# Learn how to code in Python3 : A hands on approach ### 1. The python interpreter ``` - Python IDE - Interative jupyter notebook ``` ### 2. Python3 primitive data types ``` - Text Type: str - Numeric Types: int, float, complex - Sequence Types: list, tuple, range - Mapping Type: dict - Set Types: set, frozenset - Boolean Type: bool - Binary Types: bytes, bytearray, memoryview - None Type: NoneType ``` ### 3. Write your first hello world ``` - type() Function - print() Function ``` ### 4. Conditional statements ``` - if Statements - for loop - The range() Function - break and continue Statements, and else Clauses on Loops - pass Statements - match Statements ``` ### 5. Defining Functions ``` - parameters, arguments - Default argument values - Special parameters - Example of functions - Lamda expressions ``` ### 6. Python3 data structures ##### - Built-in datastructures : - Lists - Tuple - Dictionay ##### - User defined data structures - Arrays vs.List - Stack - Queue - Trees - Linked Lists - Graphs - HashMaps ### 7. Modules ``` - Executing modules as scripts - The Module Search Path - “Compiled” Python files - Standard Modules - The dir() Function - Packages - Importing * From a Package - Intra-package References - Packages in Multiple Directories ``` ### 8. Input and output - String formatting ``` - The formated string literal - The string format() method ``` - Reading and writing to a file ``` - Methods of File Objects - Saving structured data with json ``` ### 9. Errors and exceptions ``` - Syntax errors - Exceptions - Handling Exceptions - Raising Exceptions - Exception Chaining - User-defined Exceptions - Defining Clean-up Actions - Predefined Clean-up Actions ``` ### 10. Classes ``` - Class Definition Syntax - Class Objects - Instance Objects - Method Objects - Class and Instance Variables ``` - Inheritance ``` - Multiple Inheritance - Private Variables - Odds and Ends - Iterators - Generators - Generator Expressions ``` ### 11. Brief tour on useful standard libraries ``` - File Wildcards - Command Line Arguments - Error Output Redirection and Program Termination - String Pattern Matching - Mathematics - Internet Access - Dates and Times - Data Compression - Performance Measurement - Quality Control - Batteries Included ```