Python Essential Training

This is the repository for the LinkedIn Learning course Python Essential Training. The full course is available from LinkedIn Learning.

Python is one of the most commonly used dynamic languages for many large organizations, including Google, Yahoo, and IBM. Supported on all major operating systems, it comes pre-installed on Macs, as well as most Linux and Unix-based systems. In this course, senior software engineer Ryan Mitchell guides you through all the essentials of learning and using Python. Learn how computers think, as well as how to install Python, pip, and Jupyter Notebook and the basics of writing a program. Explore variables and types, operators, functions, classes, objects, and more. Go over basic data types like ints and floats, Booleans, and strings. Deep dive into basic data structures, control flow, functions, classes, and objects. Find out how to handle errors and exceptions, as well as threads and processes. Plus, discover how to work with different types of files in Python, pass command-line arguments to your Python script, and create modules and packages.

Instructor

Ryan Mitchell

Senior Software Engineer

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Poetry & Jupyter Setup

Navigate to the python-ET-4314028 folder using your terminal. From the command line type:

poetry init
poetry shell
poetry add jupyterlab
poetry add notebook

Test the installation:

jupyter lab

Hold down control + C to exit from the terminal

jupyter notebook

Hold down control + C to exit from the terminal

Use poetry env info to locate your virtual environment, then configure pycharm to use the poetry environment.