Python QuickStart Guide: The Simplified Beginner's Guide to Python Programming Using Hands-On Projects

INTRODUCTION
 It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
 What Is Python?
 What Is Programming?
 What We’ll Cover in This Book
 How to Use This Book
 Example Code
 What You’ll Need
 Operating System and Python Version Notes
 Getting Ready
 Visual Studio Code Walk-Through
 PART I – GETTING STARTED WITH PYTHON
 | 1 | Getting to Know Python
 Before Our First Line of Code
 Hello, World!
 Working with Variables
 Strings
 Numbers
 A Few Comments
 Newlines
 What’s in a Name?
 ClydeBank Coffee Shop: Our First Cup
 | 2 | Understanding Python Data Structures
 Lists
 Tuples
 Sets
 Dictionaries
 Boolean Variables
 Combining Data Structures
 Picking the Right Data Structure
 ClydeBank Coffee Shop: Starting the Grind
 | 3 | Controlling Program Flow
 Logical Comparisons
 Nested Comparisons
 Loops
 Number-Guessing Game
 ClydeBank Coffee Shop Simulator: The Circle of Life
 | 4 | Handling Errors
 Exceptions
 Mopping Up the Mess with Finally
 ClydeBank Coffee Shop: Spilt Milk
 PART II – FUNCTIONS AND CLASSES
 | 5 | Creating Reusable Tasks with Functions
 Our First Function
 Passing Values and Returning a Result
 Modifying Arguments
 Default Arguments
 Keyword Arguments
 Arbitrary Arguments
 Scope
 Generator Functions
 ClydeBank Coffee Shop: Our First Major Refactor
 | 6 | Classes
 The Hello World Class
 Instance Variables
 Scope in Classes
 Object Lifecycle
 Properties and Private Variables
 Inches to Centimeters
 ClydeBank Coffee Shop: Our Second Refactor
 | 7 | Inheritance and Design Patterns
 Parent and Child
 Expanding Child Classes
 Multilevel Inheritance
 Multiple Inheritance
 Introduction to Design Patterns
 A Fantasy World
 | 8 | Saving Time with Dataclasses
Automatic Instance Variables
 Dataclass Features
 Dataclasses Compatibility
 | 9 | Reusing Code with Modules and Packages
 Namespaces
 Importing Modules
 Creating Your Own Module
 Standard Modules
 Packages
 ClydeBank Coffee Shop: Modularizing the Game
 PART III – PYTHON IN ACTION
 | 10 | Advanced Strings
 Standard String Operations
 Regular Expressions
 String Formatting
 Data Compression
 ClydeBank Coffee Shop: Inventory Woes
 | 11 | Math in Python
 Integer Math
 Floating-Point Math
 Percentages
 Statistical Math
 Date and Time
 Counting the Days
 ClydeBank Coffee Shop: A More Accurate Simulation
 | 12 | Input and Output
 Disk I/O
 Standard I/O
 Serialization with Pickle
 ClydeBank Coffee Shop: Saving Your Game
 | 13 | The Internet
 Fetching a Web Page
 Saving a Web Page
 Sending an Email
 | 14 | Debugging Python Code
 Logging
 Debugging in Visual Studio Code
 PART IV – ADVANCED PYTHON
 | 15 | Developing Websites
 web.py
 Flask
 Connecting to a Database
 Django
 JSON
 | 16 | Interfacing with SQLite
 The sTunes Database
 Installation
 Running SQLite
 A Brief Tour of sTunes
 More SQL: Beyond SELECT
 Querying Data with Python
 Modifying Data with Python
 Further Ideas
 | 17 | Test-Driven Development
 Getting Started with Unit Testing
 Assertions
 Test Driven Design
 Test Coverage
 ClydeBank Coffee Shop: Test-Driven Coffee Serving
 | 18 | Managing Your Code with Git
 Installing Git
 Forking and Cloning the ClydeBank Coffee Shop Game
 Committing Changes to Your Repository
 Pushing to Remote
 Using Branches
 Viewing Changes
 Viewing Your Commit Log
 Pull Requests
 Syncing with the Official Repository
| 19 | The Junk Drawer
 Getting Help Inside Python
 Sorting Lists and Dictionaries
 Environment Variables
 Using Command Line Arguments
 Lambda Expressions
 Threading
 Cryptographic Hashing
 Working with CSV Files
 Pip
 Compiled Modules
 | 20 | Optimizing Python
 Profiling
 Apparent Speed Usually Matters More
 Don't Reinvent the Wheel
 Cache Results
 Use Multiple Assignment
 Exit As Soon As Possible
 Use Lazy Loading
 Use the Latest Python Version
 Optimizing the Coffee Shop Simulator
 | 21 | What's Next?
 Keeping Up with Python
 The Python Package Index
 Python News through Google
 Getting Help
 Python Is Open-Source Software
 The ClydeBank Coffee Shop Simulator Game
 CONCLUSION
 APPENDIX
 ABOUT THE AUTHOR
 ABOUT CLYDEBANK MEDIA
 GLOSSARY
 REFERENCES