Take your first steps with Python
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Take your first steps with Python at Microsoft Overview
Duration | 5 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Schedule type | Self paced |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Take your first steps with Python at Microsoft Course details
- Write your first lines of Python code
- Store and manipulate data to modify its type and appearance
- Execute built-in functionality available from libraries of code
- Add logic to your code to enable complex business functionality
- Learn the basic syntax and thought processes required to build simple applications using Python
Take your first steps with Python at Microsoft Curriculum
What is Python?
Introduction
What is programming?
What is compilation?
What is the process of programming?
Knowledge check
Summary
Set up your Python beginner development environment with Visual Studio Code
Introduction
Validate your Python version and installation
Install Python 3
Install Visual Studio Code
Install the Python extension
Create your first Python application
Knowledge check
Summary
Create your first Python program
Introduction
Exercise - Hello world!
Exercise - Hello name
Exercise - Add numbers
Challenge
Solution
Knowledge check
Summary
Branch code execution with the if and else statements in Python
Introduction
Exercise - Branch code with the if statement
Exercise - Boolean expressions
Challenge - Branch code execution based on user input
Solution - Branch code execution based on user input
Knowledge check
Summary
Manipulate and format string data for display in Python
Introduction
Exercise - Format string literals
Exercise - Use string helper functions
Exercise - Use the `format()` function and format strings
Challenge - Manipulate and format strings
Solution - Manipulate and format strings
Knowledge check
Summary
Perform mathematical operations on numeric data in Python
Introduction
Exercise - Determine the data types of values
Exercise - Determine whether a string can be converted to a number
Exercise - Perform mathematical operations on number
Challenge - Convert temperature from Fahrenheit to Celsius
Solution - Convert temperature from Fahrenheit to Celsius
Challenge - Build a simple calculator
Solution - Build a simple calculator
Check your knowledge
Summary
Import standard library modules to add features to Python programs
Introduction
Overview of the Python standard library
Exercise - Use an import statement to utilize a standard library module
Exercise - Install a third-party package using pip
Knowledge check
Summary
Iterate through code blocks by using the while statement
Introduction
Exercise - The while statement
Exercise - Assignment operators
Challenge - Guess a number
Solution - Guess a number
Challenge - Improved number guessing
Solution - Improved number guessing
Knowledge check
Summary
Manage a sequence of data by using Python lists
Introduction
Exercise - Work with lists of data
Exercise - Iterate through lists by using the for statement
Challenge - Deal a deck of card
Solution - Deal a deck of cards
Knowledge check
Summary
Create reusable functionality with functions in Python
Introduction
Exercise - Define a function
Exercise - Add arbitrary argument lists and keyword arguments to functions
Exercise - Define a module
Challenge - Fill in the missing functions
Solutions - Fill in the missing functions
Knowledge check
Summary
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