Description: This GitHub repository serves as a comprehensive resource for Python programming fundamentals, covering a wide range of topics essential for both beginners and intermediate learners. The repository is structured into distinct notebooks, each focusing on a key aspect of Python programming, providing detailed explanations, examples, and practical tips.
Topics Covered:
1. Variables and Data Types:
Learn the basics of variable declaration, assignment, and common data types such as int, float, string, and boolean. Explore type conversion techniques for effective programming.
2. Operators:
Delve into the world of Python operators, including arithmetic, comparison, logical, and assignment operators. Gain a solid understanding of their applications and functionalities.
3. Control Flow (If Statements, Loops):
Master conditional statements using if, elif, and else. Explore loop structures, such as for and while, for efficient iteration in your programs.
4. Functions and Modules:
Understand the principles of function creation, handling arguments, return values, and variable scope. Discover how to import and utilize modules in Python for modular and reusable code.
5. Lists and Dictionaries:
Learn to create and manipulate lists, access elements, and perform list slicing. Explore dictionaries and their key-value pairs for efficient data storage.
6. Tuples and Sets:
Explore the immutability of tuples and the uniqueness of sets. Grasp basic operations with tuples and sets for streamlined data handling.
7. File Handling:
Dive into file operations, including reading from and writing to files. Understand file modes and how to handle exceptions related to file operations.
8. Exception Handling:
Master the art of writing try, except, else, and finally blocks. Catch specific exceptions and learn to raise custom exceptions for effective error handling.
9. List Comprehensions:
Create concise lists using list comprehensions, iterating over sequences and applying conditions for elegant and efficient code.
10. Dictionaries and Sets Operations:
Perform operations on dictionaries, such as adding, updating, and deleting keys. Explore set operations like union, intersection, and difference.
11. Lambda Functions and Map/Filter/Reduce:
Define anonymous functions using lambda. Utilize map, filter, and reduce for iterable processing, enhancing your code's functionality.
12. Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Basics:
Get introduced to the fundamentals of classes and objects, encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism for building modular and extensible code.
13. Decorators and Generators:
Learn to create and use decorators for modifying functions. Understand generators and the yield keyword for efficient memory usage.
14. Regular Expressions:
Explore basic pattern matching using regular expressions. Utilize the re module for powerful string manipulation and text processing.
15. Working with Dates and Times:
Utilize the datetime module for performing date and time operations. Learn about formatting and parsing date/time strings for effective time management in your programs.