Python Fundamentals: Learn to Program in Python

The course in brief

This course has you write your first Python programs, right in the browser. You work with the basic types, make decisions with conditions, process series of values with loops and data structures, then organize your code into robust functions. It is the common foundation of the Python data and web development paths.

What you will be able to do

• Work with variables, basic types and type conversions
• Write conditions and loops to automate simple processing
• Choose and use lists, tuples, dictionaries and sets
• Write documented functions with parameters and a return value
• Handle predictable errors with try / except
• Produce readable output with f-strings

Syllabus: 5 lessons

1. 01

   Variables, Types and Operations

   15 minFree preview
   • Create variables and assign values to them
   • Recognize the int, float, str and bool types with type()
   • Convert a value from one type to another and display it with an f-string

   VariablesBasic typesf-strings

2. 02

   Conditions: if, elif, else

   15 min
   • Write comparisons that return a boolean
   • Structure a decision with if, elif and else
   • Combine several conditions with and, or and not

   ConditionsBooleans and logical operators

3. 03

   Lists and Loops

   20 min
   • Create a list, access its elements and modify it
   • Iterate over a list with a for loop and range()
   • Use while, break and simple list comprehensions

   Listsfor and while loopsList comprehensions

4. 04

   Dictionaries, Tuples and Sets

   20 min
   • Store and retrieve information with a dictionary
   • Iterate over a dictionary and count occurrences
   • Choose between list, tuple, dictionary and set

   DictionariesTuplesSets

5. 05

   Functions and Error Handling

   20 min
   • Define a function with parameters and a return value
   • Use default parameters and document a function
   • Catch a predictable error with try / except

   Functionstry/except exceptions

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