Learning Python 3 Programming for the Absolute Beginner

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Welcome

Lecture 2: Resources and Materials

Chapter 2: Software Setup

Lecture 1: Installing Python and PyCharm

Chapter 3: Write your first Python Program

Lecture 1: Create a Hello World App

Chapter 4: Background of the Python Programming Language

Lecture 1: History and Characteristics of Python

Chapter 5: Variables and Comments

Lecture 1: Foundation : Variables

Lecture 2: Variables

Lecture 3: Comments

Chapter 6: Print Statements

Lecture 1: Using the print() function in Python

Lecture 2: Challenge : Print( ) statements

Lecture 3: Solution : Print( ) statements

Chapter 7: Working with Common Data Types

Lecture 1: Foundation : Introduction to Data Types

Lecture 2: Data Types

Lecture 3: Casting and Conversion

Lecture 4: Foundation : Working with Strings

Lecture 5: Working with Strings – Part 1

Lecture 6: Working with Strings – Part 2

Lecture 7: Challenge : Strings

Lecture 8: Solution : Strings

Chapter 8: Operators

Lecture 1: Foundation : Operators

Lecture 2: Working with Operators

Lecture 3: Challenge : Operators

Lecture 4: Solution : Operators

Chapter 9: Working with Data Structures

Lecture 1: Foundation : Introduction to Python Data Structures

Lecture 2: Foundation : Lists

Lecture 3: Working with Lists – Part 1

Lecture 4: Working with Lists – Part 2

Lecture 5: Challenge : Lists

Lecture 6: Solution : Lists

Lecture 7: Foundation : Sets

Lecture 8: Working with Sets – Part 1

Lecture 9: Working with Sets – Part 2

Lecture 10: Challenge : Sets

Lecture 11: Solution : Sets

Lecture 12: Foundation : Tuples

Lecture 13: Working with Tuples

Lecture 14: Challenge : Tuples

Lecture 15: Solution : Tuples

Lecture 16: Foundations : Dictionaries

Lecture 17: Working with Dictionaries – Part 1

Lecture 18: Working with Dictionaries – Part 2

Lecture 19: Challenge : Dictionaries

Lecture 20: Solution : Dictionaries

Chapter 10: Conditionals and Looping

Lecture 1: Foundation : Conditionals and Looping

Lecture 2: If statements – Part 1

Lecture 3: If statements – Part 2

Lecture 4: While statements

Lecture 5: For statements

Lecture 6: Challenge : Conditionals and Looping

Lecture 7: Solution 1 : Conditionals and Looping

Lecture 8: Solution 2 : Conditionals and Looping

Chapter 11: Working with Functions

Lecture 1: Foundation : Functions

Lecture 2: Functions – Part 1

Lecture 3: Functions – Part 2

Lecture 4: Functions – Parameters passing by reference

Lecture 5: Recursive Functions

Lecture 6: Challenge : Functions

Lecture 7: Solution : Functions

Chapter 12: Object-Oriented Programming – Working with Classes

Lecture 1: Foundation : Object Oriented Programming in Python

Lecture 2: Foundation : Inheritance

Lecture 3: Foundation : Encapsulation

Lecture 4: Foundation : Abstraction

Lecture 5: Foundation : Polymorphism

Lecture 6: Defining classes, constructors and methods

Lecture 7: Inheritance and Private / Public properties

Lecture 8: Private Attributes or Properties

Lecture 9: Challenge: Object-Oriented Programming

Lecture 10: Solution : Temperature Class – Object-Oriented Programming

Lecture 11: Solution : Circle Class – Object-Oriented Programming

Chapter 13: Exception and Error Handling

Lecture 1: Foundation : Exception Handling in Python with try and except

Lecture 2: Try Except Else statements

Lecture 3: Finally statements and assertions

Lecture 4: Challenge : Exceptions

Lecture 5: Solution : Exceptions

Chapter 14: Modules

Lecture 1: Foundation : Modules

Lecture 2: Creating a Module

Lecture 3: Importing a Module

Lecture 4: Using if __name__ for checking if your program is executing

Lecture 5: Challenge : Modules

Lecture 6: Solution : Modules – Create the Module

Lecture 7: Solution : Modules – Create the Main Program

Chapter 15: Input and Output

Lecture 1: Foundation : Getting Input from the User

Lecture 2: Using the sys module