Python 101

Description

Learn how to program with Python 3 from beginning to end. My book is made primarily for beginners. However, at least two-thirds of it is aimed at intermediate programmers. You may be wondering how that works. The book will be split into five parts: beginner material, the Python standard library, intermediate topics, 3rd party modules, and distribution. Table of Contents Introduction 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 - All About Strings How to Create a String String Concatenation String Methods String Slicing String Formatting Wrapping Up Chapter 3 - Lists, Tuples and Dictionaries Lists Tuples Dictionaries Wrapping Up Chapter 4 - Conditional Statements The if statement Boolean Operations Checking for Nothing Special Characters if __name__ == ``__main__'' Wrapping Up Chapter 5 - Loops The for Loop The while Loop What else is for in loops Wrapping Up Chapter 6 - Python Comprehensions List Comprehensions Dictionary Comprehensions Set Comprehensions Wrapping Up Chapter 7 - Exception Handling Common Exceptions How to Handle Exceptions The finally Statement try, except, or else! Wrapping Up Chapter 8 - Working with Files How to Read a File How To Read Files Piece by Piece How to Read a Binary File Writing Files in Python Using the with Operator Catching Errors Wrapping Up Chapter 9 - Importing import this Using from to import Importing Everything! Wrapping Up Chapter 10 - Functions An Empty Function (the stub) Passing Arguments to a Function Keyword Arguments *args and **kwargs A Note on Scope and Globals Coding Tips Wrapping Up Chapter 11 - Classes Creating a Class What is self? Subclasses Wrapping Up Part II - Learning from the Library Chapter 12 - Introspection The Python Type The Python Dir Python Help! Wrapping Up Chapter 13 - The csv Module Reading a CSV File Writing a CSV File Wrapping Up Chapter 14 - configparser Creating a Config File How to Read, Update and Delete Options How to Use Interpolation Wrapping Up Chapter 15 - Logging Creating a Simple Logger How to log From Multiple Modules (and Formatting too!) Configuring Logs for Work and Pleasure Wrapping Up Chapter 16 - The os Module os.name os.environ, os.getenv() and os.putenv() os.chdir() and os.getcwd() os.mkdir() and os.makedirs() os.remove() and os.rmdir() os.rename(src, dst) os.startfile() os.walk() os.path os.path.basename os.path.dirname os.path.exists os.path.isdir / os.path.isfile os.path.join os.path.split Wrapping Up Chapter 17 - The email / smtplib Module Email Basics - How to Send an Email with smtplib Sending Multiple Emails at Once Send email using the TO, CC and BCC lines Add an attachment / body using the email module Wrapping Up Chapter 18 - The sqlite Module How to Create a Database and INSERT Some Data Updating and Deleting Records Basic SQLite Queries Wrapping Up Chapter 19 - The subprocess Module The call function The Popen Class Learning to Communicate Wrapping Up Chapter 20 - The sys Module sys.argv sys.executable sys.exit sys.path sys.platform sys.stdin / stdout / stderr Wrapping Up Chapter 21 - The threading module Using Threads Writing a Threaded Downloader Using Queues Wrapping Up Chapter 22 - Working with Dates and Time The datetime Module datetime.date datetime.datetime datetime.timedelta The time Module time.ctime time.sleep time.strftime time.time Wrapping Up Chapter 23 - The xml module Working with minidom Parsing with ElementTree How to Create XML with ElementTree How to Edit XML with ElementTree How to Parse XML with ElementTree Wrapping Up Part III - Intermediate Odds and Ends Chapter 24 - The Python Debugger How to Start the Debugger Stepping Through the Code Setting breakpoints Wrapping Up Chapter 25 - Decorators A Simple Function Creating a Logging Decorator Built-in Decorators @classmethod and @staticmethod Python Properties Replacing Setters and Getters with a Python property Wrapping Up Chapter 26 - The lambda Tkinter + lambda Wrapping Up Chapter 27 - Code Profiling Profiling Your Code with cProfile Wrapping Up Chapter 28 - An Intro to Testing Testing with doctest Running doctest via the Terminal Running doctest Inside a Module Running doctest From a Separate File Test Driven Development with unittest The First Test The Second Test The Third (and Final) Test Other Notes Wrapping Up Part IV - Tips, Tricks and Tutorials Chapter 29 - Installing Modules Installing from Source Using easy_install Using pip A Note on Dependencies Wrapping Up Chapter 30 - ConfigObj Getting Started Using a configspec Wrapping Up Chapter 31 - Parsing XML with lxml Parsing XML with lxml Parsing the Book Example Parsing XML with lxml.objectify Creating XML with lxml.objectify Wrapping Up Chapter 32 - Python Code Analysis Getting Started with pylint Analyzing Your Code Getting Started with pyflakes Wrapping Up Chapter 33 - The requests package Using requests How to Submit a Web Form Wrapping Up Chapter 34 - SQLAlchemy How to Create a Database How to Insert / Add Data to Your Tables How to Modify Records with SQLAlchemy How to Delete Records in SQLAlchemy The Basic SQL Queries of SQLAlchemy Wrapping Up Chapter 35 - virtualenv Installation Creating a Virtual Environment Wrapping Up Part V - Packaging and Distribution Chapter 36 - Creating Modules and Packages How to Create a Python Module How to Create a Python Package Wrapping Up Chapter 37 - How to Add Your Code to PyPI Creating a setup.py File Registering Packages Uploading Packages to PyPI Wrapping Up Chapter 38 - The Python egg Creating an egg Wrapping Up Chapter 39 - Python wheels Getting Started Creating a wheel Installing a Python wheel Wrapping Up Chapter 40 - py2exe Creating a Simple GUI The py2exe setup.py file Creating an Advanced setup.py File Wrapping Up Chapter 41 - bbfreeze Getting Started with bbfreeze Using bbfreeze's Advanced Configuration Wrapping Up Chapter 42 - cx_Freeze Getting Started with cx_Freeze Advanced cx_Freeze - Using a setup.py File Wrapping Up Chapter 43 - PyInstaller Getting Started with PyInstaller PyInstaller and wxPython Wrapping Up Chapter 44 - Creating an Installer Getting Started with GUI2Exe Let's Make an Installer! Wrapping Up Appendix A: Putting It All Together The Background The Specification Breaking the Specification Down Turning Chapters Into a Book Reading the Customer CSV File Emailing the PDF Putting it all Together Wrapping Up