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Python for Beginners

Name: Python for Beginners
Rating: 4.3 (416 reviews)

Learn Python-- The Swiss Army Knife of Coding Languages

(416 ratings)

3,546 students

Created by Dollar Design School, Mark Lassoff

Last updated 7/2018

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What you'll learn

How to use the Python Shell
How to use interactive mode in Python
How to develop and run programs in the IDLE editor
How to run Python scripts directly from the command line
How to use the print() function
How to use separators and new line characters to modify command line output
Assign variables of different types
Understand integer, floating point, complex and string variables
Be able to extract substrings
Easily concatenate strings
Create Lists and Tuples
Create key value pairs and store them in dictionaries
Understand mathematical operators used in Python
Apply the order of operations to mathematical operations
Utilize comparison operators to determine logical outcomes
Use logical operators to join comparisons
Write conditional statements to correctly branch code
Use If, else and else if statements to apply branching
Understand how and when to used nested if statements
Use the shortcut Ternary operator
Be able to use looping structures effectively
Create While loops
Be able to use For loops to loop through an objects properties
Be able to construct nested loops and understand their utility.
Cast variables from one type to another using built-in Python functions
Use the Mathematical functions within Python to evaluate expressions
Randomize numbers and selections with the Randomization tools
Use Python String functions such as find(), join() and split()
Create immutable tuples
Access values within tuples
Use tuple functions to manipulate tuple data
Declare a dictionary and populate it with key/value pairs
Access and edit values within dictionaries
Extract date and time information from the time tuple
Use the calendar object to work with calendar related information
Create custom functions
Send arguments to functions using order or keyword
Create default function arguments
Read and obtain keyboard input
Read from a text file and process the data in Python
Write to a text file from Python
Append to a text file
Handle exceptions with try/except/else in Python
Use Python within the cgi-bin or a web server
Process form data from Python

Requirements

Students should be comfortable working in the PC or Mac operating system

Description

See why over 350,000 Udemy members learn coding from Mark Lassoff!

Few programming languages provide you with the flexibility and pure power of Python.

If you're becoming a professional developer, or are early in your development career, adding the Python skill set isn't just a resume embellishment-- It's an empowering language that will allow you to write procedural code in many types of environments and for many uses.

Python is commonly used for server-side programming for complex web applications or as a middle tier language providing web services or a communication layer with larger ecommerce systems. That being said, it's also a great language for beginners. The clear syntax makes it very easy to learn, and the powerful libraries make all types of programming possible. There are libraries for everything from games and graphics to complex mathematics to network and embedded programming.

Watch, Learn and Do

Programming is not a spectator sport and if you want to learn Python well, this course contains everything you need.

Skill-oriented instructor-led lectures will demonstrate each important Python skill. You'll be able to study and modify the code on your own to cement each topic. Python code coding lab exercises will familiarize you not just with Python syntax, but how real problem-solving in Python is done. You'll complete a more comprehensive project to help you integrate the different skills that are part of core Python.

Who this course is for:

First time Python programmers
Students and Teachers
IT pros who want to learn to code
Aspiring data scientists who want to add Python to their tool arsenal

Dollar Design School

Career Building Digital Skills Training

4.4 Instructor Rating
13,433 Reviews
320,874 Students
40 Courses

Dollar Design School is a streaming video network that teaches digital skills such as web development, graphic design, and digital productivity. We believe that education should be accessible to all. You can find Tech Learning Network content on Udemy, our website, and throughout the online video world.

The Dollar Design School specializes in teaching accessible technical skills to people just getting started in technical careers, including web development, digital design, and other career paths enabled by technology.

Mark Lassoff

Programming Instructor with over 500,000 students worldwide.

4.4 Instructor Rating
9,192 Reviews
96,132 Students
16 Courses

Mark Lassoff 's parents frequently claim that Mark was born to be a programmer. Starting, in the mid-eighties at age 11, Mark was hard at work on his Commodore 64 writing games in the BASIC language. After completing a computer science degree, Mark developed software for several well-known internet startups during the initial internet boom of the mid 1990’s. Five years ago Mark parlayed a two decades of software development experience into his latest entrepreneurial venture, LearnToProgram Media.

LearnToProgram Media publishes online courses that teach mobile, web, and game development. Over 500,000 people have learned programming from Mark through online classes he has either authored or published. In addition to publishing popular courses and books LearnToProgram Media operates an internet video network which produces several programs on software development.

Previously Mark founded PowerPlant Marketing, which created marketing automation software for REALTORS™. After the sale of PowerPlant, Mark went on to found Internet Broadcasting Group which counted among it’s launch clients Nike, Blue Moon Brewing Company and Opubco.

Mark lives in Connecticut and speaks worldwide on software development, entrepreneurship and online learning. He has spoken at TechWeek NY, TechWeek LA, and SXSW, among other large conferences. In his spare time he he enjoys aviation, mentoring new business owners and spending time with life-long friends and family.