Core Python: Big Picture

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Jason Olson

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1. Course Overview

1. Course Overview.mp4

01:51

2. Why Python

01. The Big Picture.mp4

01:56

02. Simple to Learn.mp4

01:05

03. Simple to Use.mp4

02:02

04. Great Community.mp4

01:22

05. High Demand.mp4

01:05

06. Widely Used.mp4

00:41

07. Web Development.mp4

01:10

08. Data Science.mp4

02:52

09. Education and Learning.mp4

01:18

10. Scripting.mp4

02:01

3. What is Python

1. What Is Python.mp4

00:44

2. Unique Syntax.mp4

01:46

3. General-purpose.mp4

02:54

4. Multi-paradigm.mp4

04:41

5. Interpreted.mp4

01:49

6. Garbage-collected.mp4

02:12

7. Dynamically-typed.mp4

02:48

8. Summary.mp4

00:26

4. Python Pros and Cons

1. Pros and Cons.mp4

00:26

2. Pro - Comprehensive Standard Library.mp4

02:30

3. Pro - Community-driven.mp4

02:45

4. Pro - 3rd Party Libraries.mp4

02:39

5. Pro - 3rd Party Tools.mp4

02:00

6. Drawbacks.mp4

01:54

7. Course Summary.mp4

01:59

Description

This course is a big picture introduction to Python, a widely used programming language growing in popularity, is simple to learn, and ultimately, fun to use.

What You'll Learn?

Are you an existing developer wanting to learn a new programming language? Or perhaps you are a program manager type wanting a deeper understanding of the technologies you are surrounded by? In this course, Core Python: Big Picture, you will learn about Python, a widely used and fun programming language, and perhaps the only popular programming language named after a world-famous comedy group.

First, you'll discover what Python. Next, you'll explore why Python is growing in popularity and used across many different fields in many different ways. Finally, you'll learn what Python’s strengths are, as well as its weaknesses.

By the end of this course, you should have the knowledge of Core Python needed to tell if you are interested in learning more about Python and understand why you want to use it.

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Jason Olson

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Jason Olson is a software engineer passionate about distributed computing and cloud-based technology. He is a full stack developer at Concur, and formerly a Technical Evangelist and Program Manager at Microsoft. Outside of work, he is a father of two and loving husband. He loves building back-end systems that are distributed, can scale, and are fault-tolerant and reliable. He has delivered talks at Microsoft //build/ (2011, 2013, 2014, and 2015), Tech Ed, internal Microsoft conferences, and many .NET user groups. He has also appeared as a guest on podcasts like .NET Rocks and Hanselminutes.

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Pluralsight, LLC is an American privately held online education company that offers a variety of video training courses for software developers, IT administrators, and creative professionals through its website. Founded in 2004 by Aaron Skonnard, Keith Brown, Fritz Onion, and Bill Williams, the company has its headquarters in Farmington, Utah. As of July 2018, it uses more than 1,400 subject-matter experts as authors, and offers more than 7,000 courses in its catalog. Since first moving its courses online in 2007, the company has expanded, developing a full enterprise platform, and adding skills assessment modules.