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What this course is about… e m
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à introduction to Python from /irst principles
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à you will have the knowledge and understanding to learn more on your own
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à learn the basics of some common 3rd Party libraries
à numerical computations
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à charting
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Content Overview e m
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à installing and running Python
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à basic principles
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numerical types (integers, floats, booleans)
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variables
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operators (arithmetic, logical, boolean)
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à control flow
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iteration (iterables, iterators, loops)
exception handling
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à advanced data types sequence types (lists, tuples, strings)
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decimals
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à functional programming functions
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higher-order functions
closures
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decorators
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à object-oriented programming
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custom classes
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properties
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à data acquisition
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à 3rd party Libraries pytz
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dateutil
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numpy
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matplotlib
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Prerequisites e m
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à Windows, Mac
à needs to run Python 3.6+
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(recommend at least 3.8/3.9 or higher)
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à Linux – you'll need to find/use installation instructions
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à some familiarity with Terminal (Mac/Linux) / Command Prompt (Windows)
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à will be needed to install and run Python
à just the basics
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à how to open/terminate a shell
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à change directory
à list contents of a directory
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à no prior Python knowledge needed
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à prior programming knowledge helpful, but not required
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Course Structure and Materials e m
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à each topic is organized in two parts
à lecture video
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sit back , watch, take notes if you like
à coding video
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à exercises
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à each section (except installation section) has a set of exercises
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à make sure you are con/ident before moving on to the next section
à downloadable course materials

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à all coding videos have an accompanying Jupyter Notebook / resources
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à contains any required extras (such as data sets)
à notebooks are fully annotated
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Installing and c a d
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à what is Python?
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à language vs implementation
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à the canonical, or reference implementation of Python
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à installing Python
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à side by side versions of Python
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à virtual environments
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à installing 3rd party libraries
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à running Python code
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A bit of history… e m
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à created by Guido van Rossum in 1989 while working at CWI
(National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science, Netherlands)
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à became a community driven effort, overseen by Guido
à who became the BDFL (benevolent dictator for life) (stepped down in 2018)
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à many developers ("core" developers) have contributed over the years
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à was named after the British comedy group Monty Python
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(who says developers don't have a sense of humour!)
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à still actively developed today
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Python 2.0 released in 2000 à last release was 2.7 (end of life April 2020)
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Python 3.0 released in 2008 à 3.9 released in October 2020
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What is Python? e m
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à Python is a language, not an application
à there are many implementations of Python A c
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CPython
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à Java
Cython
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à the "reference" Python implementation is CPython
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CPython e m
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à reference implementation
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à most widely used distribution of Python A
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à open source à written in C
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à includes the standard library
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à a collection of additional functionality that goes beyond
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à many platforms y Linux, Windows, Mac OS, iOS, Android, PlayStation, Xbox,…
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Installing Python A c
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Installing CPython e m
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computer
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à to "install" CPython you simply copy these files into a directory
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à possible to have multiple versions of CPython on the same computer
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à just install the files in different directories
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à call the desired Python executable
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Where to @ind installation packages e m
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à https://www.python.org
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à click on Downloads à all releases
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à choose which version you want and what OS you are on e m
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à or use default (which should recognize your OS)
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à two videos included in this course
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à Windows Installation
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à Mac Installation
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(Linux installation is same as Mac, just download for Linux OS)
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à jump directly to your speci/ic platform video
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use Python 3.8.1 or higher for this course
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Virtual Environments A c
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3rd Party Libraries e m
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à many 3rd party libraries exist
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à a bunch of files
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Solution e m
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à since Python is just a directory of files
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à run your apps/shell using the appropriate Python directory
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à /Users/user1/python3.9-ENV1/bin/python my_app.py
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à /Users/user1/python3.9-ENV2/bin/python my_other_app.py
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à typing this long path is tedious
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à add to PATH environment variable (tells OS where to look for executables)
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à add /usr/user1/python3.9-ENV1/ to (front of) PATH
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à remove /usr/user1/python3.9-ENV1/ from path
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Virtual Environments e m
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à these are used to perform the exact same steps
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à make copy of Python installation
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à provides scripts to "activate"/"deactivate" the environment
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à little less ef/icient on Windows – actually copies the /iles
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Creating Virtual Environments e m
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à Python now has a virtual environment manager built-in
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à first decide which Python version to use
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Activating the Virtual Environment e m
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à when you type python on command line after activating environment
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source <path_to_env>/bin/activate
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Installing PackagesA c
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pip: Package Installer for Python e m
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à installing 3rd party libraries (packages) basically requires copying /iles
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à easily install, update and remove packages
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à uses the Python Package Index https://pypi.org
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à of/icial 3rd party repository for Python
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Installing Packages with pip e m
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à activate the virtual environment /irst (sets your PATH)
à pip install package_name A c
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pip install package_name==1.3.2
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The requirements.txt File e m
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à /ile name can be anything
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à easier (install everything with one command)
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à reproducibility / consistency
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à documentation
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à for this course a requirements.txt /ile is available in your downloads
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à de/ines (and pins) all speci/ic libraries we'll need c
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à will install many libraries (and their dependencies)
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Summary of Steps e m
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à create a new virtual environment
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à pip install libraries (aka packages)
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Running Python A c
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Python Compiler/Interpreter e m
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Python Python
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How do we "run" Python? e m
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à Python is a compiler/interpreter
à reads in a chunk of code (your program)
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à compiles and runs it
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à output is sent to your screen (console)
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à Python can do this in two ways
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à interactive mode
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à you type a Python line/block of code and execute it immediately
à any output is immediately displayed
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à continue typing/running code one line/block at a time
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à REPL (read-eval-print-loop)
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à script mode
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à write all your code in /iles /irst
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Interactive Mode e m
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à activate virtual environment
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à start Python shell (REPL) by typing python on command line
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à start typing Python commands
à non graphical interface
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à little tedious to use when you are just trying things out
à Jupyter Notebooks
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à browser based REPL (needs to be pip installed)
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à much easier/nicer to use than command line
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à can save your projects into a /ile (a notebook)
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Script Mode e m
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à write all your code using a text editor
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à run your Python program using command line
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> python my_app.py
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à running the same program over and over again
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à complex applications (web server, prediction server, libraries, …)
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Python IDEs e m
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IDE à integrated development environment
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à with many extras for easily running code, debugging, and more
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à many popular IDEs / editors around
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à Atom
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à Sublime Text 3
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à some basic Python types
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à integers à floats à booleans
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à a brief explanation of what objects are
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à basic operators
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à comparison operators t ©
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à Boolean operators
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à operator precedence
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Basic Data Types A c
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Types e m
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à Entities in a program always have an associated type
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John is a person
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Statements can be True or False
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Integers e m
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à the int type
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à used to represent integral numbers: 0, 1, 100, -100, etc.
