PYTHON

Beginning Python Programming – Essentials Starting Python programming Introduction to Python

Why Python as a first programming language? Types of Python applications What is source code? How Python compiles and runs source code Disk storage and main memory working together

How to use IDLE to develop programs

How to use the interactive shell

How to work with source files

How to compile and run a program

How to fix syntax and runtime errors

How to write your first programs

Introduction to Python coding

Coding statements

Coding comments

Using functions

Working with data types and variables

Assigning values to variables

Naming variables

Working with numeric data

Coding arithmetic expressions

Using arithmetic expressions in assignment statements

Using the interactive shell for testing numeric operations

Working with string data

Assigning strings to variables Joining strings

Including special characters in strings

Using the interactive shell for testing string operations

Five basic Python functions

Using the print(), input(), int(), float(), round() functions Chaining functions

Control statements Boolean expressions

Relational operators

Logical operators

Comparing strings

Selection structure

if statements

Nested if statements

Iteration structure

while statements

for statements

break and continue statements