For any student or professional interested in learning the fundamentals of Python   In this one-of-a-kind video package, leading Python developer and trainer Wesley Chun helps you learn Python quickly and comprehensively, so that you can immediately succeed with any Python project.   Just click and watch: One step at a time, you will master Python fundamentals. If you already have Python experience, these videos will help further develop your skills. The lessons start with an introduction to the core features of the Python language, including syntax basics and standard types and operations. The lessons progress into advanced topics, such as Python’s memory model and object-oriented programming.   This LiveLessons video course closely mirrors the topics covered in its sister publication, Core Python Programming, Second Edition (Prentice Hall, 2007). As in the book, viewers will find review questions and coding exercises at the end of each lesson in the video booklet to test the material introduced in the video and printed parts of the lesson.

Table of Contents:
Preface vii   Lesson 1: Introduction: Administrivia, Installation, References/Resources 1 Downloading Python 1 Editors 1 IDEs 1 Interactive Interpreter 4 Exercises 5   Lesson 2: Getting Started 7 Python 2 to Python 3 Transition 7 Exercises 7   Lesson 3: Python Syntax Basics 9 Basic Syntax Rules 9 Commenting 9 Code Block Delimitation 9 Variables and Assignment 10 Identifier Rules 10 Functions 10 Importing Modules and Packages 11 User Keyboard Input 12 Exercises 12   Lesson 4: Standard Types 13 Standard Types 13 Numbers 13 Sequences 14 Hashing 18 Operators and Built-in Functions 21 Exercises 31   Lesson 5: *Objects and Memory Model 33 Objects 33 References (and Variables) 34 Reference Counting 34 Categorizing the Types 35 Quizzes 36 Exercises 36   Lesson 6: Loops and Conditionals 37 if Statement Family 37 Ternary Operator/Conditional Expression 37 Loops 38 while 38 for 38 Loop Helpers 42 Summary 43 Exercises 43   Lesson 7: Files and Input/Output 45 Files 45 Standard Files 45 File Objects 46 File Methods 46 Reading Data 46 Writing Data 48 Other File Attributes 48 Limitations of Files and Other Forms of Persistent Storage 49 Pickling Objects 49 Shelving Objects 50 Summary 51 Exercises 54   Lesson 8: Errors and Exceptions 55 Concepts 55 Exception Handling and Python 55 Using the try-except Statement 56 Causes of Exceptions 58 Handling Multiple Exceptions 58 Using else with try-except 59 The finally Statement 59 *Context Management 60 Throwing Exceptions with raise and assert 61 Creating Your Own Exceptions 62 Limitations 63 Non-Error Exceptions 63 Summary 64 Exercises 66   Lesson 9: Functions and Functional Programming 67 Arguments in Function Calls 68 Function Declarations and Definitions 68 Return Values 69 *Evaluation 69 Variable Scope and Namespaces 70 Functional Programming 74 * and ** Have Nothing to Do with Pointers in Python 75 Variable Arguments 76 Argument Groups/Collections/Expansion 76 *Advanced Topics 77 Summary 79 Exercises 79   Lesson 10: *Object-Oriented Programming 81 Structured Programming 81 Object-Oriented Programming 82 Structured/Procedural vs. Object-Oriented Programming 82 OOP and Python 83 Classes 84 Instances 86 Methods 87 Subclasses 88 Multiple Inheritance 91 Summary 92 Exercises 94