Introduction

Python is a high-level, object-oriented programming language used in coding, created by Guido van Rossum in 1991.^[1] Python puts readability at a high standard and this makes it great for both programmers and non-programmers to learn. Python is cross-platform, which means you can run it on all major platforms like Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. Python is open source software and, as a result, has a large community of developers who help improve and contribute to the language. Currently, the main implementation of Python, CPython, is managed by the Python Software Foundation, a non-profit organization working to develop and maintain the Python standards.

Python gives you the ability to rapidly develop projects, while being able to maintain them at the same time. Python usually uses less lines of codes than other object-oriented languages, like C++ and Java, and it has a simple and easy syntax. A simple "Hello, world!" can be done with just one line of code (actually this is called a command) and only four lines when recreating it as a GUI!

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Prerequisites

Prerequisites are suggested courses that should be completed before taking this course. If you're having a hard time understanding the material in this course, make sure you complete these prerequisites first.

• Introduction to Computers
• Computer Skills
• Introduction to Programming

Learning Resources

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Subject classification: this is a technology resource.

Introduction

• Why learn Python
• Introduction and Setup
• To Get You Started

Common Data Types

• Numbers
• Strings
• Lists
• Bytes objects and Bytearrays
• Tuples
• Sets
• Dictionaries

Statements

• If Statement
• While Statement
• For Statement
• Try Statement
• With Statement
• List Comprehension
• Other Statements

Input & Output

• Console Output
• Console Input
• Files
• Directories

Definitions

• Functions
• Variable Scoping
• Built-in Functions
• Modules

Object-Oriented Programming

• Classes
• Regular Expressions
• Iteration and Iterators
• Using Python's Decimal module
• Interfacing with Unix
• Special Methods
• Custom Data Types
• Exceptions Are Classes

PEP Studies
Tkinter
PyQt
Quizzes

Appendix

• Resources
• Libraries
• Glossary

To Be Classified

• Basic Data Types - Learn the five types: strings, tuples, lists, dictionaries, and integers.
• Operators - Python operators - basically, ways to do things.
• Flow Control - By using Boolean expressions, flow control, and loops, you'll learn how to code logic into your program.

Active Participants

Further Reading

Wikipedia: Python
 Wikibooks:
Non-Programmer's Tutorial for Python
Think Python
Python Programming
PyGTK For GUI Programming
Python Imaging Library
Subject:Python programming language

• Official Python tutorial - The official Python tutorial from the Python Software Foundation.
• The Python Language Reference
• The Python Standard Library
• Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python - A complete eBook available for free under a Creative Commons license.
• PythonWiki: Python for Non-Programmers

See Also

• Python Programming
• Online Python Interpreter
• Pyjamas - A Python port of Google Web Toolkit
• Template:User Python - A template for Python users.
• Open academia - A place to discuss open source teaching of Python with links to cross-disciplinary discussions
• Python subpages if this link fails, use Special:PrefixIndex/Python