PC-Python

Introduction

• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. PC-Python
  • 1.2. Home pages:
  • 1.3. Key references:
  • 1.4. Online editors:
• 2. Using IDLE
  • 2.1. Guide to Using the Python IDLE
  • 2.2. The Interactive Shell
  • 2.3. The Editor (Writing Scripts)
  • 2.4. Key Features
  • 2.5. Common Shortcuts
  • 2.6. Using the Debugger
  • 2.7. Accessing the Settings
  • 2.8. Setting Font Face and Size
  • 2.9. Key Configuration Options
  • 2.10. Key Bindings (Shortcuts)
  • 2.11. Saving Your Changes

Python

• 1. Python Setup
  • 1.1. Install Python
  • 1.2. Create a python Virtual environment
  • 1.3. Activate a python Virtual environment
  • 1.4. Using the python Virtual environment in VSCode
  • 1.5. Updating pip
  • 1.6. Installing packages
  • 1.7. Updating packages
  • 1.8. List installed packages

Python

• 1. Python Intro
  • 1.1. Python Uses
• 2. Indentation
  • 2.1. Python Indentation
  • 2.2. Indenting with Conditionals
  • 2.3. Indenting with Loops
  • 2.4. Indenting with Functions
• 3. Python Data Types
  • 3.1. Basic Data Types (int, float, str, bool)
  • 3.2. Collection Data Types (list, tuple, dict, set)
  • 3.3. Type Conversion (Casting)
• 4. Python Strings
  • 4.1. Basic String Operations and Indexing (concatenation, len, indexing, slicing)
  • 4.2. String Methods and Formatting (upper, lower, strip, replace, f-strings)
• 5. Python Numbers
  • 5.1. Numeric Types and Arithmetic Operators (+, -, , /, //, %, *)
  • 5.2. Type Conversion and Rounding (int, float, round, math)
• 6. Python Booleans
  • 6.1. Boolean Values and Comparison Operators
  • 6.2. Logical Operators and Truthiness (and, or, not)
• 7. Variables
  • 7.1. Python Reserved Words
  • 7.2. Python conventions
  • 7.3. Snake case
  • 7.4. ALL_CAPS
  • 7.5. CapWords
  • 7.6. camelCase
  • 7.7. KebabCase
  • 7.8. Sample code
  • 7.9. Tasks
• 8. Variables
  • 8.1. Quiz: Variable Naming Rules
  • 8.2. Quiz: Updating Variables
  • 8.3. Quiz: Multiple Assignment and Unpacking
  • 8.4. Quiz: Variable Scope and Constants
• 9. Operators
  • 9.1. Arithmetic Operators
  • 9.2. Comparison Operators
  • 9.3. Logical Operators
  • 9.4. Assignment Operators
• 10. Arithmetic operators
• 11. Compound_assignment
• 12. Comparison operations
• 13. Logical operations
• 14. Membership operations
  • 14.1. Membership operations
• 15. Identity operators
  • 15.1. Identity operators
• 16. Selection (If Statements)
  • 16.1. Comparison and Logical Operators
  • 16.2. The Else Statement
  • 16.3. Multi-Branch Selection with Elif
  • 16.4. Nested Selection Structures
• 17. Iteration (Loops)
  • 17.1. For Loops and the range() Function
  • 17.2. While Loops and Condition-Controlled Repetition
  • 17.3. Loop Control Statements (Break and Continue)
  • 17.4. Nested Loops
• 18. Lists
  • 18.1. Adding Items to a List
  • 18.2. Deleting Items from a List
  • 18.3. Sorting and Reversing Lists
  • 18.4. Iterating Through a List
• 19. Sets
  • 19.1. Adding Items to a Set
  • 19.2. Deleting Items from a Set
  • 19.3. Set Operations (Union, Intersection, Difference)
  • 19.4. Iterating Through a Set
• 20. Tuples
  • 20.1. Accessing Tuple Items
  • 20.2. Immutability and Updating Tuples
  • 20.3. Tuple Unpacking and Operations
  • 20.4. Iterating Through a Tuple
• 21. Dictionaries
  • 21.1. Adding and Modifying Items in a Dictionary
  • 21.2. Deleting Items from a Dictionary
  • 21.3. Inspecting Keys, Values, and Items
  • 21.4. Iterating Through a Dictionary
  • 21.5. Getting Values from a Python Dictionary
• 22. Python Dictionary Methods
  • 22.1. Accessing Keys, Values, and Items
  • 22.2. Safe Retrieval using .get()
  • 22.3. Modifying Dictionaries (.update, .pop, .clear)
• 23. Bytes & Bytearrays
  • 23.1. The Bytes Data Type (bytes)
  • 23.2. The Bytearray Data Type (bytearray)
  • 23.3. Converting Between Strings and Bytes (.encode & .decode)
• 24. Multiple Assignment in Python
  • 24.1. Assigning Multiple Values to Multiple Variables
  • 24.2. Assigning One Value to Multiple Variables
  • 24.3. Sequence and Collection Unpacking
• 25. Python Unpacking Iterables
  • 25.1. Basic Tuple and List Unpacking
  • 25.2. Extended Unpacking (The Asterisk * Operator)
  • 25.3. Unpacking in Loops and Functions
• 26. Python Functions
  • 26.1. Defining and Calling Functions
  • 26.2. Function Parameters and Arguments
  • 26.3. Return Values
  • 26.4. Variable Scope (Local vs. Global)
• 27. Function packing and unpacking
  • 27.1. Packing arguments of a function
  • 27.2. Unpacking for a function
  • 27.3. Combining unpacking and packing for a function
  • 27.4. Built in functions: Unpacking with more than one value
  • 27.5. Built in functions: Unpacking with just one value
• 28. Python range() Function
  • 28.1. Understanding Arguments (stop, start, step)
  • 28.2. Practical Applications (len, indexing, list conversion)
• 29. f-strings
  • 29.1. Basic f-string Formatting
  • 29.2. Expressions inside f-strings
  • 29.3. Format Specifiers (Numbers and Alignment)
  • 29.4. Self-Documenting f-strings (The = Operator)
• 30. Python Classes & Objects
  • 30.1. Classes, Objects, and Attributes
  • 30.2. Class Methods and Behavior
  • 30.3. Inheritance Basics

