Python From Zero: Programming You Can Actually Use

By the end

What you'll build

• Write and run a Python script that prints, stores values in variables and builds readable output with f-strings
• Choose correctly between int and float, and use /, // and % to answer three different division questions
• Convert text to numbers with int() and float(), and explain why every typed or CSV value starts as text
• Write an if/elif/else chain in the correct order so that overlapping ranges are tested from highest to lowest
• Replace repeated code with for and while loops, and control them with range, break and continue
• Pick the right container for a job — list, tuple, dictionary or set — and total values by name with .get(key, 0)
• Define functions with parameters, default arguments, docstrings and return values, and explain why return beats print
• Read a Python traceback from the bottom up and handle an expected failure with a named except clause
• Read and write text and CSV files safely using a with block, an explicit encoding and csv.DictReader
• Build and ship a documented report-generator script that writes a plain-text file and proves itself with assert

The shape of it

How this course works