The Python Workshop

Learn the fundamentals of clean effective Python coding and build the practical skills to tackle your own software development or data science projectsKey FeaturesBuild key Python skills with engaging development tasks and challenging activitiesImplement useful algorithms and write programs to solve real-world problemsApply Python in realistic data science projects and create simple machine learning modelsBook DescriptionHave you always wanted to learn Python but never quite known how to start?More applications than we realize are being developed using Python because it is easy to learn read and write. You can now start learning the language quickly and effectively with the help of this interactive tutorial.The Python Workshop starts by showing you how to correctly apply Python syntax to write simple programs and how to use appropriate Python structures to store and retrieve data. You'll see how to handle files deal with errors and use classes and methods to write concise reusable and efficient code.As you advance you'll understand how to use the standard library debug code to troubleshoot problems and write unit tests to validate application behavior.You'll gain insights into using the pandas and NumPy libraries for analyzing data and the graphical libraries of Matplotlib and Seaborn to create impactful data visualizations. By focusing on entry-level data science you'll build your practical Python skills in a way that mirrors real-world development. Finally you'll discover the key steps in building and using simple machine learning algorithms.By the end of this Python book you'll have the knowledge skills and confidence to creatively tackle your own ambitious projects with Python.What you will learnWrite clean and well-commented code that is easy to maintainAutomate essential day-to-day tasks with Python scriptsDebug logical errors and handle exceptions in your programsExplore data science fundamentals and create engaging visualizationsGet started with predictive machine learningKeep your development process bug-free with automated testingWho this book is forThis book is designed for anyone who is new to the Python programming language. Whether you're an aspiring software engineer or data scientist or are just curious about learning how to code with Python this book is for you. No prior programming experience is required. About the Author Andrew Bird is the data and analytics manager for Vesparum Capital. He leads the software and data science teams at Vesparum overseeing full stack web development in Django / React. He is an Australian actuary (FIAA CERA) who has previously worked with Deloitte Consulting in financial services. Andrew also currently works as a full-stack developer for Draftable Pvt. Ltd. He manages ongoing development of the donation portal for Effective Altruism Australia website on a voluntary basis.Dr Lau Cher Han is a Chief data scientist and currently the CEO of LEAD an institution that provides programs on data science full stack web development and digital marketing. Well-versed in programming languages: JavaScript Python C# and so on he is experienced in web frameworks: MEAN Stack ASP.NET Python Django and is multilingual speaking English Chinese Bahasa fluently. His knowledge of Chinese spreads even into its dialects: Hokkien Teochew and Cantonese.Mario Corchero Jiménez is a senior software developer at Bloomberg. He leads the Python infrastructure team in London enabling the company to work effectively in Python and building company-wide libraries and tools. His professional experience is mainly in C++ and Python and he has contributed some patches to multiple Python open source projects. He is a PSF fellow having received the Q3 2018 PSF Community Award is vice president of Python Espaa (the Python Spain association) and has served as Chair of PyLondinium PyConES17 and PyCon Charlas at PyCon 20