Practical Python for Beginners

By Sarah Holderness
This course will teach you the basics of Python while creating Python applications to solve a wide variety of problems.
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(150)
Level
Beginner
Updated
Jan 22, 2021
Duration
1h 52m
Table of contents
Course Overview
Course Overview 2m
Data Types, Input, and Output
Variables and Numbers 4m Demo: Install Python 5m Demo: Create a Tax Calculator Script 4m Strings, Input, and Output 5m Demo: Create an Age Calculator 5m
Conditionals and Imports
Conditionals 10m Demo: Rock, Paper, Scissors Game 4m Import Python Modules 8m
Lists and Loops
Lists and Loops 6m Demo: Sum Expenses 4m Loops with range() 3m Demo: Loan Payment Calculator 7m
Dictionaries and Reading JSON
Dictionaries 5m Demo: Create a Movie Schedule Dictionary 3m Combining Lists and Dictionaries 3m Demo: Parse a Nested Contacts Dictionary 3m Reading JSON and Installing Packages with Pip 7m Demo: Create a Python Virtual Environment 4m Demo: Use the Open Weather Map API 8m
Functions
Functions 9m Demo: Create a Dice Rolling Game 4m Demo: Add Functions to Weather.py 3m
Description
Course info
Rating
(150)
Level
Beginner
Updated
Jan 22, 2021
Duration
1h 52m
Description

Python is a great programming language for beginners and experts alike because it’s easy to learn and use and also has libraries that allow you to build pretty much anything. In this course, Practical Python for Beginners, you’ll learn to create Python applications to solve a wide variety of problems. First, you’ll explore data types, input, and output. Next, you’ll discover lists, loops, and dictionaries. Finally, you’ll learn how to incorporate what you’ve learned to read weather and space data from different web APIs. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of Python needed to build Python command-line applications.

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Sarah Holderness
About the author

Sarah just finished her PhD in Computer Science and in that process found two loves: inventing things and teaching. Working at Pluralsight allows her to do what she loves and work with some amazing people.

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Section Introduction Transcripts
Section Introduction Transcripts

Course Overview
Hi, everyone. My name is Sarah Holderness, and welcome to my course, Practical Python for beginners. Python is a great programming language for beginners and experts alike because it's easy to learn and use and also has libraries that allow you to build pretty much anything with Python. In this course, we're going to learn the fundamentals of Python while building practical Python programs like a loan calculator; a rock paper scissors game, an acronym translator, and a weather reader. Some of the major topics that we'll cover include writing a Python program, input and output, data types, and installing and using Python packages. By the end of this course, you'll know the fundamentals of Python and will have real‑world experience building practical Python programs. Before beginning the course, you should be familiar with what programming is, and the course, What is Programming by Simon Allardice can help you with that. I hope you'll join me on this journey to learn Python with the Practical Python for Beginners course, at Pluralsight.

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