Python - First Week
Tags: python, basic
Published: 2024-07-11 21:23:33

Python is taught online in Tamil without any cost. The only expectation from them is to create a blog and write our understanding after learning. Hence started writing the blog.

- Started Learning python through Kaniyam. Got to know about two Tamil people Syed and Srini. Classes will be for Monday to Wednesday at 7pm to 8pm

- WhatsApp group was created and 3 classes completed. Agenda for every class is clear. During the class Zoom Recording and YouTube Live both were made which is useful for Checking it again.

https://kaniyam.com/python-course-2024/
https://parottasalna.com/python-development/

I have already installed Python and VS code available in my laptop. Find little difficult to understand running the sample program via Terminal and from Vscode. After few tries it is little clear now. So environment is made available for the class.

Lot of free ebooks are available to learn python other than youtube videos. Recommended book links are as below


**<u>Day 1: Meet and Greet:</u>**

Agenda:
1. Why Python ?
2. Course Syllabus
3. Python Installation - Windows, Linux
4. Collab Notebook
5. Where to see updates & recordings.
6. Where to ask questions ?
7. Our Expectations
8. Basic Print Command
9. About FOSS, FOSS Communities.

Post session, the below information is shared

<u>Youtube Recording:</u> 
    Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/live/rcJRkt3odlw?si=SZGCr6aBVwSQII0g
    Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/live/xBpXOkyoFD8?si=Z89W5VAtLnkUpFHH

<u>How to create a blog: </u>
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkp8WK9ub4o

<u>Google Form to submit your blog url:</u>
    https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdiJ3qQ-37YSi2VnTFpgVIJL0iE9mxveKHA3kFnwVAmhJooMg/viewform?usp=sf_link

<u>Whatsapp Group Links:</u> 
    Group 1: https://chat.whatsapp.com/DcfvtLP0y6S0iUkjCJLcH7
    Group 2: https://chat.whatsapp.com/ErBIxb1lQfs7mNRo33c4Vc
    Group 3: https://chat.whatsapp.com/ETxQ9WVCXkp5TYmY22wLaC

**Tamil Linux Forum Link:** (Ask Your Queries here)
    https://forums.tamillinuxcommunity.org/

**Community Links**
    https://forums.tamillinuxcommunity.org/t/gather-all-the-foss-group-in-tamil-nadu/1387

**Python Download Link:**
    https://www.python.org/downloads/
**Google Colab Link:**
    https://colab.research.google.com/

**<u>Day 2: Python Print</u>**

Agenda:

1. 10 min discussion on previous class
2. Basic print statement
3. Multiple prints
4. separator
5. concatenating strings
6. escape sequences
7. raw string
8. printing quotes inside strings.
9. printing numbers
10. multiline strings
11. string multiplication
12. combining int and str in printing
13. .format
14. f-strings

Concepts are understood. Important links are

<u>Youtube Recording:</u>
    Session: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr3skBHzbAI&list=PLiutOxBS1Mizte0ehfMrRKHSIQcCImwHL&index=4&pp=gAQBiAQB
    Q/A: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWjW7GBMND4&list=PLiutOxBS1Mizte0ehfMrRKHSIQcCImwHL&index=5&pp=gAQBiAQB
<u>Blog:</u> https://parottasalna.com/2024/07/05/python-fundamentals-the-print/
<u>Quiz:</u> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeW7dGCYrvPXBK7llexbwa_yImFQWFiHHE4c4ATOk-NwJWxIw/viewform?usp=sf_link
<u>Task:</u> https://parottasalna.com/2024/07/04/task-1-python-print-exercises/
<u>Playlist:</u> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiutOxBS1Mizte0ehfMrRKHSIQcCImwHL
<u>Colab Notebook:</u> https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1Uu9btRd_U0i3-PRfZwlR2QalJRp0DbBK?usp=sharing
<u>Infographics:</u> https://parottasalna.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/print-method.pdf

Byte of Python book is recommended. The link is'''

https://python.swaroopch.com/
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/index.htm
https://python.swaroopch.com/
https://pymbook.readthedocs.io/

'''

**<u>Day 3:  Data types Variables and constants</u>**
Agenda:
0. Discussion on print quiz.
1. Numeric Types (int, float, complex)  
2. Text Type (strings)
3. Boolean Type (bool)
4. None Type (None)
5. How to check a data type ?
6. What is a variable ?
7. How to define it 
8. valid, invalid variables
9. assigning values
10. multiple assignment
11. unpacking
12. variable types
13. Constants


<u>**Details shared**</u>
Print Quiz Solutions Video: https://youtu.be/JzFLSZySbRI
Print Task Solutions: https://youtu.be/k6pwbOZtQ30

<u>Variables Datatypes & Constants:</u>
     Session: https://youtube.com/live/5G0PoJofxXk?feature=share
     <u>Q/A</u>: https://youtube.com/live/9cJDqHwQG5k?feature=share
<u>Blog:</u> https://parottasalna.com/2024/07/07/python-fundamentals-constants-variables-and-data-types/
<u>Quiz:</u> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSezKyjHkKlg4Qo8juWqviZkasyWOcAcEcBzK_NsBwGYG3WAvg/viewform?usp=sf_link
<u>Task:</u> https://parottasalna.com/2024/07/07/task-2-constants-and-variables/
<u>Playlist:</u> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiutOxBS1Mizte0ehfMrRKHSIQcCImwHL
<u>Infographics:</u> https://parottasalna.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/variables-constants-and-data-types-in-python.pdf

There was a Q&A session planned by Srini and Syed today as there are many participants(11.07.2024 - Thursday)

I told them that I will create a blog this weekend. Srini objected and said that postponing the activity will keep that delayed. Hence today I started writing  my first blog. 

For teaching Kids, below websites can be checked

- https://code.org/
- https://scratch.mit.edu/

**<u>Other important links:</u>**

- https://kaniyam.com/ebooks
- https://www.datacamp.com/tutorial/setting-up-vscode-python

I have asked two questions today.

1. Website link to teach kids?
2. To know in detail about print function(like hovering over VSCODE on print provides detail) what I have to do?
3. For the above I have to add some addons. those are **Python** and **Pylance**
4. During the conversation Pandas also came which is a library for Excel data processing.

Also there was some interesting questions came about AI training using Python. It seems like with the available data, next prediction will happen like Regression LinearGraph.To know more about AI, **We need to study the Book from Kaniyam**

<u>AI Libraries</u>

- Scifikit
- Tensorflow
- pytorch

**<u>To do:</u>**
1. Go through the link or search on adding python, Pylance library to VScode
2. Explore Pandas with the Ebook
3. Read Byte of python till date