Python Programming for the Total Beginner

Python Programming for the Total Beginner, available at $69.99, has an average rating of 4.67, with 92 lectures, 59 quizzes, based on 200 reviews, and has 1096 subscribers.

You will learn about You will learn the absolute basics of how programs run, and why Python is a great language. You will learn how to use Visual Studio Code to write and manage code like a pro! You will be discovering the different data types Python has to offer, and how to use them. You will learn how to use control flow, to allow 'decision making' to happen in your code. You will learn how to use loops to allow for iteration over data, and improve code efficiency. You will learn how to write functions to allow for reusable blocks of code to be used elsewhere in your code. You will learn how to deal with errors correctly, and discover how Python manages errors internally. You will learn how to open, write, read and edit files on your computer with Python. You will learn how to manipulate dates and times with the datetime module. You will learn how to interact with your operating system with the OS module. You will learn how to deal with randomness with the random module. You will learn how to combine all of the covered components and create professional, well documented Python programs. You will write 2 fully fledged Python programs to a professional standard for use in your portfolio. You will write 3 mini programs to test your Python ability. This course is ideal for individuals who are Beginners in python or Junior developers or Python programmers or Total beginners to programming or Python Developers or Python or Developers or Coders It is particularly useful for Beginners in python or Junior developers or Python programmers or Total beginners to programming or Python Developers or Python or Developers or Coders.

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Title: Python Programming for the Total Beginner

Price: $69.99

Average Rating: 4.67

Number of Lectures: 92

Number of Quizzes: 59

Number of Published Lectures: 92

Number of Published Quizzes: 58

Number of Curriculum Items: 151

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 150

Original Price: £34.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

You will learn the absolute basics of how programs run, and why Python is a great language.
You will learn how to use Visual Studio Code to write and manage code like a pro!
You will be discovering the different data types Python has to offer, and how to use them.
You will learn how to use control flow, to allow 'decision making' to happen in your code.
You will learn how to use loops to allow for iteration over data, and improve code efficiency.
You will learn how to write functions to allow for reusable blocks of code to be used elsewhere in your code.
You will learn how to deal with errors correctly, and discover how Python manages errors internally.
You will learn how to open, write, read and edit files on your computer with Python.
You will learn how to manipulate dates and times with the datetime module.
You will learn how to interact with your operating system with the OS module.
You will learn how to deal with randomness with the random module.
You will learn how to combine all of the covered components and create professional, well documented Python programs.
You will write 2 fully fledged Python programs to a professional standard for use in your portfolio.
You will write 3 mini programs to test your Python ability.

Who Should Attend

Beginners in python
Junior developers
Python programmers
Total beginners to programming
Python Developers
Python
Developers
Coders

Target Audiences

Beginners in python
Junior developers
Python programmers
Total beginners to programming
Python Developers
Python
Developers
Coders

Welcome to the Ultimate Beginner’s Python Course: Unleash Your Coding Journey!

Are you new to programming? Embark on your Python adventure with a comprehensive course designed exclusively for beginners. Get ready to grasp the essential building blocks that will ignite your Python prowess and set you on the path to success.

What to Expect:

Explore a hands-on, immersive approach to Python learning that’s practical and engaging. Dive into the fundamentals of programming, understand why Python is the perfect starting language, and develop a solid foundation in coding. Delve into data storage, manipulation, control flow, loops, functions, file handling, and error management. Harness the power of key Python modules to supercharge your skills. Conclude by crafting impressive portfolio-worthy mini and full-scale programs.

Course Highlights:

25+ coding assignments
20 quizzes to assess your knowledge
3000+ lines of reference code
3 interactive ‘stop and code’ sessions for problem-solving
Real-world ‘job-interview’ style questions released monthly
Continuous coding exercises through video ‘pause and code’ moments

Why Choose This Course?

This tailor-made course caters to absolute beginners, focusing on mastering the basics. You’ll gain a strong foundation, priming you for college, school, career, or just coding for fun! With over 5 years of lecturing experience and 3000+ hours of online tutoring, I have distilled the best methods and techniques for success.

Course Syllabus:

– Uncover the essence of programming and the role of programmers

– Discover why Python is the ideal first language and its unique differentiators

– Seamlessly install Python and run your inaugural program

– Optimize your coding experience with Visual Studio Code

– Choose between console work and Python scripting

– Grasp variables: strings, floats, integers, and booleans

– Navigate control flow and decision-making structures

– Master collections: lists, tuples, dictionaries, and sets

– Conquer loops: for loops and while loops

– Embrace functions: both built-in and user-defined

– Tackle errors, preventing them from derailing your code

– Interact with the file system: read, write, and edit files

– Leverage Python’s built-in modules for system exploration, time manipulation, and randomness integration

Unlock Your Coding Potential:

Culminate your learning journey by collaboratively constructing three step-by-step programs with a focus on best practices, clean code, and design principles.

