Educative – Python 101: Interactively learn how to program with Python 3

Strings in PythonPreview

String MethodsPreview

String SlicingPreview Python 101: Interactively learn how to program with Python 3

String FormattingPreview

What are we learning in this chapter?Preview

ListsPreview

TuplesPreview

DictionariesPreview

What are conditional statements?

The if statement

Boolean Operations

Checking for Nothing

Special Characters

if __name__ == “__main__”

Introduction to Loops

The for Loop

The while Loop

What else is for in loops

Introduction to Comprehensions

List comprehensions

Dictionary comprehensions

Set Comprehensions

Introduction to Exception Handling

Common Exceptions

How to Handle Exceptions

The finally Statement

try, except, or else!

Introduction to File Handling

How to Read a File

How To Read Files Piece by Piece

Writing Files in Python

Using the with Operator

Catching Errors in file handling

Importing python modules

import this

Using from to import

Importing Everything!

Functions

Passing Arguments to a Function

Keyword Arguments

args and kwargs

A Note on Scope and Globals

Coding tip: Don’t repeat yourself

Introduction to classes in Python

Creating a Class

What is self?

Subclasses

Introduction to Introspection

The Python Type

The Python Dir

Python Help!

What’s the CSV Module

Reading a CSV File

Writing a CSV File

Configuration files and config parser

Creating a Config File

How to Read, Update and Delete Options

How to Use Interpolation

Logging in Python

Creating a Simple Logger

How to log From Multiple Modules (and Formatting too!)

Configuring Logs for Work and Pleasure

Python’s os module

os.name

os.environ, os.getenv() and os.putenv()

Directory and file functions in Python

os.path and related functions

Sending email in python

Sending Multiple Emails at Once

Send email using the TO, CC and BCC lines

Add an attachment / body using the email module

Getting started with SQLite in python

How to Create a Database and INSERT Some Data

Updating and Deleting Records

Basic SQLite Queries

Python’s subprocess module

The call function

The Popen Class

Learning to Communicate with subprocess

Python’s sys module

Threads in Python

Writing a Threaded Downloader

Date and time in Python

The datetime Module

The time Module

Introduction to xml module

Working with minidom

Parsing with ElementTree

How to Create XML with ElementTree

How to Edit XML with ElementTree

How to Parse XML with ElementTree

Debugger module in Python

How to Start the Debugger

Stepping Through the Code

Setting breakpoints

Python Decorators

A Simple Function

Creating a Logging Decorator

Built-in Decorators

Replacing Setters and Getters with a Python property

Lambda statement in Python

Tkinter + lambda

Introduction to Code Profiling

Profiling Your Code with cProfile

doctest and unittest

Testing with doctest

Test Driven Development with unittest

Other Notes

Introduction to Installing packages

Installing from Source

Using easy\_install

Using pip

A Note on Dependencies

configobj in Python

Using a configspec

What are we learning in this chapter?

Parsing XML with lxml

Parsing XML with lxml.objectify

Creating XML with lxml.objectify

Parsing the Book Example

pylint

Analyzing Your Code

Getting Started with pyflakes

What is a ‘requests’ package?

How to Submit a Web Form

SQLAlchemy in Python

How to Create a Database

How to Insert / Add Data to Your Tables

How to Modify Records with SQLAlchemy

How to Delete Records in SQLAlchemy

The Basic SQL Queries of SQLAlchemy

Virtual environments

Creating a Virtual Environment

Introduction to Creating Modules & Packages

How to Create a Python Module

How to Create a Python Package

What’s this chapter about?

Creating a setup.py File

Registering Packages

Uploading Packages to PyPI

Introduction to Python eggs

Creating an egg

Introduction to Python wheel

Creating a wheel

Installing a Python wheel

Introduction to py2exe

Creating a Simple GUI

The py2exe setup.py file

Creating an Advanced setup.py File

bbfreeze package

Getting Started with bbfreeze

Using bbfreeze’s Advanced Configuration

Introduction to cx_Freeze

Getting Started with cx_Freeze

Advanced cx_Freeze – Using a setup.py File

Introduction to PyInstaller

Getting Started with PyInstaller

PyInstaller and wxPython

Introduction to Creating an Installer

Getting Started with GUI2Exe

Let’s Make an Installer!