Learning Python: The Ultimate Guide for Beginners to Coding with Python with Useful Tools

Document Outline

• Introduction
  • Who Is This Book For?
  • Brief History of Python Language
  • Why Python
  • Features of Python Language
  • How Python Runs Program
  • Python Implementations
  • Installation and Configuration on a Different Operating System
    • Installing Python on the Mac Operating System
    • Window Installation
    • Linux and UNIX installation
• Chapter 1: Basics in Python
  • Keywords
  • Indentation and Lines
    • Multiple Line Statements
  • Variables
    • Rules to Variable Naming
    • Avoiding Variable Name Errors
  • Data Types in Python
• Chapter 2: List & Tuples in Python
  • Definition of List
    • Accessing a List Item
    • Index Positions
  • Adding, Changing, and Removing Elements in a List
    • Modifying Elements
    • Adding Elements
    • Append an Element to the List End
    • Inserting Elements
    • Removing Elements
    • Remove Items Using del Statement
    • Using the pop() Method to Remove an Item
    • How to Remove an Item Using Value
  • Organizing a List in Python
    • Using the sort() Method
    • List Length
    • Summary
  • Looping Through a Complete List
    • Looping in Python
    • More actions on a “for Loop”
    • Performing Actions After a for Loop
    • Dealing with Indentation Errors
    • Forgetting to Indent
  • Numerical Lists
    • range() Function
    • Making a List Using range() Function
    • Performing Statistics on Number List
    • List Comprehensions
  • Working with List Part
    • Slicing a List in Python
    • Using Loop in a Slice
  • Tuples
    • What is a Tuple?
    • Using loop in a Tuple
    • Writing Through a Tuple
  • Summary
• Chapter 3: Dictionary
  • What is a Dictionary?
  • How to Access Values
  • Adding Key-Value Pairs
  • How to Modify Values
  • How to Remove key-value Pairs
  • Dictionary with Similar Objects
  • Looping Through Dictionaries
  • Looping Through Keys Only
  • Looping Through Values Only
  • Nesting Dictionary
  • How to Use a List Inside a Dictionary
  • Summary
• Chapter 4: Conditional or Decision Statements
  • Introduction
  • Conditional Tests in Python
  • Checking Equality
  • Numerical Comparison in Python
  • Creating Multiple Conditions
    • Using “AND”
    • Using “OR”
    • Boolean Expressions in Python
  • If Statements
    • Simple if Statements
    • if-else Statements
    • The if-elif-else Chain
• Chapter 5: User’s Input and Loop
  • Using the input() Function
    • Compare the Two Programs Below
    • Multi-Line String When Using input() Function
    • Accepting Numerical Input in Python
    • Modulo Operator
  • Closing and Opening Files
    • Open Function
  • Introduction to While Loops
    • Using While Loop
    • Giving the Users a Choice
    • Flag in a Program
    • Exiting a Loop
    • Using “continue” in a Loop
    • Avoiding Endless Loop
    • Using While Loop Condition with Dictionaries and Lists
    • How to Move Items from a List to Another
    • How to Remove Instances of Particular Values from a List
    • Using User Input to Fill a Dictionary
  • Summary
• Chapter 6: Functions
  • Defining a Function
  • How to Pass Information to a Function
  • Arguments and Parameters
  • How to Pass an Argument in Python
    • Positional Arguments
    • Calling Multiple Functions
    • Keyword Arguments
    • Default Value
• Chapter 7: Classes in Python
  • Creating a Class
    • Example – Creating the Cat Class
    • __int__() Method
  • Key Terms
• Conclusion
• String
  • Using Quotes Inside Strings
  • Using Methods to Change Case in String
  • Using Variables in Strings
  • Comments
  • How to Avoid Syntax Errors When Using Strings
• Operators in Python
  • Arithmetic Operators
  • Comparison Operators
  • Assignment Operators
  • Logical Operators
  • Membership Operators
  • Summary
  • Sample Program to Illustrate Operators in Python
• Numbers in Python
  • Integers
  • Summary of Number Data Types
  • Floating-Point Numbers
  • Complex Numbers
  • Chapter Review