Enough Python to Fake It
summary
Two-hour beginner session that gives one hour of hands-on Python in a browser and one hour of jargon and next-step resources. Participants type exercises A–E on a PythonAnywhere console (variables, lists, for‑loops, simple debugging), learn introspection, decorators, JSON, pip/PyPI and testing, and get practical tips on virtual environments and Docker, REPL/Jupyter and editors like Mu. Recommends concrete follow-ups: Python Tutor, the book Automate the Boring Stuff, and Module of the Week.
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chapters (29)
- 0:00Welcome
- 1:45The handout
- 2:08The goal
- 3:00Why Python
- 6:45Python in the Solar System
- 7:08Python Anywhere
- 9:40Python O
- 17:24Python List
- 25:44Vocabulary
- 27:24Objectorientation
- 29:34Methods
- 31:04Concepts
- 34:24List
- 34:54Lazily
- 35:54Domainspecific languages
- 38:24Python introspection
- 39:34dir
- 40:34decorator
- 42:14wrapl
- 44:34mu
- 44:54Libraries
- 45:39pip
- 46:19virtual environments
- 48:34docker
- 49:14regression
- 50:09web programming
- 52:09continuous integration
- 55:14JSON
- 57:19Python Tutorials
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