Python Full Course

What Really Happens When You Run hello_world.py

Variables                                                        

• Naming and Using Variables
• Avoiding Name Errors When Using Variables

DIY: Run a Simple Message

• Changing Case in a String with Methods
• Combining or Concatenating Strings
• Adding Whitespace to Strings with Tabs or Newlines
• Stripping Whitespace
• Avoiding Syntax Errors with Strings
• Printing in Python

Project -: Personal Message

Project -: Name Cases

Project -: Famous Quote

Project -: Famous Quote

Project -: Stripping Names

• Integers
• Floats
• Avoiding Type Errors with the str() Function
• Integers in Python

Project -: Number Eight

Project -: Favorite Number

• How Do You Write Comments?
• What Kind of Comments Should You Write?

Project -: Adding Comments

The Zen of Python

Project -: Zen of Python

What Is a List?                                                    

• Accessing Elements in a List
• Index Positions Start at , Not
• Using Individual Values from a List

Project -: Names

Project -: Greetings

Project -: Your Own List

• Modifying Elements in a List
• Adding Elements to a List
• Removing Elements from a List

Project -: Guest List

Project -: Changing Guest List

Project -: More Guests

Project -: Shrinking Guest List

• Sorting a List Permanently with the sort() Method
• Sorting a List Temporarily with the sorted() Function
• Printing a List in Reverse Order
• Finding the Length of a List

Project -: Seeing the World

Project -: Dinner Guests

Project -: Every Function

Avoiding Index Errors When Working with Lists

Project -: Intentional Error

• Looping Through an Entire List
• A Closer Look at Looping
• Doing More Work Within a for Loop
• Doing Something After a for Loop

• Forgetting to Indent
• Forgetting to Indent Additional Lines
• Indenting Unnecessarily
• Indenting Unnecessarily After the Loop
• Forgetting the Colon

Project -: Pizzas

Project -: Animals

• Using the range() Function
• Using range() to Make a List of Numbers
• Simple Statistics with a List of Numbers
• List Comprehensions

Project -: Counting to Twenty

Project -: One Million

Project -: Summing a Million

Project -: Odd Numbers

Project -: Threes

Project -: Cubes

Project -: Cube Comprehension

• Slicing a List
• Looping Through a Slice
• Copying a List

Project -: Slices

Project -: My Pizzas, Your Pizzas

Project -: More Loops

• Defining a Tuple
• Looping Through All Values in a Tuple
• Writing over a Tuple

Project -: Buffet

• The Style Guide
• Indentation
• Line Length
• Blank Lines
• Other Style Guidelines

Project -: PEP

Project -: Code Review

• A Simple Example
• Conditional Tests
• Checking for Equality
• Ignoring Case When Checking for Equality
• Checking for Inequality
• Numerical Comparisons
• Checking Multiple Conditions
• Checking Whether a Value Is in a List
• Checking Whether a Value Is Not in a List
• Boolean Expressions

Project -: Conditional Tests

Project -: More Conditional Tests

• Simple if Statements
• if-else Statements
• The if-elif-else Chain
• Using Multiple elif Blocks
• Omitting the else Block
• Testing Multiple Conditions

Project -: Alien Colors #

Project -: Alien Colors #

Project -: Alien Colors #

Project -: Stages of Life

Project -: Favorite Fruit

• Checking for Special Items
• Checking That a List Is Not Empty
• Using Multiple Lists

Project -: Hello Admin

Project -: No Users

Project -: Checking Usernames

Project -: Ordinal Numbers

Styling if statements

Your Ideas

• A Simple Dictionary
• Working with Dictionaries
• Accessing Values in a Dictionary
• Adding New Key-Value Pairs
• Starting with an Empty Dictionary
• Modifying Values in a Dictionary
• Removing Key-Value Pairs
• A Dictionary of Similar Objects

Project -: Person

Project -: Favorite Numbers

Project -: Glossary

• Looping Through All Key-Value Pairs
• Looping Through All the Keys in a Dictionary
• Looping Through a Dictionary’s Keys in Order
• Looping Through All Values in a Dictionary

