Python Programming for Absolute Beginners

Install Python 3.7.2 from python.org, use a small installer, available for Windows, Linux, and macOS, then open the built-in IDLE to write and run code.

Learn how to accept user input in Python 3 using the input function, convert inputs to integers, and print combined text with computed results for addition and multiplication.

Explore Python if statements, comparing a and b with if, elif, and else to cover greater and equal conditions and observe how branching prints results.

Learn to build a complete calculator in Python using if loops, with a menu for add, subtract, multiply, and divide, and interactive input to compute results.

Use a python for loop to print a multiplication table from 1 to 10 for a user-provided number, printing each product in a formatted line.

Explore the for loop and key mathematical operators in Python, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, modulus, exponentiation with **, and floor division with //.

Learn to implement a Python program to compute the factorial of a number using a for loop, with user input, accumulating product in a variable, and printing the result.

Learn how to use the while loop in Python to control iteration with an initialization, condition, and increment, and apply the break statement to exit based on user input.

Use a Python while loop to reverse a number by repeatedly getting the remainder, updating the result with result*10 + remainder, and using floor division until zero.

Explore Python tasks: reverse a number, print squares, sum even numbers, list numbers between 100 and 1000, and print the first 10 Fibonacci numbers, with emphasis on experimentation.

Learn to build a rock paper scissors game in Python by taking user input, generating a random computer choice with the random library, and determining the winner.

Learn how to use and manipulate strings in python by accepting input, indexing, and slicing, then print characters or ranges via python programs and the shell.

Explore common string operations in Python, including concatenation, repetition, indexing, slicing, membership tests with in and not in, and string splitting.

Explore essential string operations in Python, including len, lower, replace, split, and using dot notation, and learn to convert strings to integers and use indexing.

Explore Python string manipulation using built-in functions like len, count, find index, islower, isupper, capitalize, and encode, and practice tasks such as frequency checks, concatenation, and deleting characters by index.

Explore Python date and time using the time module, obtaining now and formatting it with directives like %m, %B, %d, %Y, %H, %M, and %S.

Master basic Python file handling by creating, opening, writing, appending, flushing, and closing text files, and learn to read data from files using modes like w, r, and a.

Learn python file handling: write, read, and append to csv files; save four values with a timestamp to a csv log every 10 seconds for spreadsheet viewing.

This lecture introduces tuples in Python as immutable data structures, showing how to create them, access elements by index, concatenate, multiply, and perform len, membership, and iteration operations.

Explore tuple usage in python part 2 by comparing tuples, using len and max, mastering slicing and double slicing, and using immutable lookup tables to prevent accidental writes.

Explore list methods in Python, including append, clear, and copy, and learn how assignment versus copying with dot notation affects list independence.

Explore Python list methods such as count, extend, append, index, pop, and remove, and learn reversing and sorting lists to manage and organize data.

Learn how to use common Python dictionary methods—clear, copy, get, and keys—through hands-on examples that show clearing, copying, retrieving with defaults, and listing keys.

Discover the simplest Python function with def, no parameters, and no return: define, indent, call from the main program to avoid repetition.

Explore how to create Python functions, accept arguments, and return results. Learn with examples that pass and print values, using def and return to handle multiple inputs.

Learn how Python functions can accept two inputs and return multiple values, enabling addition and multiplication outputs in a single call, with practical examples.

Explore how Python functions access and modify a global variable, using the temp example to show global temp, incrementing its value, and how functions interact through global state and arguments.