Core Python Language Tutorials

This page features all of our “pure Python” tutorials that focus on the core language features.

What is Python?

Python, named after the British comedy group Monty Python, is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language. Its flexibility allows it to do many things, both big and small. Python can be used to write simple programs, but it also possesses the full power required to create complex, large-scale enterprise solutions. Some of the ways in which Python is used includes:

  • Desktop graphical application development, including games;
  • Mathematical and scientific analysis of data; and
  • Web and internet development.

Python’s presence in the world of computer programming can be found everywhere. For example, Python is used in some of the largest internet sites on earth - like Reddit, Dropbox, and Youtube, to name a few. The popular Python web framework Django powers both Instagram and Pinterest. LucasFilms’s award winning visual effects company, Industrial Light & Magic, uses Python to make help make their magic come to life.

It’s easy to forget just how powerful Python is because it’s so easy to learn.

Python Mappings: A Comprehensive Guide

Python Mappings: A Comprehensive Guide

Jun 12, 2024 intermediate python

Python Mappings: A Comprehensive Guide

Python Mappings

Jun 12, 2024 intermediate python

Implementing an Interface in Python

Python Interfaces: Object-Oriented Design Principles

Jun 04, 2024 advanced python

String Interpolation in Python: Exploring Available Tools

String Interpolation in Python: Exploring Available Tools

Jun 03, 2024 basics best-practices python

String Interpolation in Python: Exploring Available Tools

String Interpolation in Python: Exploring Available Tools

Jun 03, 2024 basics best-practices python

Iterators and Iterables in Python: Run Efficient Iterations

Efficient Iterations With Python Iterators and Iterables

May 28, 2024 intermediate python

Python's Built-In Exceptions: A Walkthrough With Examples

Python's Built-in Exceptions: A Walkthrough With Examples

May 15, 2024 intermediate python

What Is the __pycache__ Folder in Python?

What Is the __pycache__ Folder in Python?

May 13, 2024 intermediate python

Python Sequences: A Comprehensive Guide

Python Sequences: A Comprehensive Guide

May 01, 2024 intermediate python

Using and Creating Global Variables in Your Python Functions

Working With Global Variables in Python Functions

Apr 30, 2024 intermediate best-practices python

What Is the __pycache__ Folder in Python?

What Is the __pycache__ Folder in Python?

Apr 26, 2024 intermediate python

What's Lazy Evaluation in Python?

What's Lazy Evaluation in Python?

Apr 24, 2024 intermediate python

Python Basics: Scopes

Python Basics Exercises: Scopes

Apr 23, 2024 basics python

Python Sequences: A Comprehensive Guide

Python Sequences: A Comprehensive Guide

Apr 23, 2024 intermediate python

How to Format Floats Within F-Strings in Python

How to Format Floats Within F-Strings in Python

Apr 17, 2024 basics python

Python's raise: Effectively Raising Exceptions in Your Code

Using raise for Effective Exceptions

Apr 16, 2024 intermediate python

Write Pythonic and Clean Code With namedtuple

Write Pythonic and Clean Code With namedtuple

Apr 15, 2024 intermediate data-structures python

How to Format Floats Within F-Strings in Python

Format Floats Within F-Strings

Apr 12, 2024 basics python

What's Lazy Evaluation in Python?

What's Lazy Evaluation in Python?

Apr 12, 2024 intermediate python

How to Build Command Line Interfaces in Python With argparse

Build Command-Line Interfaces With Python's argparse

Apr 03, 2024 intermediate python

Inheritance and Composition: A Python OOP Guide

Inheritance and Composition: A Python OOP Guide

Mar 26, 2024 intermediate best-practices python

Supercharge Your Classes With Python super()

Supercharge Your Classes With Python super()

Mar 24, 2024 intermediate best-practices python

Build a Python Turtle Game: Space Invaders Clone

Build a Python Turtle Game: Space Invaders Clone

Mar 20, 2024 basics python

Python Modules & Packages

Python Modules and Packages

Mar 20, 2024 basics python

Python Basics: Dictionaries

Python Basics Exercises: Dictionaries

Mar 12, 2024 basics python

Data Classes in Python 3.7 (And Above)

Data Classes in Python

Mar 07, 2024 intermediate python

Python's __all__: Packages, Modules, and Wildcard Imports

Python's __all__: Packages, Modules, and Wildcard Imports

Mar 04, 2024 intermediate python

Python Basics: Installing Packages With pip

Python Basics Exercises: Installing Packages With pip

Feb 27, 2024 basics python

Duck Typing in Python: Writing Flexible and Decoupled Code

Duck Typing in Python: Writing Flexible and Decoupled Code

Feb 26, 2024 intermediate python

BNF Notation: Dive Deeper Into Python's Grammar

BNF Notation: Dive Deeper Into Python's Grammar

Feb 14, 2024 advanced python

Build Conway's Game of Life With Python

Create Conway's Game of Life With Python

Feb 13, 2024 intermediate gamedev projects python

Python Basics: Lists and Tuples

Python Basics Exercises: Lists and Tuples

Feb 06, 2024 basics python

Python's Format Mini-Language for Tidy Strings

Python's Format Mini-Language for Tidy Strings

Jan 31, 2024 intermediate python

Build Enumerations of Constants With Python's Enum

Building Enumerations With Python's enum

Jan 30, 2024 intermediate data-structures python

What Are Python Raw Strings?

What Are Python Raw Strings?

Jan 24, 2024 basics python

Python Basics: Lists and Tuples

Python Basics: Lists and Tuples

Jan 23, 2024 basics python

Using Python for Data Analysis

Using Python for Data Analysis

Jan 17, 2024 intermediate best-practices data-science python

Build a Tic-Tac-Toe Game Engine With an AI Player in Python

Create a Tic-Tac-Toe Python Game Engine With an AI Player

Jan 16, 2024 advanced best-practices gamedev gui projects python

Inheritance and Composition: A Python OOP Guide

Inheritance and Composition: A Python OOP Guide

Jan 15, 2024 intermediate best-practices python

What Are Python Raw Strings?

Python Raw Strings

Jan 12, 2024 basics python

Python Basics: Functions and Loops

Python Basics Exercises: Functions and Loops

Jan 09, 2024 basics python

Python's Magic Methods: Leverage Their Power in Your Classes

Python's Magic Methods: Leverage Their Power in Your Classes

Jan 03, 2024 advanced python

Working With JSON Data in Python

Working With JSON Data in Python

Jan 02, 2024 intermediate python

An Introduction to Python Exceptions

Python Exceptions: An Introduction

Dec 21, 2023 basics python

Python's raise: Effectively Raising Exceptions in Your Code

Python's raise: Effectively Raising Exceptions in Your Code

Dec 21, 2023 intermediate python

Getters and Setters: Manage Attributes in Python

Getters and Setters: Manage Attributes in Python

Dec 20, 2023 intermediate python

Python Basics: Reading and Writing Files

Python Basics Exercises: Reading and Writing Files

basics python

Defining Main Functions in Python

Defining Main Functions in Python

Dec 18, 2023 intermediate best-practices python