Python Deep Dive Handwritten Notes

Chapter 1: Introduction to Python

• What is Python?
• Python’s history and popularity
• Installing Python
• Running Python scripts
• Python development environments (IDLE, VSCode, Jupyter Notebook, etc.)
• The print() function
• Basic arithmetic operations

Chapter 2: Variables and Data Types

• Variables and naming conventions
• Numeric data types (int, float)
• Strings and string manipulation
• Booleans
• Type conversion (int(), float(), str())
• Variables and memory

Chapter 3: Control Flow

• If statements
• Comparison operators (==, !=, <, >, <=, >=)
• Logical operators (and, or, not)
• Else and elif statements
• Nested if statements
• The while loop
• The for loop
• Loop control statements (break, continue)
• Using range() in for loops

Chapter 4: Lists and Tuples

• Lists and their methods (append, extend, pop, remove, etc.)
• Indexing and slicing
• List comprehension
• Tuples and their immutability
• Tuple packing and unpacking Chapter 5: Dictionaries and Sets
• Dictionary basics
• Dictionary methods (get, keys, values, items, etc.)
• Sets and set operations (union, intersection, difference)
• Creating dictionaries and sets

Chapter 6: Functions

• Defining and calling functions
• Function arguments and parameters
• Returning values from functions
• Local and global variables
• Function documentation (docstrings)
• Lambda functions
• Recursion

Chapter 7: Modules and Packages

• Importing modules
• Creating and using your own modules
•  Standard Library modules
• Exploring third-party packages (e.g., NumPy, Pandas)

Chapter 8: File Handling

• Opening and closing files
• Reading and writing text files
• Reading and writing binary files
• Working with file paths
• Exception handling with files