Python Programming Tutorial for Beginners in 100 Steps

Python 3 Tutorial for Beginners using Hands-on, Step By Step Approach. Learn Programming with 100+ code examples.

What you'll learn

You will learn how to think as a Python Programmer
You will learn how to start your journey as a Python Programmer
You will learn the basics of PyCharm IDE and Python Shell
You will learn to develop awesome object oriented programs with Python
You will solve a wide variety of hands-on exercises on the topics discussed below
You will learn the basics of programming - variables, choosing a data type, conditional execution, loops, writing great methods, breaking down problems into sub problems and implementing exception handling.
You will learn the basics of Object Oriented Programming - Inheritance, Abstract Class and Constructors
You will learn the important concepts of Object Oriented Programming - Abstraction and Inheritance
You will learn about a wide variety of Python Data Structures - List, Set, Dictionary and Tuples

Requirements

Connectivity to Internet to download Python 3 and PyCharm
We will help you install Python 3 and PyCharm

Description

We love Programming. Our aim with this course is to create a love for Programming.

Python is one of the most popular programming languages. Python offers both object oriented and structural programming features.

We take an hands-on approach using a combination of Python Shell and PyCharm as an IDE to illustrate more than 150 Python Coding Exercises, Puzzles and Code Examples.

In more than 150 Steps, we explore the most important Python Programming Language Features

Basics of Python Programming - Expressions, Variables and Printing Output
Python Operators - Python Assignment Operator, Relational and Logical Operators, Short Circuit Operators
Python Conditionals and If Statement
Methods - Parameters, Arguments and Return Values
An Overview Of Python Platform
Object Oriented Programming - Class, Object, State and Behavior
Basics of OOPS - Encapsulation, Inheritance and Abstract Class.
Basics about Python Data Types
Basics about Python Built in Modules
Conditionals with Python - If Else Statement, Nested If Else
Loops - For Loop, While Loop in Python, Break and Continue
Immutablity of Python Basic Types
Python Data Structures - List, Set, Dictionary and Tuples
Introduction to Variable Arguments
Basics of Designing a Class - Class, Object, State and Behavior. Deciding State and Constructors.
Introduction to Exception Handling - Your Thought Process during Exception Handling. try, except, else and finally. Exception Hierarchy. Throwing an Exception. Creating and Throwing a Custom Exception.

Step By Step Details

Introduction To Python Programming With Multiplication Table

Step 01 - Getting Started with Programming
Step 02 - Introduction to Multiplication Table challenge
Step 03 - Break Down Multiplication Table Challenge
Step 04 - Python Expression - An Introduction
Step 05 - Python Expression - Exercises
Step 06 - Java Expression - Puzzles
Step 07 - Printing output to console with Python
Step 08 - Calling Functions in Python - Puzzles
Step 09 - Advanced Printing output to console with Python
Step 10 - Advanced Printing output to console with Python - Exercises and Puzzles
Step 11 - Introduction to Variables in Python
Step 12 - Introduction to Variables in Python - Puzzles
Step 13 - Assignment Statement
Step 14 - Tip - Using formatted strings in print method
Step 15 - Using For Loop to Print Multiplication Table
Step 16 - Using For Loop in Python - Puzzles
Step 17 - Using For Loop in Python - Exercises
Step 18 - Getting Started with Programming - Revise all Terminology

Introduction To Methods - MultiplicationTable

Step 00 - Section 02 - Methods - An Introduction
Step 01 - Your First Python Method - Hello World Twice and Exercise Statements
Step 02 - Introduction to Python Methods - Exercises
Step 03 - Introduction to Python Methods - Arguments and Parameters
Step 04 - Introduction to Python Method Parameters - Exercises
Step 05 - Introduction to Python Method - Multiple Parameters
Step 06 - Getting back to Multiplication Table - Creating a method
Step 07 - Tip - Indentation is king
Step 08 - Introduction to Python Method - Puzzles - Named Parameters
Step 09 - Introduction to Python Method - Return Values
Step 10 - Introduction to Python Method - Return Values - Exercises

Introduction To Python Platform

Step 01 - Writing and Executing your First Python Script
Step 02 - Python Virtual Machine and bytecode

Introduction To PyCharm

Step 01 - Installing and Introduction to PyCharm
Step 02 - Write and Execute a Python File with PyCharm
Step 03 - Execise - Write Multiplication Table Method with PyCharm
Step 04 - Debugging Code with PyCharm
Step 05 - PyCharm Tips : Tool Windows
Step 06 - PyCharm Tips : Keyboard Shortcuts

