Python Programming in 15 Minutes

This is my attempt to pack as much information about the Python programming language into 15 minutes. To actually learn Python correctly, there are other resources out there to help you.

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[daveaddison]

As someone learning Python after learning PHP and C++, this is a very direct and useful syntax tutorial. Thanks for avoiding the bullshit!!

[FinancialSurvivalCtr]

Exactly how any language should be taught .. a 15 minute fly over so the basics are covered. Great job!

[annacatton]

On the day I am commenting this, I am recieving a screen to program with a raspberry pi, and learning python in school. You have no idea how much this has helped me take one more step towards my dream job of games designer.

[MasonAtha]

This was my first Python tutorial, and after learning some basics in programming, I found this pretty easy. Thanks!

[ChuckMiddaugh]

I program is LISP daily. Lambdas are used by all LISP programmers. Thank you, this is a great tutorial.

[ChromeEdition]

wow, this was sweet. i just downloaded python maybe 20 minutes ago and decided to mess around with it. this video is so incredibly helpful, i could never thank you enough! i find all this stuff so fascinating and intriguing. i have NO prior experience whatsoever, but your explanations made perfect sense to me. i paused the video several times to see if i could re-create one of your examples on my own and every time it worked, i just sat there dumbfounded and in awe. hahaha thank you!! :)

[johndasilva]

Awesome 15 intro into Python and helps for a principal understanding of the fundamentals.

[klaudiag]

Awesome job! Thanks for this! I totally agree with Dave Addison's comment below: "Thanks for avoiding the bullshit!!" 

[ChromeEdition]

this video makes me even more excited to learn about the possibilities of python and coding in general!

[mathsvlog]

'print' is used to print out strings to the console or command line. Anything you print that isn't a string will get converted to a string. 'return' is used at the end of a function to return a value to the function caller and is not used for printing to the screen (however, if you call a function in the shell command line without assigning the value to a variable, it will print instead). So, if you have a function func() that just does "return 1", then a=func(), func() will return int 1 to a.

[ahmdsamir]

wow dude, that was very useful, I program in c and needed a quick guide for python for a quick job, that was exactly what i needed, Greetings from Berlin

[masterosargent]

thanks for the great video! this summed up what is taught in intro to programming for 2 weeks at a uni of california.
omg, you are the best since my prof cannot teach any better haha

[anoxRJ]

This is a really good brush up if you're coming back to python after a while, and just need a quick brush up on syntax.

[maxhallberg]

Thanks, you have might just started my programmer career!

[rehoguma]

I'm sure there are times when using python would be acceptable in the work field; such as to write a separate script for a larger program. But the huge advantage with python is that it is easier to learn than other high-level languages, and it gets you familiar with the basics of all standard programming. Things like variables, methods, etc., are all very easily understood starting with python and will pave the way for more complex languages later. Once you learn one, the rest come easier.

[mathsvlog]

since True evaluates to True, the same way that 1==1 evaluates to True, that loop will always run until the break statement breaks the loop. Since the loop increments y every time, it'll print "INFINITE LOOP" ten times, since the conditional block on y==10 contains the break statement.

[Colstonewall]

Thanks for the reply! Yes, it helps. I guess I was really looking for a more specific answer though. Like maybe "after I learned the basics of my 1st language, I DID THIS. . .". If you can remember, that is lol. . . .I don't want to go start reading books on Algorithms now if it's not going to help me advance, now. I did teach myself wxPython, and loved it. But I guess I was trying to figure out exactly what I'm supposed to do to progress, if that's possible. I assume everyone is different.

[tucsonbishops]

This tutorial makes Python fun, easy, and yes...cheezy!

[majicboca]

There are a couple of things that you said at the end of the video, while rushing to finish that are wrong:
1. Python IS an object oriented language. In Python, everything is an object.
2. Python does use curly braces; dictionaries can be defined that way.
It is very critical to note that Python uses colons and indentation to delineate chunks of code, which is a distinguishing characteristic of the Python.
Good attempt and admire your drive, but don't rush too much.

[mathsvlog]

It might depend on what kinds of things you want to do. Example, if you want to make a game that opens in a new window and can process user keystrokes and mouse clicks, there's the pygame module. For interactive graphing somewhat similar to matlab, there's matplotlib. There are other libraries out there that do other things, which you'll have to find and install.

I haven't heard of a way to just create new GUI windows without having to install a library first, but I could be wrong.