Project -: Glossary

Project -: Rivers

Project -: Polling

• A List of Dictionaries
• A List in a Dictionary
• A Dictionary in a Dictionary

Project -: People

Project -: Pets

Project -: Favorite Places

Project -: Favorite Numbers

Project -: Cities

Project -: Extensions

• How the input() Function Works
• Writing Clear Prompts
• Using int() to Accept Numerical Input
• The Modulo Operator
• Accepting Input in Python

Project -: Rental Car

Project -: Restaurant Seating

Project -: Multiples of Ten

• The while Loop in Action
• Letting the User Choose When to Quit
• Using a Flag
• Using break to Exit a Loop
• Using continue in a Loop
• Avoiding Infinite Loops

Project -: Pizza Toppings

Project -: Movie Tickets

Project -: Three Exits

Project -: Infinity

• Moving Items from One List to Another
• Removing All Instances of Specific Values from a List
• Filling a Dictionary with User Input

Project -: Deli

Project -: No Pastrami

Project -: Dream Vacation

• Defining a Function
• Passing Information to a Function
• Arguments and Parameters

Project -: Message

Project -: Favorite Book

• Positional Arguments
• Keyword Arguments
• Default Values
• Equivalent Function Calls
• Avoiding Argument Errors

Project -: T-Shirt

Project -: Large Shirts

Project -: Cities

• Returning a Simple Value
• Making an Argument Optional
• Returning a Dictionary
• Using a Function with a while Loop

Project -: City Names

Project -: Album

Project -: User Albums

• Modifying a List in a Function
• Preventing a Function from Modifying a List

Project -: Magicians

Project -: Great Magicians

Project -: Unchanged Magicians

• Mixing Positional and Arbitrary Arguments
• Using Arbitrary Keyword Arguments

Project -: Sandwiches

Project -: User Profile

Project -: Cars

• Importing an Entire Module
• Importing Specific Functions
• Using as to Give a Function an Alias
• Using as to Give a Module an Alias
• Importing All Functions in a Module

Project -: Printing Models

Project -: Imports

Project -: Styling Functions

• Creating and Using a Class
• Creating the Dog Class
• Making an Instance from a Class

Project -: Restaurant

Project -: Three Restaurants

Project -: Users

• The Car Class
• Setting a Default Value for an Attribute
• Modifying Attribute Values

Project -: Number Served

Project -: Login Attempts

• The __init__() Method for a Child Class
• Inheritance in Python
• Defining Attributes and Methods for the Child Class
• Overriding Methods from the Parent Class
• Instances as Attributes
• Modelling Real-World Objects

Project -: Ice Cream Stand

Project -: Admin

Project -: Privileges

Project -: Battery Upgrade

• Importing a Single Class
• Storing Multiple Classes in a Module
• Importing Multiple Classes from a Module
• Importing an Entire Module
• Importing All Classes from a Module
• Importing a Module into a Module
• Finding Your Own Workflow

Project -: Imported Restaurant

Project -: Imported Admin

Project -: Multiple Modules

Project -: OrderedDict Rewrite

Project -: Dice

Project -: Python Module of the Week

Styling Classes

• Reading from a File
• Reading an Entire File
• File Paths
• Reading Line by Line
• Making a List of Lines from a File
• Working with a File’s Contents
• Large Files: One Million Digits
• Is Your Birthday Contained in Pi?

