Python Primers #3 - os vs pathlib modules for path/filesystem operations

In this video, we will look at two modules in Python that can be used to build paths and check whether files/directories exist. 1. the "os" module - an older module that contains a range of different utilities 2. the "pathlib" module - a newer module (Python 3.4+) that contains object-oriented utilities for working with paths/files. ☕️ 𝗕𝘂𝘆 𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲: To support the channel and encourage new videos, please consider buying me a coffee here: https://ko-fi.com/bugbytes ▶️ Full Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-2EBeDYMIbRLMCcFBwDlbjxnIW91qzgD 📌 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀: 00:00 Intro 00:17 os module 00:59 os module: check if path exists 01:36 os module: check if path is a file 02:28 os module: get current directory 02:46 os module: building paths 03:20 os module: check if path is a directory 04:02 pathlib module 04:16 pathlib module: Path object 04:47 pathlib module: resolve() function 05:36 pathlib module: check if path exists 05:58 pathlib module: check if path is a file 06:12 pathlib module: check if path is a directory 06:27 pathlib module: building paths 07:48 pathlib module: getting file extension 08:19 os module: getting file extension 09:06 Summary 09:00 outro 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮: 📖 Blog: https://www.bugbytes.io/posts/ 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/bugbytesio 📚 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: datetime module: https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html os module: https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html zipfile module: https://docs.python.org/3/library/zipfile.html Python generators: https://realpython.com/introduction-to-python-generators/ #python #os #pathlib