Python

2018, Fulda, Germany

Nationaler Akademietag in Fulda 2018
Maciek Wichary, Sławek Wernikowski, OpenEDG Python
Institute

April 2018
 Yes
You can find
me in this
picture!

My very first CCNA group back in 2002

All of my students have great jobs now.

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Agenda

02 04
Overview of the
How to make your Programming Essentials
teaching job easier. In Python course

Why Python? Use of Python Overview EDUBE

A very important tool to

01 03
What is Python actually
make labs attractive and
used for?
easy.
We will do the lab now!

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 Education as the process
jobs.thelocal.com

Start Lectures, labs, quizes, chapter assesments

 What is Python actually used for?

They were all written, to

Battlefield 2, Battlefield 2142 and Battlefield Heroes a greater or lesser
All the games use Python for logic and server controls extent, in Python.
 Other examples
• Internet Applications (BitTorrent, Jogger Publishing Assistant, TheCircle,
TwistedMatrix)
• 3D CAD/CAM (FreeCAD, Fandango, Blender, Vintech RCAM)
• Enterprise Applications (Odoo, Tryton, Picalo, LinOTP 2, RESTx)
• Image Applications (Gnofract 4D, Gogh, imgSeek, MayaVi, VPython)
• Mobile Applications (Aarlogic C05/3, AppBackup, Pyroute)
• Office Applications (calibre, faces, Notalon, pyspread)
• Personal Information Managers (BitPim, Narval, Prioritise, Task Coach,
WikidPad)
 Generally, Python is a great choice for:
• Web and Internet development (e.g., Django and Pyramid frameworks, Flask and Bottle
micro-frameworks)
• Scientific and numeric computing (e.g., SciPy – a collection of packages for the purposes of
mathematics, science, and engineering; Ipython – an interactive shell that features editing
and recording of work sessions)
• Education (it’s a brilliant language for teaching programming! And that’s why we’re
offering this course to you!)
• Desktop GUIs (e.g., wxWidgets, Kivy, Qt)
• Software Development (build control, management, and testing – Scons, Buildbot, Apache
Gump, Roundup, Trac)
• Business applications (ERP and e-commerce systems – Odoo, Tryton)
Python’s strength is not
about its speed. It is all
about simplicity and
readability.
 Overview
PCAP | Programming Essentials In Python

01 03
For beginners with little or no Accessed online with no
prior knowledge of special equipment or
programming. system requirements.

02
Designed to be a full-semester 04
course: 5 modules, 5 quizzes, 5 Instructor-led training
module assessments, 30+ lab offered at no cost.
exercises, 2 summary tests,
and 1 final test.

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The course and the lab online

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How to start your adventure
with Python?

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Please, enter our site:

http://workshop.pythoninstitute.org

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Agenda
1 Problem 1: The strange plant

2 Problem 2: Paying our dues

3 Problem 3: Indians' investments

4 Problem 4: How did Caesar write his mails?

5 Problem 5: How to read Caesar's mails?

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 What is a variable?
A variable is a named container.

You can put a single value or even a

couple of different values into such a
container.

Some words could not be used to

name variables and… doesn't matter.
problem
#1 variable = value
variable = expression
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 What is a value?
To make things clear, we can say that a
value can be:

a number:
1
3.1415

a string:
problem "This is a string"
#1 'This is a string, too'
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 How to output a value?

If you want to output a value to the

screen/console, you use print()

variable = 123
print(1)
print("This is a string")
problem print(variable)
#1
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 How to input a value?

If you want to input a value from the

keyboard, you use input()

Note: the input is always a string!

var1 = input()
var2 = input('Input a word')
problem
#1
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 How to input a number?

If you want to input a number, you need

to convert it from a string – int() or
float() will do it for you.

howmany = int(input())
howmuch = float(input())

problem
#1
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 How to check a variable?