Basic Numeric Data Types and Conditional Execution

Step 01 - Introduction to Numeric Data Types
Step 02 - Exercise - Calculate Simple Interest
Step 03 - Introduction to Numeric Data Types - Puzzles
Step 04 - Introduction to Boolean Data Type
Step 05 - Introduction to If Condition
Step 06 - Introduction to If Condition - Exercises
Step 07 - Logical Operators - and or not
Step 08 - Logical Operators - and or not - Puzzles
Step 09 - Introduction to If Condition - else and elif
Step 10 - if, else and elif - Menu Exercise - Part 1
Step 11 - if, else and elif - Menu Exercise - Part 2
Step 12 - if, else and elif - Puzzles

Text in Python

Step 01 - Text in Python - Methods in str class
Step 02 - Data Type Conversion - Puzzles
Step 03 - Strings are immutable
Step 04 - There is no seperate Character data type
Step 05 - String moduleEDIT
Step 06 - Exercise - is_vowel, print lower case and upper case characters
Step 07 - String - Exercises and Puzzles
Step 08 - String - Conclusion

Python Loops

Step 01 - For loop basics
Step 02 - For loop exercise 1 - is_prime
Step 03 - For loop exercise 2 - sum_upto_n
Step 04 - For loop exercise 3 - sum of divisors
Step 05 - For loop exercise 4 - print a number triangle
Step 06 - Introduction to while loop in Python
Step 07 - While loop - Exercises
Step 08 - Choosing a Loop - Menu Exercise
Step 09 - Loops - Puzzles - break and continue

Beginner Tips

Tip 1 - Using Predefined Python Modules
Tip 2 - Loop - Getting Index Element
Tip 3 - Python is Strongly Typed and Dynamic Language
Tip 4 - Beginners Mistakes - Shadowing
Tip 8 - Defining Equality for Classes
Tip 5 - Beginners Mistakes - Indentation
Tip 6 - PEP8 - Python Style Guide
Tip 7 - PEP20 - Zen of Python

Introduction To Object Oriented Programming

Step 00 - Introduction to Object Oriented Programming - Section Overview
Step 01 - Introduction to Object Oriented Programming - Basics
Step 02 - Introduction to Object Oriented Programming - Terminology - Class, Object, State and Behavior
Step 03 - Introduction to Object Oriented Programming - Exercise - Online Shopping System and Person
Step 04 - First Class and Object - Country class
Step 05 - Create Motor Bike Python Class and a couple of objects
Step 06 - Class and Objects - a few Puzzles
Step 07 - Constructor for MotorBike class
Step 08 - Constructor for Book class - Exercise
Step 09 - Constructors - Puzzles
Step 10 - Class and Objects - Methods and Behavior
Step 11 - Exercise - Enhance Book class with copies
Step 12 - Class and Objects - Methods and Behavior - Puzzles on self
Step 13 - Advantages of Encapsulation
Step 14 - Everything is Object in Python

Python Data Structures

Step 01 - Python Data Structures - Why do we need them?
Step 02 - Operations on List Data Structure
Step 03 - Exercise with List - Student class
Step 04 - Puzzles with Strings Lists
Step 05 - List Slicing
Step 06 - List Sorting, Looping and Reversing
Step 07 - List as a Stack and Queue
Step 08 - List with a custom class - Country and representation
Step 08 - List with a custom class - Part 2 - sorting, max and min
Step 09 - List Comprehension
Step 10 - Introduction to Set
Step 11 - Introduction to Dictionary
Step 12 - Exercise with Dictionary - Word and Character Occurances
Step 13 - Puzzles with Data Structures

Object Oriented Programming Again

Step 01 - OOPS Basics Revised
Step 02 - Designing a Fan Class
Step 03 - Object Composition - Book and Reviews
Step 04 - Why do we need Inheritance
Step 05 - All classes in Python 3 inherit from object
Step 06 - Multiple Inheritance
Step 07 - Creating and Using an Abstract Class
Step 08 - Template Method Pattern with Recipe Class
Step 09 - A Quick Revision

Error Handling with Python

Step 01 - Introduction to Error Handling - Your Thought Process during Error Handling
Step 02 - Basics of Exception Hierarchy
Step 03 - Basics of Error Handling - try except
Step 04 - Handling Multiple Errors with Multiple except blocks
Step 05 - Error Handling - Puzzles - Exception Details and
Step 06 - Error Handling - finally and else
Step 07 - Error Handling - Puzzles 2
Step 08 - Raising Exceptions
Step 09 - Raising Custom Exceptions
Step 10 - Exception Handling Best Practices

Final Tips

Tip 1 - Math Module and Decimal Class
Tip 2 - Statistics Module - find mean and median
Tip 3 - Collections Module - deque for Queue and Stack
Tip 4 - Methods and Arguments - Basics
Tip 5 - Methods and Arguments - Keyword Arguments
Tip 6 - Methods and Arguments - Unpacking Lists and Dictionaries
Tip 7 - Creating Custom Modules and Using Them

Who is the target audience?

You want to learn Programming with Python
You are a Beginner with No Programming Experience
You want to automate things with Python