1. Encryption & decryption program

2. Word frequency counter

3. Personalized greetings generator

Launch Into the Next Level:

Conclude by crafting two substantial programs, supported by industry-standard, well-documented code. The expert guidance will lead you through planning, developing and testing the following two programs:

1. A Higher & lower guessing game

2. An Interactive maths quiz with adjustable difficulty

Enroll Today and Ignite Your Coding Passion!

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Course

Lecture 1: Hello and welcome to the course!

Lecture 2: How to Navigate the Course

Chapter 2: What is Programming?

Lecture 1: What is a program, and why is Python a good first language?

Lecture 2: A brief introduction to the history and main features of Python.

Chapter 3: Installing Python and Visual Studio Code

Lecture 1: Installing Python

Lecture 2: Installing Visual Studio Code

Chapter 4: Printing in Python, and introducing comments!

Lecture 1: The Print Function

Lecture 2: Using Comments to Annotate Code

Chapter 5: Using Variables to hold data

Lecture 1: What is a Variable?

Lecture 2: Data Types in Python

Lecture 3: Introducing Strings

Lecture 4: Introducing Integers & Floats

Lecture 5: Introducing Booleans

Chapter 6: Strings

Lecture 1: String Indexing

Lecture 2: String Slicing

Lecture 3: Catching User Input

Lecture 4: Using Functions with Strings

Lecture 5: String Methods Part 1

Lecture 6: String Formatting

Lecture 7: String Methods Part 2

Chapter 7: Integers & Floats

Lecture 1: Numbers In Python

Lecture 2: Converting Between Strings, Integers, & Floats.

Chapter 8: Booleans

Lecture 1: Understanding ‘True/False’ Values of Expressions

Chapter 9: Control flow

Lecture 1: Why do we need Control Flow?

Lecture 2: If Statements

Lecture 3: Incorporating the ‘else’ Statement

Lecture 4: Using if, elif and else Together

Lecture 5: Nested if Statements

Lecture 6: Bonus Section: Conditional Expressions

Chapter 10: Collections

Lecture 1: Why do we need Collections?

Lecture 2: An Introduction to the 4 Collection types: Lists, Tuples, Dictionaries & Sets

Chapter 11: Collection Types – Lists & Tuples

Lecture 1: Introducing Lists /Tuples

Lecture 2: Indexing and Slicing Lists/Tuples

Lecture 3: Functions for Lists/Tuples

Lecture 4: Adding to Lists with Append, Extend & Insert

Lecture 5: Rearranging Lists with Sort and Reverse

Lecture 6: Using Count and Index to reveal information about Lists/Tuples

Lecture 7: The List Copy Method

Lecture 8: Removing items from Lists using Pop, Clear and Remove

Lecture 9: Nested Lists + Tuples

Chapter 12: Collection Types – Dictionaries

Lecture 1: Introducing Dictionaries, and why they're Awesome!

Lecture 2: Getting to grips with Key/Value Pairs

Lecture 3: Using Keys(), Values() & Items() to extract information from a Dictionary

Lecture 4: How to safely retrieve and set values in a dictionary using Get and Setdefault

Lecture 5: Removing items from a Dictionary using Pop & Popitem

Lecture 6: Nested Dictionaries

Lecture 7: Alternative ways to Update and Create Dictionaries

Chapter 13: Collection Types – Sets

Lecture 1: Introducing Sets

Lecture 2: Set Theory

Lecture 3: Set methods: Union & Intersection

Lecture 4: Set methods: Difference & Symmetric Difference

Lecture 5: Set methods: Subclasses, Superclasses & Disjoint Sets

Lecture 6: Set methods: Adding, Copying & Removing

Chapter 14: Looping in Python

Lecture 1: What is a Loop, and what is the difference between a 'While' and 'For' loop?

Lecture 2: While Loops: Part 1 (Making simple code blocks that repeat)

Lecture 3: While Loops: Part 2 (Exit conditions with Break and Continue)

Lecture 4: For Loops: Part 1 (Iterating over Strings, Lists and Tuples)

Lecture 5: For Loops: Part 2 (Using the Range, Zip and Enumerate Functions)

Lecture 6: For Loops: Part 3 (Iterating over a Dictionary)

Instructors

James Clare
Software Engineer with 10+ Years Teaching Experience

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4 stars: 64 votes
5 stars: 125 votes

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