Python — Zero to Hero

3h 24m total

A complete, hands-on Python journey from your first installation to building an idiomatic, tested, async-capable project. Mixes prose, runnable code, MCQ checks, prediction drills, ordering and matching activities, an embedded REPL, environment checklists, and mentor-chat prompts so every skill is rehearsed in the format that fits it best.

Python CoreProgramming FundamentalsCareer SWE Foundations

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1.
Getting Set Up: Python, Editors, REPL
24 min3 lessons
1. Locked — enroll to unlock. Install Python and verify it works8 min
2. Locked — enroll to unlock. The REPL and your first .py file8 min
3. Locked — enroll to unlock. Editors and virtual environments8 min
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Syntax, Variables, and Core Types
24 min3 lessons
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Cheat sheet
Progress tracking
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Mentor context
Certificate of completion

Outline

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1.
Getting Set Up: Python, Editors, REPL
24 min3 lessons
1. Locked — enroll to unlock. Install Python and verify it works8 min
2. Locked — enroll to unlock. The REPL and your first .py file8 min
3. Locked — enroll to unlock. Editors and virtual environments8 min
2.
Syntax, Variables, and Core Types
24 min3 lessons
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Variables, assignment, and comments8 min

The core types and f-strings8 min

Truthiness and type coercion8 min

3.

Control Flow: Branches, Loops, Iteration

24 min3 lessons

Locked — enroll to unlock. Branching with if / elif / else8 min
Locked — enroll to unlock. Loops, range, break, continue, loop-else8 min
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4.

Functions, Scope, and Closures

22 min2 lessons

Locked — enroll to unlock. Defining and calling functions10 min
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5.

Lists, Dicts, Sets, Tuples, Comprehensions

20 min2 lessons

Locked — enroll to unlock. Picking the right collection8 min
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6.

Classes, Dataclasses, and Protocols

18 min2 lessons

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7.

Files, I/O, Exceptions, and Logging

24 min3 lessons

Locked — enroll to unlock. Files and pathlib8 min
Locked — enroll to unlock. Exceptions: try, except, else, finally8 min
Locked — enroll to unlock. Logging instead of print8 min

8.

Testing, Type Hints, and Quality Tools

24 min3 lessons

Locked — enroll to unlock. Pytest: assert, fixtures, parametrize8 min
Locked — enroll to unlock. Type hints: from int to dict[str, Any]8 min
Locked — enroll to unlock. Ruff and mypy: the fast quality gate8 min

9.

Stdlib, Concurrency, and a Real Capstone

24 min3 lessons

Locked — enroll to unlock. Stdlib tour: collections, itertools, functools, datetime, dataclasses8 min
Locked — enroll to unlock. asyncio: event loop, async/await, gather8 min
Locked — enroll to unlock. Capstone: concurrent URL health checker CLI8 min

Outline

Getting Set Up: Python, Editors, REPL

Syntax, Variables, and Core Types

Outline

Getting Set Up: Python, Editors, REPL

Syntax, Variables, and Core Types

Control Flow: Branches, Loops, Iteration

Functions, Scope, and Closures

Lists, Dicts, Sets, Tuples, Comprehensions

Classes, Dataclasses, and Protocols

Files, I/O, Exceptions, and Logging

Testing, Type Hints, and Quality Tools

Stdlib, Concurrency, and a Real Capstone