Python 101

Install

• Python - download
• VS Code - download
  • install python plugin
  • go to settings and set autosave
  • set the CMD prompt for windows users (unless you want to use powershell)
    • see setup_environment folder for JSON settngs

Learning Resources

• W3 Schools
• Real Python
• Python Reference Documents
• Recommended books and sites
  • Beginner:
    • Sam's Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours
    • Python Crash Course
    • Python Reference Documents
    • W3 Schools(
    • Full Stack Python)
  • Next Steps:
    • Automate the Boring Stuff with Python
    • Modern Python Standard Library Cookbook
    • Python 3 Object-Oriented Programming
    • The Flask Mega-Tutorial
  • Pytest
    • pytest

TODO LIST

• Write Test Example
• Write Flask Example
• Write Flask RESTPlus expample

Pre-requisites

Installation of Python 3.6 or higher with 3.7 recommended

• Windows Install
  • Windows alternate of using Window 10 store version. This is not tested, but should work.
• Mac OSX Install)
  • Mac OSX comes with legacy Python 2.7, but you will need to install Python 3.6 or higher. I don't use a Mac
• Linux - most distributions come with Python 3 pre-installed. Ubuntu 18.04 has Python 3.6 installed. Linux distributions can be tied to specific versions and not easily upgradeable.

Basic Python

Week 1

• Hello World
  • Run a python script
    • Windows "python your-file-name.py"
    • OSX or Linux "python3 your-file-name.py"
• Basic Math
• Variables
• Strings
  • Print(“Hello all {} of you.”.format(5)
  • Print(f(“Hello all {aVar} of you.”)
    • Python 3.6 or higher

Week 2

• Functions
  • For Loop
    • Count
  • Append a dictionary
  • Pass variable to Function
  • Simple IF, ELIF, Else statement

Week 3

• Import statement
• Read a CSV
• Write to a CSV

Week 4

• What is an API?

  • GET (Read)
    • POST (create), PUT (update), DELETE (delete)
    • More detailed information here

• JSON Data - JavaScript Object Notation

• Windows:

  • pip install virtualenv
    • virtualenv env
    • env\scripts\activate

• OSX:

  • pip3 install virtualenv
    • virtualenv env
    • source env/bin/activate

• Install Requirements

  • pip/pip3 install -r requirements.txt

• Using Python Requests to fetch data from an api

• Print result JSON value

• For loop over JSON