Python examples

• 1. Guess the number
  • 1.1. Version 1
  • 1.2. Version 2
  • 1.3. Version 3
  • 1.4. Version 4
  • 1.5. Version 5
• 2. Dictionary with functions
  • 2.1. Dictionaries
  • 2.2. Dictionary structure
  • 2.3. Quiz: Dictionary Structure
  • 2.4. Looking up dictionary values by key
  • 2.5. Looking up dictionary values by the get method
  • 2.6. Check if the key is in the dictionary
  • 2.7. Quiz: Looking Up Values
  • 2.8. Definition to get a dictionary value
  • 2.9. Quiz: Rainbow Hex Colours
• 3. User additions to dictionary
  • 3.1. Initialize Dictionary:
  • 3.2. Start Infinite Loop:
  • 3.3. Get User Input:
  • 3.4. Validate User Input:
  • 3.5. Check Team in Dictionary:
  • 3.6. Handle Team Not Found:
  • 3.7. Handle Team Found:
  • 3.8. Prompt to Continue or Exit:
  • 3.9. Print Final Dictionary:
  • 3.10. Quiz: User Additions to a Dictionary
• 4. Dictionary Question and Answer
  • 4.1. Importing Modules:
  • 4.2. Function to Clear the Terminal Screen:
  • 4.3. Dictionary of AFL Premiers:
  • 4.4. Displaying the List of Premiers:
  • 4.5. Prompt to Start the Quiz:
  • 4.6. Quiz Logic:
  • 4.7. Final Display:

Advanced Python

• 1. List Comprehensions
  • 1.1. List comprehension
  • 1.2. List comprehension: conditions
  • 1.3. List comprehension: nested
• 2. Dictionary Comprehensions
  • 2.1. Dictionary comprehension
  • 2.2. Dictionary comprehension of the range function, lists and strings
  • 2.3. Dictionary comprehension of zipped lists
  • 2.4. Conditions in a dictionary comprehension
  • 2.5. Multiple conditions in a dictionary comprehension
  • 2.6. Using a condition in a dictionary comprehension with zipped lists
  • 2.7. Dictionary comprehension of dictionaries
  • 2.8. Dictionary comprehension of dictionaries using if-else for value
  • 2.9. Dictionary comprehension of dictionaries using a function for the value
  • 2.10. Dictionary comprehension of dictionary of lists
  • 2.11. Dictionary comprehension of dictionary of dictionaries of lists
  • 2.12. Dictionary comprehension of a list of dictionaries
• 3. Set Comprehensions
  • 3.1. Set comprehension without condition
  • 3.2. Set comprehension with condition
• 4. Generators
  • 4.1. Generator via a for-loop
  • 4.2. Generator comprehension
• 5. Enumerate
  • enumerate()
• 6. Match - Case
  • 6.1. Match-case
  • 6.2. Case Alternatives
  • 6.3. Wildcard
  • 6.4. Variable instead of Wildcard
  • 6.5. Splitting multi-word strings into a list for complex matching
  • 6.6. Splitting with the use of as to capture the alternative used
  • 6.7. Guard pattern: Combing a condition in a case
  • 6.8. Using the unpacking operator on a list
  • 6.9. Structure Matching lists or tuples
  • 6.10. Matching tuples for coordinates
  • 6.11. Matching sets
  • 6.12. Matching dictionaries
  • 6.13. Checking Types in Python Match-Case Statements
• 7. Validation
  • 7.1. Age validation
  • 7.2. Type Hints
  • 7.3. Data classes
  • 7.4. Extended dataclass
  • 7.5. Pydantic
  • 7.6. Pydantic - student marks

