.. Python 101 documentation master file, created by sphinx-quickstart on Thu Jul 20 11:32:37 2017. You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least contain the root `toctree` directive. Welcome to Python 101! ====================== .. image:: images/py101_small.jpg Learn how to program with Python 3 from beginning to end. Python 101 starts off with the fundamentals of Python and then builds onto what you've learned from there. The audience of this book is primarily people who have programmed in the past but want to learn Python. This book covers a fair amount of intermediate level material in addition to the beginner material. To cover all this information, the book is split into five parts. Part One ======== The first part is the beginner section. In it you will learn all the basics of Python. From Python types (strings, lists, dictionaries) to conditional statements to loops. You will also learn about comprehensions, functions and classes and everything in between! Part Two ======== This section will be a curated tour of the Python Standard Library. The intent isn't to cover everything in it, but instead it is to show the reader that you can do a lot with Python right out of the box. We'll be covering the modules I find the most useful in day-to-day programming tasks, such as os, sys, logging, threads, and more. Part Three ========== An all intermediate section covering lambda, decorators, properties, debugging, testing and profiling. Part Four ========= Now things get really interesting! In part four, we will be learning how to install 3rd party libraries (i.e. packages) from the Python Package Index and other locations. We will cover easy_install and pip. This section will also be a series of tutorials where you will learn how to use the packages you download. For example, you will learn how to download a file, parse XML, use an Object Relational Mapper to work with a database, etc. Part Five ========= The last section of the book will cover how to share your code with your friends and the world! You will learn how to package it up and share it on the Python Package Index (i.e. how to create an egg or wheel). You will also learn how to create executables using py2exe, bb_freeze, cx_freeze and PyInstaller. Finally you will learn how to create an installer using Inno Setup. Purchase the Book ================= .. image:: images/py101_small.jpg You can get a **free** eBook copy of the book on Leanpub_ or purchase a copy from Amazon_ or Gumroad_. You can also get a Paperback copy on Lulu_. Start Reading Python 101 ======================== .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 Start Reading the book Indices and tables ================== * :ref:`genindex` * :ref:`modindex` * :ref:`search` .. _Leanpub: https://leanpub.com/python_101 .. _Amazon: http://amzn.to/2uVQ3KD .. _Gumroad: https://gum.co/bppWr .. _Lulu: http://www.lulu.com/shop/michael-driscoll/python-101/paperback/product-21657364.html