If you want to check if a variable contains

a speficic value, you can ask about it:

if variable==1: print('equal')

problem
#1
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 How to check a variable?

You can also do something different if the

check fails:

if variable==1: print('equal')
else: print('sorry')

problem
#1
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 OK,
now we can deal with
problem #1

problem
#1
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 How to evaluate an
expression's value?

Python knows arithmetic – you can rely

on it.
Python can add numbers:

var = a + b
problem
#2
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 How to evaluate
expression's value?

Python knows arithmetic – you can rely

on it.
Python can multiply numbers:

var = a * b
problem
#2
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 How to evaluate
expression's value?

Python knows arithmetic – you can rely

on it.
Python can subtract numbers:

var = a - b
problem
#2
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 How to evaluate
expression's value?

Python knows arithmetic – you can rely

on it.
Python can divide numbers:

var = a / b
problem
#2 ...but, please, don't try do divide by zero
(unless you want to cause a little disaster)
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 How to evaluate an
expression's value?

Your expression can be as complex as

you need – you can use parentheses,
too.

var = (a * (1 + b)) / (b – a)
problem
#2
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 OK,
now we can approach
problem #2

problem
#2
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 How to repeat execution
of any part of your code?

for v in range(1,5):
print(v)

1
problem 2
#3 3
4
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 How to repeat execution
of any part of your code?

for v in range(3):
print(v)

0
problem 1
#3 2

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 OK,
now we can launch
problem #3

problem
#3
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 How letters are stored
within the computer
memory?

They are stored as numbers, based on

ASCII standard.

problem
#4
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 How to get an ASCII
code of a letter?

You need to use ord()

letter = 'A'
code = ord(letter)
print(code)
problem
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 How to get a letter stored
as a given ASCII code?

You need to use chr()

code = 66
letter = chr(code)
print(letter)
problem
#4 (Note: it will print B to the console – check it
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 How to traverse through all
the letters of a string?

You can use for.

string = 'abc'
for c in string:
print(c)
problem
#4 (Note: it will print a b c to the console)
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 How to check if a character
is actually an uppercase
letter?

char1 = 'A'
char2 = 'z'
print(char1.isupper()) # True
problem
print(char2.isupper()) # False
#4
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 How to control the output?

print('IULIUS')
print('CAESAR')

IULIUS
CAESAR
problem
#4
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 How to control the output?

print('IULIUS', end='')
print('CAESAR')

IULIUSCAESAR

problem
#4
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 OK,
we are ready to cope with
problem #4

problem
#4
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 How to collect more than
one value inside one
variable?

You can use a list.

list = [] # list is empty

list.append(1) # list has 1 elem
problem list.append(2) # list has 2 elems
#5 print(list) # [ 1, 2 ]
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 How to collect more than
one value inside one
variable?

You can use a dictionary.

dict = {} # dict is empty

dict['a'] = 1 # 1st key/elem
problem dict['b'] = 2 # 2nd key/elem
#5 print(dict) # {'a': 1, 'b': 2}
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 How to read the content of
a file into a variable?

with open('filename') as file:

text = file.read();

problem
#5
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 How to initialize letters'
counters?

freqdict = {}
for c in range(ord('A'),ord('Z')+1):
freqdict[chr(c)] = 0

problem
#5
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 How to count all letters?

for c in text:
if c.isalpha():
freqdict[c] += 1

problem
#5
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 How to sort letters by their
frequencies?

transcodedict = {}
for c in sorted(freqdict, key=lambda x : freqdict[x], reverse=True):
transcodedict[c] = freqstr[0]
freqstr = freqstr[1:]

problem
#5
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 How to sort letters by their
frequencies?

transcodedict = {}
for c in sorted(freqdict, key=lambda x : freqdict[x], reverse=True):
transcodedict[c] = freqstr[0]
freqstr = freqstr[1:]

problem
#5
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 OK,
let's break the code!

problem
#5
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 Q&A

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