InfoGuides: Software: Learn Python for Data: General Programming

Overview

Also check out Python's list of good tutorials for Non-Programmers.

Assume I know nothing!

These go slowly and assume NO prior knowledge or computer experience. Includes installation, use of the command line and text editor (Atom, unless specified), data types, conditional expressions, and functions.

Just the Basics (~2 hrs follow-along Video)

Programming Foundations: Fundamentals (Annyce Davis, LinkedIn Learning) - Uses VSCode
- Good to learn about programming basics even if you do not end up using Python
Python Basics (Coding is for girls)
- A little girly in style, but explains everything in plain language. Uses command line.

Comprehensive Courses (Textbook + ~10+ hrs Video) - Click the title for a table of contents.

Python for Everybody (Dr. Chuck Severance)
- After the basics, focuses on Networked Programs, Web Services, Databases, and Visualization
- Book: Free, open source Textbook
- Video: Python for Everybody on YouTube through freeCodeCamp

Learn Python 3 the Hard Way by Zed A. Shaw Zed Shaw has perfected the world's best system for learning Python. Following it, students will succeed-just like the hundreds of thousands of beginners Zed has taught to date!    In Learn Python 3 the Hard Way, students will learn Python while working through 52 brilliantly crafted exercises. Read them. Type their code precisely. (No copying and pasting!) Fix mistakes. Watch the programs run. As they do, they'll learn how software works; what good programs look like; how to read, write, and think about code; and how to find and fix your mistakes using tricks professional programmers use.
Call Number: Online, free through Mason, or for purchase
ISBN: 9780134692883
Publication Date: 2017-06-27

Goes more in depth about basic topics, ends with website actions
Video: Online free through Mason, or for purchase