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Programming with
Python
By Techworld with Nana
Video Overview
★ Introduction to Python
★ Install Python & Local Setup
★ Our first program
★ Python IDE vs simple file editor
★ Strings & Numbers
★ Variables
★ Functions
★ User Input
★ Conditionals (if / else) & Boolean Data Type
★ Error Handling with Try / Except
★ While Loops
★ Lists and For Loops
★ Comments
★ Sets
★ Built-In Functions
★ Dictionaries
★ Modules
★ Demo Project: Countdown App
★ Packages, PyPi & pip
★ Demo Project: Automation with Python - Working with Spreadsheets
★ Classes and Objects
★ Demo Project: API Requests
Demo Projects
Git Project https://gitlab.com/nanuchi/python-programming
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Introduction to Python
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Install Python & Local Setup
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❏ Install Python & PyCharm:
❏ Python3 installed
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Useful Links:
● Python for different OS:
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○ Installation Guide for Windows:
https://docs.python.org/3/using/windows.html#installation-steps
● PyCharm Download: https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/download/
Our first program
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Python IDE vs simple File Editor
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Strings and Numbers
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Variables
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Functions
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User Input
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Conditionals (if / else) & Boolean Data Type
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While Loops
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Lists and For Loops
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Built-In Functions
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Modules
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Project: Countdown Application
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❏ Get user Input: goal and deadline
❏ Convert deadline string into a proper date type
❏ Calculate how many days are left until the deadline
❏ Print a proper message to the user including the entered goal
❏ Calculate how many hours are left until the deadline
Exercise:
Write a program that accepts a user input of a goal and a deadline date.
And print back to the user, how much time they have remaining till that deadline.
Packages, PyPi & pip
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Project: Automation with Python - Spreadsheet
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❏ Exercise 1 - List companies with respective product count
❏ Exercise 2 - List companies with respective total inventory value
❏ Exercise 3 - List products with less than 10 in inventory
❏ Exercise 4 - Write to Spreadsheet and save into a new File
Classes and Objects
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Project: API Requests
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Best Practices
● Use Spaces for Indentation
Naming Conventions for Variables and Function Names
● Use descriptive variable names!
● Use lowercase and underscores to separate words
● Class file should be lowercase, whereas the class name itself should start
with an uppercase. Examples: user.py file, but class User
● Constants are usually defined on a module level and written in all capital
letters with underscores separating words. Examples: MAX_OVERFLOW and
TOTAL
Comments:
● Don’t overuse comments! The program itself with descriptive variable and
function names should already be very descriptive.
● Only use comments, when it adds more information. Example: a + b, bad
would be to write a comment here: # here I add a plus b
Functions:
● DRY - Don’t Repeat Yourself - a general principle of software development
aimed at reducing repetition. Whenever you code something more than once
you can actually create a function for the logic or a variable for this value.
● Functions should be small and encapsulate one single functionality. If your
function needs many parameters, you probably include too much logic and the
function should rather be splitted. With this approach you will also have no
problem in naming the function and it’s easier to reason about the program.
Check out Official Style Guides for Python here:
https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/
