Python Basics
- Get Python Installed
- Just a check in.
- Basic Terminology and Using IDLE
- Writing Our First Program
Flow Control
- Flow Charts and Basic Flow Control Concepts
- If, Else, and Elif Statements
- While Loops
- For Loops
Functions
- Python's Built-In Functions
- Writing Your Own Functions
- Global and Local Scopes
Handling Errors with try/except
- Try and Except Statements
Writing a Complete Program: Guess the Number
- Writing a "Guess the Number" Program
Lists
- The List Data Type
- For Loops with Lists, Multiple Assignment, and Augmented Operators
- List Methods
- Similarities Between Lists and Strings
Dictionaries
- The Dictionary Data Type
- Data Structures
More About Strings
- Advanced String Syntax
- String Methods
- String Formatting
Running Programs from the Command Line
- Launching Python Programs from Outside IDLE
Regular Expressions
- Regular Expression Basics
- Regex Groups and the Pipe Character
- Repetition in Regex Patterns and Greedy/Nongreedy Matching
- Regex Character Classes and the findall() Method
- Regex Dot-Star and the Caret/Dollar Characters
- Regex sub() Method and Verbose Mode
- Regex Example Program: A Phone and Email Scraper
Files
- Filenames and Absolute/Relative File Paths
- Reading and Writing Plaintext Files
- Copying and Moving Files and Folders
- Deleting Files
- Walking a Directory Tree
Debugging
- The raise and assert Statements
- Logging
- Using the Debugger
Web Scraping
- The webbrowser Module
- Downloading from the Web with the Requests Module
- Parsing HTML with the Beautiful Soup Module
- Controlling the Browser with the Selenium Module
Excel, Word, and PDF Documents
- Reading Excel Spreadsheets
- Editing Excel Spreadsheets
- Reading and Editing PDFs
- Reading and Editing Word Documents
Email
- Sending Emails
- Checking Your Email Inbox
GUI Automation
- Controlling the Mouse from Python
- Controlling the Keyboard from Python
- Screenshots and Image Recognition
- Congratulations! (And next steps...)
