Python Basics

What you'll learn

• ✦Run Python two ways: line-by-line in the REPL and as saved .py scripts
• ✦Store data in variables and tell apart the core types: int, float, str, bool
• ✦Build and format text cleanly with f-strings and the handy string methods
• ✦Collect data with lists, tuples, dictionaries, and sets — and pick the right one
• ✦Make decisions with if/elif/else and repeat work with for and while loops
• ✦Write reusable functions with parameters, return values, and default arguments
• ✦Pull in extra power with import and Python's standard library
• ✦Read and write files, and handle errors gracefully with try/except
• ✦Write Pythonic code with comprehensions, slicing, enumerate, and zip
• ✦Install packages with pip, write a simple class, and work with JSON

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