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Python Essential Training

LinkedIn Learning
Platform · California, USA

About this course

Python is one of the most commonly used dynamic languages for many large organizations, including Google, Yahoo, and IBM. Supported on all major operating systems, it comes pre-installed on Macs, as well as most Linux and Unix-based systems. In this course, senior software engineer Ryan Mitchell guides you through all the essentials of learning and using Python. Learn how computers think, as well as how to install Python, pip, and Jupyter Notebook and the basics of writing a program. Explore variables and types, operators, functions, classes, objects, and more. Go over basic data types like ints and floats, Booleans, and strings. Deep dive into basic data structures, control flow, functions, classes, and objects. Find out how to handle errors and exceptions, as well as threads and processes. Plus, discover how to work with different types of files in Python, pass command-line arguments to your Python script, and create modules and packages.

Prerequisite Skills

Skills you should have before taking this course

Basic computer literacy Programming fundamentals

Skills Gained

Skills you will develop by completing this course

Object-Oriented Programming Control flow (conditionals and loops) Error handling in Python Data structures in Python (lists, dictionaries) Python (Programming Language) Command-Line Applications Modules and Packages Jupyter Notebook

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