Basic Python Intro Presentation

Was doing a hands-on workshop on python, these are some complementary slides.

Transcript

1. Hands-on Python for Beginners
2. Outline • Intro • Basics • Little Deep • Hands On • Taking things ahead!
3. At the end of Session
4. Why Programming?
5. Why Programming? Machines can work faster than humans.
6. Why Python?
7. Why Python? When your hammer is Python, everything is easy to nail.
8. Python Apps in Real Life • Web - quora.com, pinterest.com, instagram. com, mozilla and counting… • Games - eveonline.com, Disney’s Pirates of Carrebian • Music - echonest.com • Research - PyMol
9. The Python Ecosystem (popular libraries) • Web - django, flask, pyramid, turbogears. • Research & Analytics - MatPlotLib, SciPy, NumPy, SciKit Learn, Pandas • Game - PyGame and more. • Cloud - Ansible, SALT and more. • Mobile - Kivy and more.
10. The Python Ecosystem (community) • BDFL - He will reply to silliest of your mails. Hail Guido! (does not mean you should write one to bother him :) • PyCons across the globe • IRC • Questions on stackoverflow.com and Quora. com • Google Groups • Open Source Projects on GitHub
11. Before we Begin “Ask every question, even the stupid ones. Actually, make sure to ask the stupid questions.” - Daniel Greenfeld(Django Demigod) (Further Reading)
12. Skim Through the Notes from here.
13. The Zen of Python - import this
14. Online Resources • codeacademy.com • khanacademy.com • newcoder.io • python-koans • Learn Python The Hard way • Think Python • https://github.com/zedshaw/lpthw-study- projects • Python Module of the Week
15. Feel free to Contact gamebit07 at gmail dot com Please do *not* throw rotten tomatoes/eggs!