Course “Python: Setting up the environment”
Course updated on February 14, 2025
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Description
In this course, you will learn how to set up an environment. You will learn about virtual environments, the standard pip package manager, and the alternative Poetry manager. You will learn how to create conflict-free dependencies for your programs, run programs locally, and create install files with entry points. You will learn how to create a project and link libraries to it. The knowledge you gain from this course will help you organize your local environment intelligently and use best practices for managing your code. This course is a must for anyone who wants to learn how to program in Python. To make learning easier, you should know the basics of the command line and the Git version control system.
You will learn
- Install Python in the operating system
- Set up a local environment to run Python code
- Run scripts, modules, and packages
Syllabus
1 | Introduction Getting to know the course and its goals |
2 | Installing Python Installing the interpreter and learning how to use the REPL |
3 | Working with the REPL Finding out what Python REPL is and how to use this powerful tool |
4 | Read more about Python Introducing of the concept of interpretation |
5 | Packages and indices Exploring code bundling and package indices |
6 | Setuptools, distutils, and pip modules Discussing the distutils library, the Setuptools package, and the pip installer |
7 | Installing pip Learning how to install pip and download the first package |
8 | Alternative package sources Learning how to use pip to install packages from alternative sources |
9 | Virtual environments Learning to avoid interdependencies and clutter in the global environment |
10 | Scripts Learning to write and run scripts |
11 | Running modules and packages Learning how to design modules and packages that can be imported and run as scripts |
12 | Accessibily for working with Python Learn about tools that improve the development, packaging, and deployment |
13 | Getting started with Poetry Learning how to install and set up Poetry to create your first project |
14 | Poetry and dependency management Learning how to add dependencies to a project and run developer tools |
15 | Poetry and scripts Learning how to describe the points of entry into the program in Poetry projects |
16 | Building a package distribution using Poetry Building project distributions and learning to install them with pip |
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