to prepare you to use these tools from scratch. This course is aimed for IT Pros, Developers, Operators, DevOps, System administrators and Everyone and is supposed to give the viewer the information they need to know to get started with theses tools and its their concepts.

The course is targeted to help learning and getting started with Python and do your job more efficiently and to automate your tasks.

After completing this course, you will be able to:

Setup Python
Scripting with OS module basics
Working with paths
Working with files
Using shutil
Writing basic scripts in Python
And more...

Who this course is for:

Starting DevOps
System Administrators
IT engineers
Starting Python Developers

DevOps Tools for Beginners: Starting with Python Scripts

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Course content

Lesson 1: Getting Started with Python18 lectures • 2hr 6min

Lesson 2: Basic Data Types18 lectures • 2hr 17min

Lesson 3: Operations with Basic Data Types8 lectures • 1hr 7min

Lesson 4: Special Operations with Basic Data Types7 lectures • 1hr 34min

Lesson 5: Even More on PEP83 lectures • 48min

Lesson 6: Taking User's Input5 lectures • 1hr

Lesson 7: Programs with Numbers in Python11 lectures • 1hr 54min

Lesson 8: Python Functions From Basics On4 lectures • 30min

Lesson 9: Understanding and Implementing Booleans4 lectures • 52min

Comparison Operators4 lectures • 32min

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