Python Tutorials

Who will teach you to code in python

Overview

Here are the classes I’ve seen that teach Python programming.

NOTE: Content here are my personal opinions, and not intended to represent any employer (past or present). “PROTIP:” here highlight information I haven’t seen elsewhere on the internet because it is hard-won, little-know but significant facts based on my personal research and experience.

Python Official documentation

https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial is the official tutorial.

https://docs.python.org/3/library/index.html is the official documentation.

Mind maps

from http://www.seleniumframework.com/python-course

Harvard CS 50P on YouTube

This Harvard University’s CS50P: Introduction to Programming with Python is a comprehensive course tailored to teach Python programming from scratch. It’s taught by the energetic Dr. David J. Malan, offering a unique and immersive learning experience. One 16-hour HD YouTube 2160p 4K video via FreeCodeCamp.org:

Introduction https://cs50.dev/ explain highlighted code
0. Functions, Variables

Free Tutorials about Python

Data-Flair offers projects

Microsoft LEARN: 1 hr text Introduction to Python

Full Stack Python is an open source book that explains technical concepts in plain language. Every layer is about code written in Python: Development Environments, Data, Web Development, Deployment, DevOps.

Python Networking Engineering on ReadTheDocs by Natasha Samoylenko (in Ukraine) hosts exercises and answers in GitHub.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/1ls7vq/best_written_projects_on_python_github/

https://www.programiz.com/python-programming/examples

https://www.github.com/rg3/youtube-dl Reading the code for youtube-dl turned me into a web-scraping machine. I picked up many good habits and tricks from following the code carefully.

Python for Everyone

May 2019 Python for Everybody (py4e.com) free Python 3 book, PowerPoint slides and code in GitHub or in one zip file from FreeCodeCamp.org in a single YouTube video, from Dr. Chuck (Severance) at the University of Michigan School of Information.

Introduction

Why Program?
Variables, expressions, and statements
Conditional Execution
Functions
Loops and Iterations
Strings
Files
Lists (Data)
Dictionaries
Tuples
Regular Expressions
Network Programming (Networked Programs)
Using Web Services
Object-Oriented Programming
Databases
Data Visualization? (using D3.js)

Google

https://developers.google.com/edu/python
Google’s Python Class from 2010 is still relevant. It’s taught by Stanford CS lecturer Nick Parlante.

It has videos that covers strings, lists, sorting, dicts, files, regular expressions, utilities. Support materials at
https://developers.google.com/edu/python

Udacity video courses

Programming Foundations 6 week course include object-oriented programming

Steven Thurlow

http://sthurlow.com/python/

EDX.org & MIT

MIT’s Introduction to Computer Science using Python course 600.1.X Aug 10, 2016 (free or $75 certificate) makes use of Windows and MacOS/Linux. Its major topics:

Welcome
Knowledge
Machine Architecture
Aspects of Languages
A Notion of computation
The Python programming language
Some simple algorithms
Testing and debugging
An informal introduction to algorithmic complexity
Data structures

Paid Tutorials on Python

Learn Python the Hard Way is $29 from ZED.

realpython.com has a $60 course package.

Cornell has several certificates on Python:

https://ecornell.cornell.edu/certificates/technology/python-programming/ 6 courses for $2,520
https://ecornell.cornell.edu/certificates/data-science/data-visualization-with-python/
https://ecornell.cornell.edu/certificates/data-science/python-for-data-science/
https://ecornell.cornell.edu/certificates/data-science/python-360/ 15 courses for $5,530

Datacamp

https://www.datacamp.com/courses provides an interactive playground with videos. The beginner class is free, with intermediate classes at $29 a month.

Pluralsight video courses

Robert Smallshire (@robsmallshire, rob@ixty-north.com) and Austin Bingham (@Austin_Bingham, austin@sixty-north.com)

Unit Testing with Python Oct 31, 2013 2h 58m by Emily Bache

How to Think About Machine Learning Algorithms Sep 27, 2016 3h 8m by Swetha Kolalapudi of loonycorn.com

Play by Play: Building a Python Code Stats Tool Apr 28, 2011 1h 51m by Zed Shaw and Geoffrey Grosenbach

Getting Started in the Dota 2 Workshop Jul 07, 2016 4h 34m by Dan Cox

Understanding Machine Learning with Python May 17, 2016 1h 54m by Jerry Kurata (@jerrykur insteptech.com)

