Python Programming in 5 Hours

Install python on windows and open IDLE, the integrated development environment. Write code in the interactive shell, such as print hello world, or simple math, and view the output.

Install python on Mac, open the IDLE development environment, and run code in the interactive shell to print hello world and perform simple math like 4+2.

Learn to run Python code in Windows PowerShell, access the interactive Python console (Python 3.7.0), and execute simple programs like Hello world and 2+4 before exiting.

Learn to write python with VS Code on Mac, create a hello world file, save it, and run it in the Mac Terminal to see output.

Create and run a Python project in PyCharm on Mac, select the interpreter Python 3.7, write a hello world print statement, and run to view the output.

Learn how to name variables in Python using valid conventions, including starting with a letter or underscore, allowing alphanumeric characters and underscores, and using underscores to separate words.

Learn to write Python comments using the hash symbol for single lines and triple quotes for multi-line explanations, and understand how the interpreter ignores them during execution.

Learn how Python uses statements and expressions, defines variables with assignments, and applies operators to build expressions, while understanding that Python is case sensitive for variable names.

Explore type casting in Python: dividing two integers yields a floating point result; use int(result) to cast back to an integer, e.g., 5.0 becomes 5.

Apply the minus operator to negate values in Python by placing a minus sign before a variable or constant; for example, -10 turns a positive number into a negative.

Explore the remainder (modulo) operator in Python to compute remainders when dividing numbers, with examples showing x and y, including 10 divided by 3 yielding remainder 1.

Learn how to compute exponentials in Python using the exponent operator (**) and the pow function. Practice with base 2 and exponent 4 to see the result 16.

Learn to work with Python strings as iterable sequences, using zero- and negative-indexing, and perform operations like upper and title, concatenation, escape sequences, and strip.

Explains Python string interpolation across old percent formatting, the format method, and modern f-strings. Demonstrates substituting variables like name and age, and recommends using the latest Python for simplicity.

Explore Python string slicing using square brackets, learn to select substrings with start and end indices, use ranges like 7:, understand zero-based indexing and negative indices such as -1.

Learn to use if statements to act on conditions by checking whether a number is even or odd via the remainder when divided by two, and observe the output.

Learn to build a Python program that reads input, converts to int, and uses an if statement to check divisibility by 2 to determine even numbers.

Learn how Python conditionals work using if, elif, and else to control program flow based on user input, testing numbers such as 50, 100, and others.

Learn how to use and, or as logical operators to build complex if statements in Python, combining conditions to test ranges and control program flow.

Learn to compare strings in Python by handling case sensitivity, converting both variables with lower or upper, and performing checks to identify matches or mismatches.

Demonstrate the not equal to operator in an if condition by comparing a name and printing when the name differs from steve jobs, illustrating conditional logic and outputs.

Learn nested conditions in Python by placing if blocks inside else blocks, using comparisons like less than two or equal to three, and printing results such as x is three.

Explore iteration in Python with the while loop by setting a condition and incrementing counter to print numbers. See how changing the condition prints 1 to 100 with concise code.

Master a break statement to exit a while loop when a condition is met, such as stopping the loop when x becomes 11 and nothing prints.

Skip the rest of the loop when the value is divisible by two, using continue in a Python while loop, which prints only odd numbers from 1 to 19.

Learn how to use Python's for loop to iterate over ranges and strings, accumulate a sum from 1 to 10, and print each character from a title.

Define a two-dimensional list (matrix) in Python using a nested list called metrics, created with square brackets; iterate with two for loops to access and display the matrix.

Explore list slicing in python by defining a number list and using start:stop and negative indices to extract elements, such as 0:2 yielding 0 and 1.

Iterate over a list with a for loop, printing each car and conditionally printing when a car is too hot.

Write a Python program that sums numbers in a list using a loop, initializes a sum variable, and uses type checks to exclude non-numeric items.

Learn how Python lists are mutable and how to add, insert, and delete items using index positions, the plus equals shortcut, and the del statement.

Develop the skill to get the last element of a list and remove it using pop, returning the value and updating the list after each operation.

Learn how to remove an item from a list by its value using a linear search, removing the first match, and noting that duplicates leave remaining items.

Learn to convert a string into a list by using the split function with a comma separator, then print the resulting list of items.

Learn to check membership in Python lists using in and not in, then print even numbers and handle items present or absent to control output.