Python - General

Python module Y050

Python - General

Exercises, examples and other material relating to training module Y050. This module is presented on Private Courses and Specially Run Courses only

Learning Python - many new example programs

I ran a public Python course earlier this week ... and (as I usually do!) wrote a number of short examples during the class to show the delegates not ...

http://www.wellho.net/mouth/2020_Lea ... grams.html [short article]

Learning to program in ...

These are bullet point topics to accompany the "Learning to program in ..." days which are available to complete novices in front of Well House Consultants ...

http://www.wellho.net/mouth/2504_Lea ... m-in-.html [short article]

Learning PHP, Ruby, Lua and Python - upcoming courses

The following programming courses are all booking well, but still have good availability: PHP - starting 6th July Ruby - starting 14th July Lua - starting ...

http://www.wellho.net/mouth/2227_Lea ... urses.html [short article]

Two days of demonstration scripts in Python

I've spent the last two days introducing Python to a group of nine delegates (and, naturally, enjoying doing so). As I usually do, I have wrote a lot ...

http://www.wellho.net/mouth/2394_Two ... ython.html [short article]

Learning to program - how to jump the first hurdles

From last Sunday ... here are links to the examples of code that I wrote in front of the "Learning to Program in Python" delegates - to show them not ...

http://www.wellho.net/mouth/2367_Lea ... rdles.html [short article]

Great new diagrams for our notes ... Python releases

When training, I project onto a white wall ... and I draw onto the projected image, and add extra notes and diagrams around the side too - after all, ...

http://www.wellho.net/mouth/2285_Gre ... eases.html [short article]

Python - a truly dynamic language

In Python everything is an object - and that includes functions which are objects which contain blocks of code. And this means that you can define different ...

http://www.wellho.net/mouth/2017_Pyt ... guage.html [short article]

Python is an object oriented scripting language that's got very wide use in data processing for Internet and non-Internet applications.

This module is presented on Private Courses and Specially Run Courses only

Examples from our training material

accts	First steps in Object definition and use
animals.py	Sample class with test harness too
costings.py	A file of functions for 'from' or 'import'
d2	ways of looping through a list
darling.py	file to be included to bring in application globals
dd	loading functions from shared file
demo	early python demonstration - using, re-using, copying variables
demo2	first real application - simple calculation
demox	How EVERYTHING is an object - even functions!
dfg.py	Hiding algorithms in functions - 'encapsulation'
dooper	A one-liner to print a file's contents
fd	Some early list demonstrations!
fdo	File read and write - program 'samples' every 10th line of a log file
filer	Reading a file line by line (good for huge files)
grabbage	Reading a web page 'as if it was a local file'
ld	Lists, lists of lists, mutable and immutable
nuform	Some examples of the % (string formatting) operator
ooe	generatings lists of 365 elements to convert day of year to month and day
p4l	Use of xrange rather than range to avoid huge intermediate lists
peeps	Converting a file on disc to a list of objects in memory
pipo	Running an operating system command via a pipe
re1	Regular Expression to extract data from log file (and dictionary analyse)
rv1	Using a generator to avoid a large intermediate list - control
sheep	lists of functions, lambdas, callbacks (posh/flexible ways to use functions)
tupperware	Trying to modify a tuple
wac	Web Access Counter - parsing big data file
wool	Generator function to prevent need for intermediate list

Background information

Some modules are available for download as a sample of our material or under an Open Training Notes License for free download from http://www.training-notes.co.uk.

Topics covered in this module

What is Python?
What is Python used for?
What sort of language is Python?
Is Python the right language for me?

Complete learning

If you are looking for a complete course and not just a information on a single subject, visit our Listing and schedule page.

Well House Consultants specialise in training courses in Python, Perl, PHP, and MySQL. We run Private Courses throughout the UK (and beyond for longer courses), and Public Courses at our training centre in Melksham, Wiltshire, England. It's surprisingly cost effective to come on our public courses - even if you live in a different country or continent to us.

We have a technical library of over 700 books on the subjects on which we teach. These books are available for reference at our training centre. Also available is the Opentalk Forum for discussion of technical questions.