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à integers can be of any magnitude
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à integers have an exact representation in Python
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à integer numbers can be created from a literal in the Python code
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à or, as the result of some calculation (expression)
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Floats e m
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à the float type
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à the decimal point differentiates a float from an int when using literals
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Float Representations e m
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Consider the decimal system: 1.234
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Integer Representations e m
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à computers only "know" two numbers
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Float Binary Representation e m
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Floats are not always exact e m
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Objects A c
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What are objects? e m
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à entities created by Python
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à they have state (data)
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Integers are Objects e m
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à an int is an object
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à it has state – the value of the integer
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à an integer object has the method __add__ used to implement addition
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Floats are Objects e m
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à float numbers are objects too
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Everything in Python is an object e m
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attributes
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Dot Notation e m
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Mutability and Immutability e m
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à an object is mutable if its internal state can be changed
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à an object is immutable if its internal state cannot be changed
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Naming Objects e m
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We often need to label objects with some name
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Assigning Names e m
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To assign a label to an object we use the assignment operator
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References and Variables e m
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Variables e m
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So why the term variable?
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int float A c
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à recall: numbers are actually objects
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à intuitive for positive numbers
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signal (True/False)
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à suppose we have some trading algorithm that can calculate some buy
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print('Done.')
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short-circuit evaluation
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result = a / b if b != 0 else 'NaN'
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à like counting them one by one
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à but in Python (and most other programming languages)
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à elements are indexed
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à lists have unbounded growth M à can add as many elements as we want
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à Python lists can be created using literals
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[10, 20, 30, 40]
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à lists are sequence types à sequential order
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à visual inspection à length of l is 5
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à Python tuples can be created using literals
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Including First Element in a Slice e m
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à moves backwards
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à replace elements
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à delete elements
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Replacing Single Elements e m
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Replace an element at index i by assigning a new element to that index
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Replacing an entire Slice e m
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à slice will be replaced with elements in RHS
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my_list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
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Deleting Elements e m
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my_list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] A c
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Appending Elements e m
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my_list = [1, 2, 3] A c
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my_list.append(4)
my_list à [1, 2, 3, 4]
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Inserting an Element e m
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à instead of appending, we can insert at some index
A c
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te
my_list = [2, 3, 4, 5]
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my_list = [['a', 'b'], 2, 3]
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d = {'a': 1, 'b': 2}
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à e.g. take all the rows from a /ile, and write them out, transformed
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à performance (possibly)
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Epoch Time e m
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Getting the epoch e m
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à based on n seconds elapsed from epoch
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à format is a string that contains special formatting directives
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%b à month abbreviated name
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+, -, *, /, //, %, ** A
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à rounding algorithm
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rounding
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à each instance will have it's own state
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à Matplotlib is a popular graphing library
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https://matplotlib.org/
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customizable (based on matplotlib)
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à single plots
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Imports e m
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figure legend
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ax.set_xlabel('…')
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à note how all these are applied to the Axes object
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Multiple Plots on Same Axes e m
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Multiple Axes on Same Figure e m
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à grid layout
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Plot Styles e m
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What we covered e m
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à the Python language
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à basic and advanced data types
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à some of the Python standard library
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requests à Web and API requests, JSON
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Numpy à ef/icient array computations
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Pandas à loading and manipulating data
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Matplotlib à charting data
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Important References e m
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pandas.pydata.org
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à to learn programming: practice, practice, practice
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à look at open source projects (GitHub)
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à you won't become an expert in 3 weeks
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Additional Resources e m
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stackoverClow.com à if you have a coding question
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Python Cookbook, by Beazley and Jones (O'Reilly Press)
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Fluent Python, by Ramalho (O'Reilly Press)
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YouTube à experts such as Hettinger, Beazley, Martelli, PyCon talks
Twitter
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