Python has easy to learn structure, it runs on multiple OS and it has vast number of tools and libraries.

This repository includes basics of Python:

• an overview of the installation process, basic Python syntax, and an example of how to construct and run a simple Python program.
• work with dates and times, read and write files, and retrieve and parse HTML, JSON, and XML data from the web.

Set up Python Environment:

How to determine Python is installed on your system?

• Open a Terminal on mac / Command Prompt on Windows, type below command and hit Enter

python --version

if python is already installed on your computer, you will get result something like this: Python 3.8.0

if it's not or displays some error, then you will need to install it.

How to install Python if it is already not there?

• Visit https://www.python.org/.
• Click on Downloads. It will default to your operating system. Click on say "Download Python 3.9.2" button and download the installer file.
• Run the installer and try terminal test again to check installed python version.
• If you see the expected python version on terminal, you are ready to go!

How to run python program on terminal/command prompt?

• Open terminal/command prompt on your computer.
• Go into your exercise files directory.
• Use python command to run the python file and hit Enter.

python helloworld.py

Exercise folders & files insight:

Python Basics

• First program in python

• Variables

• Python Functions

• Conditional Structures

• Loops

• Classes

• Importing & using modules

Working with Dates and Time

• The date, time, and datetime classes

• Formatting time output

• Using timedelta objects

• Working with calendars

Working with Files

• Reading and writing files

• Working with OS path utilities

• Using file system shell methods

Working with Web Data

• Fetching internet data

• Working with JSON data

• Parsing and processing HTML

• Manipulating XML