The PyQuest Primer

Free & Open Education for Total Pythoneers!

1000: Welcome to Total Pythoneering

Total Pythoneering's free & open educational opportunites are numbered. From 1000, 2000, 3000 and beyond Pythoneers of all tenure can easily manage any Pythoneering 'quest.

1001: Your First Package

Discover how to use Python at the Command Line Interface (CLI) to download & install packages from the Python Package Index (PyPi.)

1002: How Python Works

Convince others that you REALLY know Python by talking about the REPL, and 'The Rules!'

1003: PyQuest Review No. 01

Lock what you've learned into long-term memory by answering your first set of PyQuest review questions.

1004: Creating & Automating Scripts

Enjoy discovering how to create your own Pythoneering 'scripts' to replay, share, and re-use your creations.

1005: PyQuest Review No. 02

Master what you have learned by answering this second set of PyQuest interview questions.

1006: Accepting & Using Input

Input, processing & output ... in this lesson you will learn how to read, combine, and manage data.

1007: PyQuest Review No. 03

PyQuest cards & concepts to know, save, keep, and share.

1008: Functions, Blocks & Processing

Create your first function. Learn how computers can be 'linked together' to automate your data-processes by 'chaining.'

1009: PyQuest Review No. 04.

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1010: Clearing Screens, Default Parameters & Exceptions

Itโ€™s time to understand how to create our own functions and parameter parameters and discover โ€œExceptionalโ€ ๐Ÿ˜ code!

1011: PyQuest Review No. 05

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10012: Requirements & Flowcharts

Depicting procedures, steps, and requirements - Why write 1,000 words when a classic diagram will do?

1013: PyQuest Review No. 06

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1014: Pythoneering from Requirements

Discover how the Flowcharting 'Decision' symbol can map directly to our blocks & code.

1015: PyQuest Review No. 07

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1016: Homework Assignments?

Wrapping up: Additional comment types, standards, and suggestions for further self-education. Reviewing the solution to the last activity, our mission is to keep on โ€˜Pythoneering!

1017: PyQuest Review No. 08 [FINAL]

The final set of PyQuest cards & concepts to know, save, keep, and share... In the professional world โ€˜nada is truly marked โ€˜wonโ€™ until that final review โ€ฆ is done! HAPPY PYTHONEERING!