Python for Beginners guide with Hands-on Project

About These Notes

This eBook teaches you how to do coding in Python. It also contains coding for a program that tests the understanding of the BODMAS rule of arithmetic calculation. Containing topics are:

• Chapter 1: Python, what Python?
  • What is Python?
  • Why Learn Python?
• Chapter 2: Getting ready for Python
  • Installing the Interpreter
  • Using the Python Shell, IDLE and Writing our FIRST program
• Chapter 3: The World of Variables and Operators
  • What are variables?
  • Naming a Variable
  • The Assignment Sign
  • Basic Operators
  • More Assignment Operators
• Chapter 4: Data Types in Python
  • Integers
  • Float
  • String
  • Type Casting In Python
  • List
  • Tuple
  • Dictionary
• Chapter 5: Making Your Program Interactive
  • Input()
  • Print()
  • Triple Quotes
  • Escape Characters
• Chapter 6: Making Choices and Decisions
  • Condition Statements
  • If Statement
  • Inline If
  • For Loop
  • While Loop
  • Break
  • Continue
  • Try, Except
• Chapter 7: Functions and Modules
  • What are Functions?
  • Defining Your Own Functions
  • Variable Scope
  • Importing Modules
  • Creating our Own Module
• Chapter 8: Working with Files
  • Opening and Reading Text Files
  • Using a For Loop to Read Text Files
  • Writing to a Text File
  • Opening and Reading Text Files by Buffer Size
  • Opening, Reading and Writing Binary Files
  • Deleting and Renaming Files
• Project: Math and BODMAS
  • Part 1: myPythonFunctions.py
  • Part 2: mathGame.py