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# Practical Python Programming
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When I first learned Python nearly 25 years ago, I was immediately
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struck by the ease at which I could apply it to all sorts of messy
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work projects. Fast-forward a decade and I found myself teaching
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others the same joy. The result of that teaching is this
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course--material that has been actively taught to more than 400
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in-person groups since 2007. Traders, systems admins, astronomers,
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NASA rocket scientists, and even a few software engineers--they've all
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taken this course. Now, the course is available for free. Enjoy!
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--David Beazley (http://www.dabeaz.com)
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## Prerequisites and Target Audience
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The material you see here is the core of an instructor-led Python
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training course. It is typically taught in-person over the span of
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three or four days--requiring approximately 25-30 hours of work. This
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includes the completion of approximately 130 hands on coding exercises.
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The target audience is scientists, engineers, and programmers who
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already have experience in at least one other programming language. No
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prior knowledge of Python is required, but knowledge of common
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programming topics is assumed.
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The goal of the course is to cover foundational aspects of Python
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programming with an emphasis on script writing, data manipulation, and
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program organization. The course does NOT focus on Python tooling,
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IDEs, or third-party packages (i.e., it's not focused on using data
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science libraries in Jupyter Notebooks or on deploying web apps).
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To complete this course, you simply need a basic installation of
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Python 3.6 or newer and time--especially the latter.
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## Table of Contents
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* [0. Course Setup (READ FIRST!)](00_Setup)
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* [8. Testing, Logging, and Debugging](08_Testing_debugging/00_Overview)
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## Acknowledgements
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Llorenç Muntaner was instrumental in converting the course content from
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Apple Keynote to the online structure that you see here.
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Various instructors have presented this course at one time or another
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over the last decade. This includes (in alphabetical order): Ned
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Batchelder, Juan Pablo Claude, Mark Fenner, Michael Foord, Matt
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Harrison, Raymond Hettinger, Daniel Klein, Travis Oliphant, James
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Powell, Michael Selik, Hugo Shi, Ian Stokes-Rees, Yarko Tymciurak,
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Bryan Van de ven, Peter Wang, and Mark Wiebe.
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course and contributed to its success with their feedback and discussion.
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‎README.md‎

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The material you see here is the core of an instructor-led Python
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This is not a course for absolute beginners on how to program a
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computer. It is assumed that you already have programming experience
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in some other programming language or Python itself.
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in some other programming language or Python itself. You're not
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going to find cute stories about looping--or why you would want to do it.
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This is not a course that aims to cover everything there is to know
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Google, or Stack Overflow. Yes, there is a certain amount of reference
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Google, or Stack Overflow. Yes, there is enough reference
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material to be functional, but the course is more focused on how to
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Python is a great language for personal productivity, prototyping ideas,
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a way that's both practical and not too "hacky."
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a way that's both practical and not so "hacky" that you co-workers
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give you stink-eye when they look at your code.
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## Take me to the Course Already!
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