learning_goals.md

1 First Steps

• Data types: int(), float(), str(), list()
• Builtins: print(), input(), range(), len()
• keywords: if, for
• operators: +-*/ =>< and or

1.1 Installation

• install Anaconda
• start Spyder
• create a .py file
• use keyboard shortcuts
• know where the official Python documentation is

1.2 Hello World

• read data from the keyboard
• store a string in a variable
• print the contents of a variable
• comment your code

1.3 Python as a calculator

• use the arithmetical operators (+ - * / ** // %)
• distinguish integer and float numbers
• convert integers, floats and strings
• use functions from the math module
• look up functions from the math module
• calculate absolute and rounded values

1.4 Lists

• store data in a list
• create data with range()
• examine the length of a list
• sort and slice lists
• draw a bar plot

1.5 Loops

• iterate over lists and ranges using a for loop
• indent a code block
• distinguish iterables and loop variables
• count the current iteration using a variable
• collect results of a calculation in a list

1.6 Conditions

• write if..elif..else statements
• count items in a list by a condition
• filter a list by a condition
• combine comparison operators with boolean logic
• modify every second entry of a list
• enumerate operators you can use in comparisons

1.7 Debugging

• code, run, debug and repeat
• recognize and fix SyntaxErrors
• recognize and fix IndentationErrors
• recognize and fix runtime Exceptions
• execute code partially and inspect the result
• look up the documentation of functions