Lynda - Learning the Python 3 Standard Library

Size: 326 MB | Duration: 2h 9m | Video: AVC (.mp4) 1280x720 15&30fps | Audio: AAC 48KHz 2ch

Genre: eLearning | Level: Intermediate | Language: English

Python libraries can cut your development time and reduce your frustration with coding. In this Python 3 course, follow Kathryn Hodge as she walks through the Python standard library. Discover how familiarizing yourself with its facilities can make writing code in this concise, elegant language a little easier. Familiarize yourself with the library's built-in functions, math modules, and input and output modules. Learn how to get information from the Internet with the HTTP module, and more.

Topics include:

* Working with logical and comparison operators

* Getting a list of numbers with the range() and list() functions

* Using mathematical functions such as round(), abs(), and pow()

* Calculating a given input's length

* Importing and using the math module

* Reading a user's command-line arguments

* Getting the current time

* Formatting dates and times with datetime

* Creating a timer

* Using urllib to get content from the Internet

* Using the JSON module to decode content