amulla505/python

Learn the high level programming language Python, using the PEP8 style guide, from the ground up with this helpful repository which covers everything between basic numerical operations right up to Data Structures and Algorithms.

Python

Please help grow this repo with commits on any areas of Python you feel confident in, the more help the better it can be!

Learn the high level programming language Python from the ground up with this helpful repository which covers everything between basic numerical operations right up to Data Structures and Algorithms. Commits welcome, must meet The PEP8 Style Guide

Installing Everything You Need

Mac OSX

If you don't have a packager downloaded, now is the time to do it. Open your terminal and run:

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

The script will explain what changes it will make and prompt you before the installation begins. Once installed, insert the Homebrew directory at the top of your PATH environment variable. You can do this by adding the following line at the bottom of your ~/.profile file:

export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH

Now, we can install Python 3:

brew install python3

Once that's done, we need to install the Python package manager - pip. In your terminal, run the following four lines:

curl -O http://python-distribute.org/distribute_setup.py

python distribute_setup.py

curl -O https://raw.github.com/pypa/pip/master/contrib/get-pip.py

python get-pip.py

Now that we have the package manager, we can install the coding standard we will be using for this repository - pep8. To install pep8 run:

pip install pep8

And now your all ready set and go to start learning Python!

Linux

First of all check if your package manager, apt-get is updated by running the following command in your terminal:

sudo apt-get update

Next we install Python3. To install Python 3 on Linux run:

sudo apt-get python3

Once installed, in is necessary to install the Python package manager - pip. In your terminal, run the following lines:

sudo apt-get install python-pip python-dev build-essential

sudo pip install --upgrade pip

Now that we have the package manager, we can install the coding standard we will be using for this repository - pep8.

To install pep8 run:

pip install pep8

And now your all ready set and go to start learning Python!

Windows

Download preferred python version, there are two version Python 2.#.# and Python 3.#.#, from offical python website and install it. Link for Python.org

Repository Layout

This repository has three main sections (detailed below) and also includes sections on Data Structures, Algorithms, etc.

LearningMaterials1 - Beginner

Have a look through the beginner materials. It's key to understand the fundamentals of any language before progressing. Sample questions and solutions will be provided soon, but until then work at applying what you learn with different problems you construct for yourself.

LearningMaterials2 - Intermediate

Once you've had a look at what is covered in the intermediate materials, you can have a look at Searches and the Bubble Selection, Insertion and Binary Insertion Sorting Algorithms in Sorts. Some sample questions will be provided soon.

LearningMaterials3 - Advanced

If you've finished the advanced material, check our Data Structures(when I have updated it) and what you didn't cover in Sorts.

Please help grow this repo with commits on any areas of Python you feel confident in.