Welcome to Python 101! — Python 101 1.0 documentation
Welcome to Python 101! Learn how to program with Python 3 from beginning to end. Python 101 starts off with the fundamentals of Python and then builds onto what you’ve learned from there. The …
Part I - Learning the Basics — Python 101 1.0 documentation
In Part I, we will learn the basics of the Python programming language. This section of the book should get you ready to use all the building blocks of Python so that you will be ready to tackle the following …
Introduction — Python 101 1.0 documentation
A lot of programming textbooks only teach you the language, but do not go much beyond that. I will endeavour to not only get you up to speed on the basics, but also to show you how to create useful …
Chapter 1 - IDLE Programming — Python 101 1.0 documentation
Python comes with its own code editor: IDLE (Integrated Development and Learning Environment). There is some lore that the name for IDLE comes from Eric Idle, an actor in Monty Python.
Chapter 2 - All About Strings — Python 101 1.0 documentation
If you want to know more about how Python is an object oriented programming language, then you’ll need to skip to that chapter. In the meantime, it’s enough to know that strings have their very own …
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A Brief History of Python About the Author Conventions Requirements Reader Feedback Errata Part I - Learning the Basics Chapter 1 - IDLE Programming Using IDLE Other Tips Wrapping Up Chapter 2 - …
Chapter 5 - Loops — Python 101 1.0 documentation
What’s up with the percent sign? In Python, the % is called a modulus operator. When you use the modulus operator, it will return the remainder. There is no remainder when you divide an even …
Chapter 10 - Functions — Python 101 1.0 documentation
The function itself will print out both types of arguments. As you can see, the args parameter turns into a tuple and kwargs turns into a dictionary. You will see this type of coding used in the Python source …
Chapter 4 - Conditional Statements — Python 101 1.0 documentation
You can make your own if you really want to, but this book is focused on learning Python fundamentals, so we’re going to be only focusing on what’s included with Python in this chapter.
Chapter 7 - Exception Handling — Python 101 1.0 documentation
Let’s start out by learning about some of the most common exceptions that you’ll see in Python. Note: an error and an exception are just different words that describe the same thing when we are talking …