Python for Beginners: 2018 Edition: Learn to Code with Python!

Chapter 1 – Introduction
	Intended Audience
	What Does the Book Cover?
	Important Things to Remember
Chapter 2 – Getting Started
	Downloading and Installing Python
	Running IDLE
	Writing Your First Python Program
	Running the Program
	Editing your First Program
	Using the Shell Window
	To Change the Editor’s Various Font-Related Features
	To Change the Editor’s Highlighted Text Colors
	To Use the Shell in Interactive Mode
	Writing Code in the Editor Window
	Executing Python on the Command Line
	Coding Exercise: Writing, Running and Debugging
Chapter 3 – Output
	The print() Function
	Separators and Newlines
	Coding Exercise: Using the print() Function
Chapter 4 – Variables
	Variable Assignment
	Number Variables (int, float, and complex)
	That wraps up our section on number variables. You will learn about string variables next.
	String Variables
	Substrings and Concatenation
	Variables with Lists, Tuples, and Dictionaries
	Coding Exercise: Using Variables
Chapter 5 – Operators
	Mathematical Operators
	Order of Operations
	Comparison Operators
	Logical Operators
	Coding Exercise: Operators Practice
Chapter 6 – Code Branching
	Simple If Statements
	If…Else Statements
	Nested If Statements
	The Ternary Operator
	Coding Exercise: Operators Practice
Chapter 7 – Loops
	The While Loop
	The For Loop
	Nested Loops
	Break and Continue Statements
	Coding Exercise: Loops
Chapter 8 – Math Functions
	Casting Functions
	Mathematical Functions
	Random Functions
	Coding Exercise: Math Functions
Chapter 9 – String Functions
	The capitalize (), center (), and count () functions
	The find (), isalpha (), and isdigit () functions
	The join (), len (), and split () functions
	Coding Exercise: String Functions
Chapter 10 – Tuples and Dictionaries
	Creating Tuples
	Accessing Values in Tuples
	Printing specific values from a tuple
	Looping through a Tuple
	Tuple Functions
	What are lists?
		The len() Function
		Using the len() Function to Loop through a Tuple
		The min() and max() Functions
		You can use the min() and max() functions to return the minimum and maximum values in a tuple. Let’s try to show this using an example.
	Converting a List to a Tuple
	Declaring a Dictionary
	Accessing and Editing Values in Dictionaries
	Printing specific values from a dictionary
	Changing the elements in a dictionary
	Deleting an element in a dictionary
	Dictionary Functions
		The len() Function
		The str() Function
		The clear() Function
		The get function
		The items function
		The values function
		The keys function
	Getting the Elements and Key-Value Pairs in a Dictionary
	Coding Exercise: String Functions
Chapter 11 – Time and Date
	The Time Tuple
	The Calendar
	The Time and Calendar Functions
	Coding Exercise: Functions
Chapter 12 – Python Functions
	Defining and Calling a Simple Function
	Required Argument Functions
	Keyword Argument Functions
	Default Function Arguments
	Return Statement
	Creating and Consuming Python Modules
	Coding Exercise: Functions
Chapter 13 – Input and Output
	Reading Keyboard Input
	Reading an External Text File
	Writing an External Text File
	Coding Exercise: File I/O
Chapter 14 – More with Python
	Handling Exceptions
	Web Server Coding with Python
	Processing Form Data with Python
	Wrap Up and Goodbye