Files

• 1. Text files
  • 1.1. Reading files
  • 1.2. Context manager approach
  • 1.3. Readlines
  • 1.4. Iterating through the file
  • 1.5. Write to a file
  • 1.6. Appending to a text file
  • 1.7. Copying parts of a text file
• 2. csv files
  • 2.1. Header rows
  • 2.2. Opening files: newline=’’
  • 2.3. csv.reader
  • 2.4. Reading files
  • 2.5. Reading files with non comma delimiter
  • 2.6. next function
  • 2.7. Using an index with the row lists
  • 2.8. Padded strings
  • 2.9. Reading a csv file to a list
  • 2.10. csv writer
  • 2.11. Converting comma delimited to tab delimited files.
  • 2.12. Saving a list of sublists to a csv file
  • 2.13. DictReader
  • 2.14. DictReading files
  • 2.15. Using a key with the row dictionaries
  • 2.16. DictWriter
  • 2.17. DictWriter.writeheader
  • 2.18. DictWriter with fieldnames
  • 2.19. DictWriter with selected fieldnames
• 3. json files
  • 3.1. Structure
  • 3.2. Loads
  • 3.3. json to dict
  • 3.4. Dumps
  • 3.5. Printing specific keys from json objects
  • 3.6. Printing specific keys from json objects with indenting
  • 3.7. Convert a dict to json
  • 3.8. Convert a nested dict to json
  • 3.9. Convert a nested dict to json file
  • 3.10. Load
  • 3.11. Loading a json file
  • 3.12. Printing specific keys
  • 3.13. Dump
  • 3.14. dump json data to a file
  • 3.15. dump json processed file data to a file
• 4. json API
  • 4.1. Getting free weather data from the web
  • 4.2. urlopen function
  • 4.3. read function
  • 4.4. Reading weather json
  • 4.5. Plot weather data
• 5. xml files
  • 5.1. xml structure
  • 5.2. Parse xml file
  • 5.3. Edit tag text
  • 5.4. Fixing indenting
  • 5.5. New Elements
  • 5.6. Append element
• 6. File conversions
  • 6.1. Files for csv ⇔ json
  • 6.2. json file to csv file
  • 6.3. csv file to json file
  • 6.4. Files for xml ⇔ json
  • 6.5. Module for xml conversions
  • 6.6. xml file to json file
  • 6.7. json file to xml file

