Idiomatic Python 101

Mahdi Yusuf 8 Lessons 9m basics best-practices python

Python Idioms for people coming from other languages and how to improve your idiomatic practices with Python. We will cover things to do with string concatenation, dictionary look ups, dealing with Python scripts, encoding, and for loops.

Note: This course uses Python 2.7 in its coding examples. For Python 3 examples, you can check out the Writing Idiomatic Python video course.

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Python Guide

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Idiomatic Python

8 Lessons 9m

1. Intro and the Zen of Python00:45

2. Script Setup & Statements00:59

3. If Statements01:08

4. Lists and Concatenating Strings01:47

5. Swapping Variables in Place01:26

6. Dictionaries01:21

7. The DRY Principle - Don't Repeat Yourself01:01

8. Pythonic For Loops01:14

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About Mahdi Yusuf

Mahdi is the CTO of Gyroscope, the co-founder of the PyCoder’s Weekly, and a longtime Pythoneer.

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Participant Comments

mikesult on Feb. 24, 2020

Thanks for tips on writing Pythonic code. Very helpful.

Daniel on March 21, 2019

Enjoyed the series!

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