Learn Python Today!

This video teaches basic to intermediate Python, a popular computer language that's easy to learn and use. You are taken step by step from setting up a programming environment, through Python basics, to an intermediate coding skill level. To watch this video, make sure you've chosen the highest screen resolution available, so you can read the many detailed code listings. And be ready to pause the video whenever you need time to absorb what's being presented. This tutorial's code samples can be downloaded from my website: https://arachnoid.com/files/python01/ I am your host, Paul Lutus. I've been programming more than 50 years. I wrote several best-selling computer programs including Apple Writer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Writer). Then I retired and sailed solo around the world (https://arachnoid.com/sailbook/). I still enjoy coding, especially languages like Python, which made programming fun again. Index: 00:00 Introduction 02:21 Setup: Install Python 03:20 Setup: Command prompt 04:13 Setup: Python immediate mode 06:05 Setup: Create Python program directory 06:37 Setup: Install VS Code 08:20 Setup: VS Code plugins 09:34 Setup: VS Code settings 10:59 First Python program 14:00 Tutorial: Program flow and logic 18:05 Tutorial: Loops using range(n) 22:08 Tutorial: Loops using "while", floating-point errors 25:38 Tutorial: Simple multiplication table program 29:08 Tutorial: Weekday program + enumeration 33:32 Tutorial: Simple alphabetic string search 34:42 Tutorial: Dictionary database search examples 38:30 Tutorial: Python classes 40:48 Tutorial: RPN calculator 44:25 Tutorial: Prime sieve explanation 45:33 Tutorial: Prime sieve Python code 48:08 Tutorial: Python versus Rust prime sieve runtimes 49:07 Tutorial: Python esoterica: f-strings 50:38 Summary content 50:53 Prime sieve animation Web page 51:35 Hilbert Curve animation 52:02 Closing Remarks 52:10 My favorite way to end a video 52:19 End #python #programming #vscode #mathematics #engineering #tutorial