Python Basics – Online Training for Beginners: Basics for automating everyday tasks and getting started with programming – with lots of interactive exercises

1. Data types

• You will be working in your programming environment - the Data Lab - for the first time and executing your first code commands. You will first learn what data or texts are in Python.
• Using a set of rules, you will learn how to create, assign and test data in variables. You will then learn how to read common error messages and practise using them productively in your everyday work.
• You will get to know basic Python standard functions such as type() or str() and use them in application examples.
• Once you have become familiar with the if statement and can use it to link the execution of your code to conditions, you will conclude the chapter with the first part of a two-hour mini-project: you will program a user interface that reacts flexibly to user input.

2. Flow control

• You will learn to work with lists. This allows more flexibility when storing data and is an important prerequisite for advanced programming.
• You will use lists to extend the functionality of your user interface from the first chapter and thus complete the first mini-project.
• You will work with loops, which allow you to automatically execute your code multiple times, taking you to the next level of programming.

3. Functions, modules, methods

• You will complete your programming skills in Python and learn the first advanced techniques. This includes functions and methods.
• You will learn to define functions independently and thus structure your code better. You will also combine individual programming elements such as conditions, loops and functions in programs.
• Using various methods, you will work out how to import Python modules in the correct notation and ensure overall functionality.
• You will learn how to import and export data as a simple test. You will use a one-hour mini-project with telephone data to consolidate what you have learned in the chapter.

4. Python applications

• You will learn what dictionaries are and how they make your code even more efficient. You will learn about complex data structures that you will need for your final project.
• In a four-hour practical project to create a complex user interface for the automated processing of customer inquiries, you will bring together all the content from the previous chapters.

In this practice-oriented training course, you will get to know and apply the basic concepts of Python.

You will learn how to write, execute and adapt your own scripts and programs quickly and easily with Python.

You will learn all about the use of libraries for reading, processing and saving local data.

You will learn how to program automation with Python and use it in a wide variety of scenarios.

You will gain specialist knowledge about using Python for complex data structuresand creating simple user interfacesfor your applications.

You will not only learn theory, but alsoapply the methods and techniques in many practical exercises and consolidate your knowledge quickly and sustainably.

The technical entry hurdles are minimized by the use of Jupyter Notebooks, with which you can carry out the programming exercises directly in the browser.

This training course is aimed at anyone who would like to learn the Python programming language and use it as a versatile general-purpose language, for example in data analysis, software development or web development. The training is also very suitable for career changers without programming experience.