Turtle

• 1. Introduction to turtle
  • 1.1. turtle documentation
  • 1.2. Tutorial
  • 1.3. Academy
  • 1.4. turtle uses tkinter
  • 1.5. Import turtle
  • 1.6. Screen and turtles
• 2. Turtle screen
  • 2.1. Screen class
  • 2.2. Screen colours
  • 2.3. Screen title
  • 2.4. Screen size and position
  • 2.5. Using screen events
  • 2.6. Exit on click
• 3. Turtle screen advanced
  • 3.1. Screen background gif
  • 3.2. Clear screen
  • 3.3. Reset screen
  • 3.4. Reset screensize
  • 3.5. Animation control
  • 3.6. Using screen events
• 4. Turtle drawing
  • 4.1. Turtle methods
• 5. Turtle square progressions
  • 5.1. Sequencing: steps to draw a square
  • 5.2. Iteration: using a for-loop to draw a square
  • 5.3. Definitions: using a def block to draw a square
  • 5.4. Adding pen colour and fill colour parameters
  • 5.5. Practice Questions
• 6. Turtle rectangle progressions
  • 6.1. Sequencing: steps to draw a rectangle
  • 6.2. Iteration: using a for-loop to draw a rectangle
  • 6.3. Definitions: using a def block to draw a rectangle
  • 6.4. Adding pen colour and fill colour parameters
  • 6.5. Practice Questions
• 7. Turtle star progressions
  • 7.1. Sequencing: steps to draw a star
  • 7.2. Iteration: using a for-loop to draw a star
  • 7.3. Definitions: using a def block to draw a star
  • 7.4. Adding pen colour and fill colour parameters
  • 7.5. Practice Questions
• 8. Turtle triangle progressions
  • 8.1. Scalene triangle
  • 8.2. Isosceles triangle
  • 8.3. Isosceles triangle at any angle
  • 8.4. Equilateral triangles
  • 8.5. Adding pen colour and fill colour parameters
• 9. Turtle dots
  • 9.1. Turtle Dots
  • 9.2. Draw_dot definition: dots at a specified location
  • 9.3. Using the Draw_dot definition
  • 9.4. draw_dot_stack definition
  • 9.5. Exploring dot stacks further
  • 9.6. Icecream cones from dot stacks
  • 9.7. draw_dot_stack_cone definition
  • 9.8. draw_dot_stack_cone usage
  • 9.9. Hexagonal array: draw_dot_centre_hexagon definition
• 10. Turtle circles
  • 10.1. Turtle Circles
  • 10.2. Circles at a specified location
  • 10.3. Circles within circles
  • 10.4. Rings of circles
• 11. Turtle regular polygons
  • 11.1. Turtle Circles as polygons
  • 11.2. Regular polygons at a specified location
  • 11.3. Simple regular polygons
• 12. Turtle pie slices
  • 12.1. Turtle Circles as pie slices
  • 12.2. Pie slices at a specified location
  • 12.3. Simple pie slices
• 13. Turtle shapes module
  • 13.1. Importing the module
  • 13.2. Shape module functions
  • 13.3. Square
  • 13.4. Rectangle
  • 13.5. Scalene
  • 13.6. Isosceles
  • 13.7. Equilateral
• 14. Turtle houses module
  • 14.1. Importing the shapes module
  • 14.2. Houses
  • 14.3. House definition
  • 14.4. Front of house
  • 14.5. Door of house
  • 14.6. Roof of house
  • 14.7. windows
  • 14.8. Houses with windows
  • 14.9. Multiple houses
• 15. Turtle houses designs
  • 15.1. Symmetrical house
  • 15.2. Module revision
  • 15.3. Other compound objects

Classes

• 1. Classes as objects
  • 1.1. Class attributes and methods
• 2. Creating a Class
  • 2.1. Naming Classes
  • 2.2. Class Creation
  • 2.3. Object instantiation
• 3. Self
  • 3.1. Self in variables
  • 3.2. Self in methods
• 4. Instance variables
  • 4.1. Variables unique to the instance
  • 4.2. Instantiating a class instance with arguments
  • 4.3. Customary variable names
  • 4.4. Default paramaters
  • 4.5. Changing Instance variables in an instance
• 5. The init method
  • 5.1. The __init__() method
  • 5.2. *args in the __init__() function
• 6. Class variables
  • 6.1. Class variables common to instances
  • 6.2. Changing Class variables for all instances
  • 6.3. Changing Class variables in an instance
  • 6.4. Modifying Class variables during instantiation
• 7. Instance Methods
  • 7.1. Regular Methods without parameters
  • 7.2. Regular Methods with parameters
• 8. Class methods
  • 8.1. @classmethod and cls parameter
  • 8.2. Using a Class method in the __init__ function
  • 8.3. Class methods as alternative constructors
• 9. Static methods
• 10. Class Inheritance
  • 10.1. Class Inheritance
  • 10.2. super
  • 10.3. Magic8Pos(Magic8) - modify attribute
  • 10.4. Magic8Button(Magic8)- modify method
  • 10.5. Multiple Class Inheritance
• 11. Class Composition
  • 11.1. Composition
  • 11.2. Board Asteroid
  • 11.3. Board Asteroid Ship

Class exercises

• 1. Dog Class
• 2. Polygon Class with *args
• 3. Restaurant Class
• 4. Restaurant inheritance
• 5. Rectangle Inheritance
  • 5.1. Square(Rectangle) Inheritance
  • 5.2. ColouredRectangle(Rectangle) Inheritance
• 6. Dice Inheritance
• 7. User Class
• 8. Car Class
• 9. Car Class Inheritance
• 10. Car Class Composition
• 11. Employee Salary Composition
  • 11.1. Composition
  • 11.2. Employee Salary