Intermediate Python for Non-Programmers

5h 7mBeginner2024-01-10

Authors

Nick Walter

Mobile and web developer, instructor, and coding enthusiast

Course details

Are you ready to take your Python skills to the next level, but not sure how to proceed? Join instructor Nick Walter in this intermediate-level course, part two of his previous course Python for Non-Programmers, designed specifically for learners with little to no coding experience.

Push your skill set with more advanced concepts and coding challenges by completing the three practice projects, including a weather forecaster, web scraper, and to-do list. Learn more about classes in object-oriented programming as well as functional programming tools and how to create, edit, and delete files. Get tips for running Python like a pro, coding it from anywhere, on any type of operating system. By the end of this course, you’ll have upgraded your toolkit as a developer and will feel more comfortable with Python coding.

Skills covered

Programming FoundationsPythonPersonaProgramming LanguagesOpen SourceSoftware Development

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Learning Python with projects
02 - CoderPad Tour

1. Classes and Object-Oriented Programming

03 - Python on Windows
04 - Python on Mac or Linux
05 - Classes
06 - Instances
07 - Methods
08 - Inheritance
09 - Try, Except
10 - Solution - Methods

2. Project 1 - Weather API

11 - APIs and JSON
12 - Requests and PIP
13 - Classes and weather
14 - Solution - JSON

3. Functional Programming Concepts

15 - Advanced comparisons and IF statements
16 - Switch Python 3.10 and later
17 - Map
18 - Filter
19 - Reduce
20 - Solution - Filter

4. Project 2 - Web Scraper

21 - Webpages and HTML
22 - Beautiful Soup
23 - Completing your web scraper

5. Working with Files

24 - Command-line arguments
25 - Creating a file
26 - Reading a file
27 - Editing a file

6. Project 3 - To-Do List

28 - To-do list fundamentals
29 - To-do list polish
30 - Pickle and Python
31 - Pickling the to-do project
32 - Solution - Pickling Objects

Conclusion

33 - Continued learning