Practice It: Python Data Structures

40mIntermediate2022-11-09

Authors

Kaylee Kohfeldt

Software Engineering Manager

Course details

Are you looking to brush up on your Python skills? Maybe you’ve learned some Python basics and want to take your skills further? This course with Kaylee Kohfeldt provides some hands-on, practical training on Python concepts like sets, collections, string formatting, and lambda functions. Kayle covers skills that you may not use in your day-to-day programming—like a counter, palindrome checker, cleaning up duplicate data, and more—that can help you expand your Python knowledge. If you’re looking to take your Python skills to the next level so you can write more readable and efficient code, join Kaylee in this course.

Skills covered

Data EngineeringPythonProgramming LanguagesData ScienceOpen SourceSoftware DevelopmentOne-Off

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Practice the Python data structures
02 - What you should know
03 - Using GitHub Codespaces with this course

1. Counter

04 - Try it - Count words from a paragraph
05 - Check it - Count words from a paragraph
06 - Try it - Finding the most common products
07 - Check it - Finding the most common products
08 - Try it - Doing inventory
09 - Check it - Doing inventory

2. Deque

10 - Try it - Storing a user's most recent food orders
11 - Check it - Storing a user's most recent food orders
12 - Try it - Palindrome checker
13 - Check it - Palindrome checker
14 - Try it - Scheduling tasks with Priority
15 - Check it - Scheduling tasks with priority

3. Namedtuple

16 - Try it - Store driver details
17 - Check it - Store driver details
18 - Try it - Reading CSV files
19 - Check it - Reading CSV files

4. Defaultdict

20 - Try it - Cleaning up duplicate data
21 - Check it - Cleaning up duplicate data
22 - Try it - Calculating gain and loss
23 - Check it - Calculating gain and loss

Conclusion

24 - Next steps in your Python data structures learning journey