Welcome to the World of Python!
Python is a fun language to learn, and really easy to pick up even if you are new to programming. In fact, quite often, Python is easier to pick up if you do not have any programming experience whatsoever. Python is high level programming language, targeted at students and professionals from diverse backgrounds.
Python has two flavors -- Python 2 and Python 3. This set of examples are in Python 3, written and executed in the beautifully simple IDE Jupyter Notebook. Note that Jupyter sets up a localhost:8888 server to render the notebook in your computer's browser. It can render anything thereafter -- should be fun! Once you are familiar with the Jupyter Notebook environment, and the basic Python syntax in Module 0, feel free to explore the rest of the Python Modules.
Module 0 : Python in Jupyter
Module 1 : Data Types in Python
Module 2 : Data Structures in Python
Module 3 : Conditions and Loops in Python
Module 4 : Functions and Modules in Python
Module 5 : Computing with Python
This set of introductory material for Python is heavilly inspired from two wonderful lecture series in Python, as follows.
- Python4Maths by Andreas Ernst : https://gitlab.erc.monash.edu.au/andrease/Python4Maths
- Python Lectures by Rajath Kumar : https://github.com/rajathkmp/Python-Lectures
Highly recommended : Python 3 Cheat Sheet by Laurent Pointal. This 2-pager is a life-saver -- print and frame it!
License Declaration : Following the lead from the inspirations for this material, and the spirit of Python education and development, all modules of this work are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.