python-with-udacity

Introduction to Python programming

These are my personal notes from the Udacity Course on Python 3

Topics include

1. Data Structures and Operators

• data types and operators
• variables
• strings and string methods

2. Data Structures

• lists and list methods
• tuples and method
  • tuple unpacking
• sets
  • add and pop
• dictionaries
  • get() method
  • identity operators

3. Control Flow

• for loops
  • word count with loops and dictionaries
  • key and values using items()
• while loops
• break and continue
• zip and enumerate
• list comprehension

4. Functions

• variable scope
• documentation
• lambda expressions
  • lambda with map()
  • lambda with filter()

5. Scripting

• raw input
• errors and exceptions
  • exception handling
  • reading and writing files
  • importing modules
  • The Standard library

6. Iterators and Generators