Project -: Learning Python

Project -: Learning C

• Writing to an Empty File
• Writing Multiple Lines
• Appending to a File

Project -: Guest

Project -: Guest Book

Project -: Programming Poll

• Handling the ZeroDivisionError Exception
• Using try-except Blocks
• Using Exceptions to Prevent Crashes
• The else Block
• Handling the FileNotFoundError Exception
• Analysing Text
• Working with Multiple Files
• Failing Silently
• Deciding Which Errors to Report

Project -: Addition

Project -: Addition Calculator

Project -: Cats and Dogs

Project -: Silent Cats and Dogs

Project -: Common Words

• Using json dump() and json load()
• Saving and Reading User-Generated Data
• Refactoring

Project -: Favorite Number

Project -: Favorite Number Remembered

Project -: Verify User

Testing a Function                                                 

• Unit Tests and Test Cases
• A Passing Test
• A Failing Test
• Responding to a Failed Test
• Adding New Tests

Project -: City, Country

Project -: Population

• A Variety of Assert Methods
• A Class to Test
• Testing the AnonymousSurvey Class
• The setUp() Method

Project -: Employee

Lesson 1: A Ship That Fires Bullets

Planning Your Project

Installing Pygame                                                 

• Installing Python Packages with pip
• Installing Pygame on Linux
• Installing Pygame on OS X
• Installing Pygame on Windows

Lesson 2: Starting the Game Project                                           

• Creating a Pygame Window and Responding to User Input
• Setting the Background Color
• Creating a Settings Class

Lesson 3: Adding the Ship Image                                             

• Creating the Ship Class
• Drawing the Ship to the Screen

Lesson 4: Refactoring: the game_functions Module                                 

• The check_events() Function
• The update_screen() Function
• Project -: Blue Sky
• Project -: Game Character

Lesson 5: Piloting the Ship                                                  

• Responding to a Keypress
• Allowing Continuous Movement
• Moving Both Left and Right
• Adjusting the Ship’s Speed
• Limiting the Ship’s Range
• Refactoring check_events()

Lesson 6: A Quick Recap                                                   

• alien_invasion py
• settings py
• game_functions py
• ship py
• Project -: Rocket
• Project -: Keys

Lesson 7: Shooting Bullets                                                  

• Adding the Bullet Settings
• Creating the Bullet Class
• Storing Bullets in a Group
• Firing Bullets
• Deleting Old Bullets
• Limiting the Number of Bullets
• Creating the update_bullets() Function
• Creating the fire_bullet() Function
• Project -: Sideways Shooter

Lesson 8: Reviewing Your Project                                              

• Creating the First Alien
• Creating the Alien Class
• Creating an Instance of the Alien
• Making the Alien Appear Onscreen

Lesson 9: Building the Alien Fleet                                             

• Determining How Many Aliens Fit in a Row
• Creating Rows of Aliens
• Creating the Fleet
• Refactoring create_fleet()
• Adding Rows
• Project -: Stars
• Project -: Better Stars

Lesson 10: Making the Fleet Move                                             

• Moving the Aliens Right
• Creating Settings for Fleet Direction
• Checking to See Whether an Alien Has Hit the Edge
• Dropping the Fleet and Changing Direction
• Project -: Raindrops
• Project -: Steady Rain

Lesson 11: Shooting Aliens                                                   

• Detecting Bullet Collisions
• Making Larger Bullets for Testing
• Repopulating the Fleet
• Speeding Up the Bullets
• Refactoring update_bullets()
• Project -: Catch

Lesson 12: Ending the Game                                                 

• Detecting Alien-Ship Collisions
• Responding to Alien-Ship Collisions
• Aliens that Reach the Bottom of the Screen
• Game Over!
• Identifying When Parts of the Game Should Run
• Project -: Game Over

Lesson 13: Scoring

• Adding the Play Button
• Creating a Button Class
• Drawing the Button to the Screen
• Starting the Game
• Resetting the Game
• Deactivating the Play Button
• Hiding the Mouse Cursor
• Project -: Press P to Play
• Project -: Target Practice

Lesson 14: Levelling Up                                                     

• Modifying the Speed Settings
• Resetting the Speed
• Project -: Challenging Target Practice

Lesson 15: Scoring                                                        

• Displaying the Score
• Making a Scoreboard
• Updating the Score as Aliens Are Shot Down
• Making Sure to Score All Hits
• Increasing Point Values
• Rounding the Score
• High Scores
• Displaying the Level
• Displaying the Number of Ships
• Project -: All-Time High Score
• Project -: Refactoring
• Project -: Expanding Alien Invasion