Python Class Curriculum and Resources

As software becomes a more and more integral part of daily life, being able to not only use these tools, but also to create using them is essential. This article will include the curriculum for my python class and some other resources you can use to hone your skills and knowledge. I teach a python class every Monday - Thursday at 9:00 AM EST. If you are interested in joining you can sign up by submitting an application at https://www.wequil.school/

Curriculum

Printing

The print function in Python is used to output something.

print(“name”)

Output -> name

What Integers, Variables, Lists, Strings are

Integers -> Numbers

Strings -> Words with “”

Variables -> A place where you can store data

List -> A type of data that allows you to store multiple things

For example:

Integer: 2

String: “Hello”

Variable: name = “Sally”

List: list1 = [1, 3, 5, 2, 4]

How would you print Integers, Variables, Lists, and Strings?

Integers: print(______[write in integer, no “”])

Variables: print(_______[write in variable, no “”])

Strings: print(“______”[You can write in anything you want as long as it’s in quotes])

Lists: print(_______[Write the variable to store in the list]])

Examples:

Printing Integers:

print(2)

Printing Varibles:

name = "Sally"

print(name)

Printing Strings:

print("Hello")

Printing Lists:

List1 = ["hi", "this", "is", "a", "list"]

print(List1)

Input()

What is input?

→ Input is when the user gets to choose

For example:

print(“Which color do you like best? Pink or blue.”)

Color = input()

print(“What is your name?”)

Name = input()

print(“Hello, my name is ” + Name + “. And I like the color ” + Color + “!”)

Output:

→ Hello my name is Sumay. And I like the color blue!

As you can see input() is really cool! Let’s see if we can expand on it!

Indexes

Food = [“Apple”, “Banana”, “Peach”, “Watermelon”, “Kiwi”]

^ ^ ^ ^ ^

0 & -5 1 & -4 2 & -3 3 & -2 4 & -1

Indexes: They point to a specific element in a list

Indexes in Python always start with 0

Positives:

print(Food[0]) —> Apple

print(Food[1]) —> Banana

print(Food[2]) —> Peach

print(Food[3]) —> Watermelon

print(Food[4]) —> Kiwi

Negatives:

print(Food[-5]) —> Apple

print(Food[-4]) —> Banana

print(Food[-3]) —> Peach

print(Food[-2]) —> Watermelon

print(Food[-1]) —> Kiwi

Printing with +

Sometimes you want to print multiple things in one print statement. This is made possible by using a + sign in your print statements!

Word = "Carrots"

print("My favorite food is " + Word + ".")

Output → My favorite food is Carrots.

--

Numbers = [1,2,3]

Numbers2 = [4,5,6]

print(Numbers + Numbers2)

Output->[1,2,3,4,5,6]

all_numbers = (Numbers + Numbers2)

print(“These are some of the numbers I know! ” + all_numbers)

Output->These are some of the numbers I know! [1,2,3,4,5,6]

len()

len() it counts how many items are in a list.

Number = [1,2,3,4,5,6,”Hello”]

print(len(Number))

Output —> 7

Food = [“Pizza”, “Cookie”, “Orange”]

print(len(Food))

Output -> 3

Append

Monkey = [“M”, ”o”, ”n”, ”k”, ”e”]

Monkey.append(“y”)

That adds to the list so it has the word “monkey”.

print(Monkey)

Output —> ['M', 'o', 'n', 'k', 'e', 'y']

Del()

Del() is used to delete things from a list.

Syntax:

del(list name[index])

x = [1,2,3,4,6,”hello”]

print(x)

Output —> [1,2,3,4,6,’hello’]

I wanna delete 6

del(x[4])

print(x)

Output —> [1,2,3,4,’hello’]

len(x)

Output—> 5

If and Else Statements

Box = “toy”

If Box == “toy”:

Box = empty

Else:

Box = toy

Why is the difference between = and ==?

= means assign == means compare.

Elif

Elif is for when there is another if

For example:

apple = input()

If apple == “red”:

print(“Your apple is red!”)

Elif apple == “green”:

print(“Your apple is green!”)

Else:

print(“Your apple is yellow!”)

Casting

Casting is converting integers into string and vice-versa

For example:

How would you change 3 into a string.

str(3)-> “3”

Syntax:

str(*integer*)

Or a string into an integer.

int(“3”)-> 3

Syntax:

int(*string*)

Functions

What are functions?

Functions are quick ways of running big amounts of code.

Syntax:

def *Function name*():

*What you want the function to do*

*Function name*()

Instead of:

print(“Hi”)

print(“My”)

print(“Name”)

print(“Is”)

print(“Bob”)

Output—> Hi

My

Name

Is

Bob

We can make a function:

def Printing():

print(“Hi”)

print(“My”)

print(“Name”)

print(“Is”)

print(“Bob”)

return Printing

Printing()

Output—> Hi

My

Name

Is

Bob

The thing about a function is that you can do it multiple times!

Printing()

Printing()

Output—> Hi

My

Name

Is

Bob

Hi

My

Name

Is

Bob

You can also have customizable functions where you have to input values in the () in your function.

def persontemplate(firstname, lastname, age):

print("First Name: " + firstname)

print("Last Name: " + lastname)

print("Age: " + age)

persontemplate("Jeff", "PersonDude", "155")

persontemplate("Sally", "Hello", "68")

By adding (firstname, lastname, age) in the function you make it so that when you call the function, you have to add those values.

How to make things uppercase

String1 = “Hello”

print(String1.upper())

Output → HELLO

print(String1.lower())

Output → hello

13. How to make things lowercase

String1 = “HELLO”

print(String1.lower())

Output → hello

For loops

A For loop loops through a list.

x = [1,2,3,4,5]

If you want to change something in a list you can do this:

x[0] = 2

print(x)

Output—> [2,2,3,4,5]

What if you want to change x into:

[3, 3, 4, 5, 6]

That would take a long time.

So we can make a For loop.

This for loop would add 1 to every element of the list.

Syntax:

For *variable to hold the current element of the list* in *list*():

___________

___________

Then it does whatever you put for the for loop to do and does it to every element in the list.

For i in x():

i = i + 1

How to keep track of points

How would you keep track of points in python?

→ Unfortunately there is no built in function that keeps track of points. So we have to build it ourselves.

Let’s get started!

# First we make a variable called points.

Points = 0