Design Patterns with Python Oct 13, 2016 1h 57m by Gerald Britton

Hands on with Python Jinja Templating Dec 29, 2014 1h 30m by Brett Romero

Python Desktop Application Development Sep 03, 2014 1h 42m by Bo Milanovich

Full Stack Web Development with Python (WEB2PY) by Terry Toy

The Python Developer’s Toolkit Jul 17, 20142h 19m by Reindert-Jan Ekker

Python Desktop Application Development: Part 2 - Design Oct 09, 20142h 17m by Bo Milanovich

Procedural Rigging with Python in Maya Advanced - Sep 22, 2015 7h 47m by Jakub Krompolc

Developing Python Tools in NUKE Advanced Aug 15, 2015 2h 38m by Simon Jokuschies

Introduction to Python Scripting in NUKE

Intermediate - Sep 30, 2012 2h 53m</a> by Chris Glick

Developing GUI-based Tools for Production in NUKE Sep 13, 2016 1h 49m by Simon Jokuschies

Getting Started with Python Scripting in Maya

Beginner Sep 08, 2013 1h 42m</a> by Delano Athias

Game Programming with Python and PyGame Dec 17, 2013 4h 18m by Filip Ekberg

Dan Bader:

Real Python
BOOK Python Tricks: A Buffet of Awesome Python Features
Dan Bader has emails and courses on Python: VIDEO: What Python Projects Should I Build to Get a Job?

Tensorflow (for machine learning)
Crawling (spider based projects, using Beautiful Soup)
Database handling (firebase, Mysql, Neo4j etc.)

Object-oriented programming with classes and their methods
Cloud Python

O’Reilly

Python for DevOps: Learn Ruthlessly Effective Automation 1st Edition (by Noah Gift, Kennedy Behrman, Alfredo Deza, Grig Gheorghiu) shows you how to use Python for everyday Linux systems administration tasks with today’s most useful DevOps tools, including Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform.

Linux Academy

The video course at LinuxAcademy by Keith Thompson references includes a practice exam.

Tutorials

Dive Into Python - a survey of Python syntax, datatypes, etc.
Think Python by Allen Downey - a good general overview of the Python language. Includes exercises.
Reserved Keywords in Python - don’t use these as variable names
PEP 8 - Style Guide for Python Code - learn what is good and bad style in Python
CheckIO - learn Python by exploring a game world
Invent with Python - develop your Python skills by making games or hacking ciphers
Codecademy.com - (note: for Python 2) learn Python by building web apps and manipulating data; interactive tutorial sequence
Python Tutor - interactive tutorial sequence of exercises
Blog with tutorials - created by a TA of the EdX community
Fluent Python book published by O’Reilly August 2015. By Luciano Ramalho.

Challenges

Hackerrank.com practice domain for Python
Project Euler - programming challenges sorted by increasing difficulty
CodeCombat.com - “The most engaging way to learn computer science”
Python Challenge - a series of puzzles you can try to test your Python abilities
Coding Bat - problems you can solve within an online interpreter (Python and Java)
Codewars presents code (katas) that does not execute, to which you fix to run. This improves your skills by training on real code challenges.
Cheat Sheets on Python

https://github.com/google/teknowledge A basic CS curriculum to teach high schoolers coding in Python. Developed by Googlers on their 20% time with Carnagie Mellon https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/about in Pittsburg over 10 weeks in 2018. http://teknowledge.xyz

https://github.com/google/mobly a Python-based test framework that specializes in supporting test cases that require multiple devices, complex environments, or custom hardware setups.

Secure coding

CodeBashing.com from Checkmarx, developer of CxSAST, which scans for security vulnerabilities in code, start a tutorial at https://www.checkmarx.com/supported-coding-languages/python-security-vulnerabilities-and-language-overview are gamified lessons covering vulnerable coding and how to mitigate:

SQL Injections (SQLi)
XSS (Cross Site Scripting)
Cross Site Request Forgery,
LDAP Injections
Command Injections
XPath Injections

Community

Desktop apps

pyz

py2app/py2exe

pyInstaller

References

https://dev.to/sewinter/25-best-github-repos-for-python-developers-5419?utm_source=digest_mailer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=digest_email

https://github.com/GeekTrainer/Introduction-Programming-Python by Christopher Harrison, Program Manager at Microsoft Cloud & AI.

KodeKloud’s Q&A about the Python Entry Level Programmer Certification and Certified Associate in Python Programming

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