1. Introduction FREE CHAPTER

• Course Overview
• Introduction
• What is Python and Where It's Used
• Python Compilation & Interpretation Process
• Bookly Nest Demo - Building a Django Web App

2. Install Python on Windows and Mac

• Windows Users ONLY: Install Python on Windows
• Mac Users ONLY: Install Python on Mac
• Download and Install VS Code
• Install Python VS Code Extension Pack
• Running Our First Python Program in VS Code

3. Python Variables and Simple Data Types

• Declaring Variables in Python
• Data Types - String
• Python f-Strings
• Numbers - Integers and Floats

4. Introduction to Data Structures in Python - Lists

• Introduction to Lists - Accessing and Modifying Them
• f-Strings & Individual Values from a List
• Sorting a List and Getting a List Length

5. Lists - Loops and Tuples

• Lists and Loops - Looping Through a List
• Making a List of Numbers with Loops and the Range Function
• Statistics Functions for Numbers
• Generate Even Numbers with the List and Range
• Important: Code Organization Note
• List Comprehension
• Tuples

6. Branching - If Statements

• If Statements and Booleans
• The Elif and the in Keywords
• Hands-on - Using AND and OR Logical Operators
• AND OR Logical Operators
• Checking for Inequalities
• Hands-on - Inner If-Statements

7. Data Structure - Dictionaries

• Introduction to Dictionaries - Declaring and Accessing Values
• Modifying a Dictionary
• Iterating Through a Dictionary
• Nested Dictionaries and Looping Through Them
• Looping through a Dictionary with a List Inside

8. User Input and While Loops

• User Input - Introduction
• Hands-on - Odd or Even Number
• While Loops & Simple Quit Program
• Hands-on - Quiz Game
• Removing all Instances of Specific Values from a List
• Hands-on - Dream Travel Itinerary Program - Filling a Dictionary with User Input

9. Functions

• Functions
• Passing Information to a Function (Parameters)
• Positional and Named Arguments
• Default Values - Parameters
• Return Values from a Function
• Hands-on - Returning an Integer & Intro to Docstring
• Returning a Dictionary from a Function
• Functions - Passing a List as Argument
• Passing an Arbitrary Number of Arguments to a Function
• Introduction to Modules - Importing Specific Functions from a Module
• Using the "as" as an Alias

10. Classes and OOP - Object Oriented Programming

• Introduction to OOP in Python - Creating a Class and Instantiating an Object
• The "init" and "str" Methods
• Adding More Methods to the Class
• Setting a Default Value for an Attribute
• Modifying Class Attribute - Directly and with Methods
• Inheritance - Create an Ebook - Child Class
• Overriding Methods
• Creating and Importing From a Module
• The Object Class - Overview
• The Python Standard Library
• Random Module - Random Fruit Hands-on
• Hands-on - Random Fruit with Choice Module Method
• Using Datetime Module

11. Writing & Reading Files - Do Useful Tasks with Python

• Do Amazing Things with Python
• The Path Class & Reading a Text File
• Resolving Path - Reading From a Subdirectory with Path
• Path Properties Overview
• Writing to Text File with Path
• Read and Write to File Using the "with" Keyword
• Handling Exceptions
• The "FileNotFound" and "IndexError" Exception Types
• Custom Exception Creation and Handling
• JSON - Reading and Writing to a JSON File
• Hands-On - Writing and Reading - Countries to JSON File

12. Hands-On - Build a File Organizer Program

• File Organizer Program

13. Python Virtual Environment and PIP

• Virtual Environment in Python - Overview
• Setting up Virtual Environment and Installing a Package

14. Hands-on - Image Watermarker Tool

• Watermarker Python Tool
• Building an Image Watermarker in Python - Part 1
• Generating the Watermarked Images

15. Consuming Online Data - APIs and Online Files and Data sources

• Consuming a JSON API
• GET and POST Methods
• Hands-On - Book Search with the Google Books API - Part 1
• Hands-On - Book Search - Add User Input & Search Term
• Hands-on - Book Search - Showing Book Pagination

16. Plotting Graphs in Python

• Using Matlibplot Library to Plot Data in a Graph
• Adding Labels to Graph and Changing Plot Style
• Changing Graph Style Randomly
• Hands-on - Expense Tracker with Visualization
• Reading a CSV File - Introduction
• Getting the CSV Header Position - Column's Index
• Reading Data From a CSV Column
• Plotting a Graph with CSV Data

17. Python & AI (OpenAI API) & Streamlit - Build a Task Breakdown Tool

• Task Breakdown Demo
• Python and AI - Building AI-based Applications
• Getting the OpenAI API Key
• Setting up OpenAI API Key and Overview
• OpenAI API - ChatCompletion and Prompts - Introduction
• Setting up the Prompt for the Task Breakdown App - Part-1
• Adding User Input - Console-Based Program
• Adding a User Interface with Streamlit Framework

18. Web Development with the Django Framework - Build a Book Tracker Web App

• The Django Framework - Introduction and Overview
• Creating a Django project & Project Files Overview
• Creating a Database and Running Our web App
• Defining Models and Running Migrations
• Setting up a Super User and Registering a Model with the Admin Site
• Defining Models and Running Migrations
• The Django Shell - Looking at Saved Data
• Mapping URLs and Creating a View and Showing on the Browser
• Modifying our Template and Showing Books
• Installing VS Code Extension for Django Templates
• Create a Base Django HTML Template
• The URL Template Tag
• Show All Genres on the Genre Page
• Adding a Genre URL Template Tag to Base HTML
• Showing All Books Related to a Specific Genre
• Updating the Genre Template and Adding URL Navigation to Base HTML

19. Web Development with the Django Framework - Accounts, Adding Books and Genres

• Adding a Form to Add a Genre
• Adding a Form to Enter a New Book
• Editing a Book Entry and Saving the Changes
• Adding User Authentication and Login
• Log Users Out
• Register Users

20. Web Development with the Django Framework - Restricting Access to Pages

• Restricting Access to Pages
• Connecting Data to Specific User
• Deleting a Book - Abrupt Solution
• Deleting a Book The Right Way with a Warning

21. Web Development with the Django Framework - Styling the Web App

• Adding Bootstrap to Our Django Application
• Styling the Index and Login Pages
• Styling the Genres Template
• Finalize Styling All Templates with Bootstrap5

22. Web Development with the Django Framework - Deploying the Web App to Heroku

• Setting up Git, Heroku and the Heroku CLI
• Setting up Our Project for Development - Part 1
• Deploying to Heroku - Web App Live!

23. Wrap Up

• Next Steps