Python for Beginners (Free Udemy Course)

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Requirements

Basics in Any Programming Language
Basic Computer Knowledge
Basics in Python such as ‘loops, variables, conditions and statements’(knowing any other language would be an added advantage)
Basics in Python (knowing basic C++,C and a bit about network programming would be an added advantage)

Description

This is a beginner course on Python Programming in which you will learn about Introduction to Python Programming, Lists & Tuples and Strings. This course is for those who want to learn how to program in python. It is intended to suit a wide audience, though not for absolute beginners. This course is targeted towards people who already have basic in either python or any other programming language.

The training will include the following;

Why Python?
Python Setup
Python shell
Python datatypes & variables
Functions in Python
Python Built-In Functions
Operators
Control flow statements
Classes in Python
Data Structures in Python
Exception Handling
Modules
Reading from and writing to Files
Standard Python libraries

Python is a high-level and general-purpose programming language and is interpreted. It is of a strong and dynamic type of discipline. It was designed by Guido van Rossum. It has functional, object-oriented and imperative features. It has file extensions such as .py or .pyd or .pyc etc. The code and syntax of Python are highly readable compared to other programming languages. Python is easy to learn, read and maintain and has interactive mode features and provides better scalability and supports GUI applications. It supports structured and functional programming. It was licensed under the Python Software Foundation License. It first appeared in the year 1990. It was influenced by several other programming languages such as C, C++, Java, Haskell, Modula, Perl, etc.

Python has several types of data structures like Lists, Dictionary, Tuples, Strings, Numbers, etc. It has Functions, Modules, Exceptions, File I/O. Python has several libraries for different functionalities, Database and Networking features, Advanced GUI programming, Testing. It has also automatic memory management and garbage collection.