Table of Contents

## Chapter 1: Prologue - 1-1: New Employee Training ## Chapter 2: Preparing the Basics - 2-1: What is a Program? - 2-2: Setting Up the Development Environment - 2-3: Running a Simple Program - 2-4: Future Direction ## Chapter 3: Learning the Fundamentals - 3-1: Execution Order and Indentation - 3-2: Comments - 3-3: Elements of a Program 1 - 3-4: Functions - 3-5: Values - 3-6: Operators - 3-7: Elements of a Program 2 - 3-8: Variables and Assignment - 3-9: Importing - 3-10: pip - 3-11: Custom Modules ## Chapter 4: Data Types - 4-1: Data Types - 4-2: Integers and Floats - 4-3: Text - 4-4: Boolean Values and Comparison Operators - 4-5: None ## Chapter 5: Data Types with Multiple Values - 5-1: Lists - 5-2: Converting Between Lists and Text - 5-3: Tuples - 5-4: Dictionaries - 5-5: Sets ## Chapter 6: Conditional Statements - 6-1: if Statements - 6-2: if Statements 2 - 6-3: Multiple Comparisons - 6-4: Various Comparisons ## Chapter 7: Looping Structures - 7-1: while Loops - 7-2: for Loops - 7-3: The enumerate Function - 7-4: The range Function - 7-5: Using Dictionaries with Loops - 7-6: Nested Lists and Loops - 7-7: break and continue Statements - 7-8: List Comprehensions ## Chapter 8: Creating Functions - 8-1: Defining Functions - 8-2: pass Statement - 8-3: Default Values and Keyword Arguments - 8-4: Unpacking and Variable-Length Arguments - 8-5: Lambda Functions ## Chapter 9: Errors and Error Handling - 9-1: Encountering Errors - 9-2: Debugging by Reading Error Messages - 9-3: Another Error Occurred - 9-4: Error Handling ## Chapter 10: File Handling - 10-1: CWD and Program Paths - 10-2: Program Paths and Filenames - 10-3: Path Manipulation - 10-4: Reading Text Files - 10-5: Writing Text Files - 10-6: Reading and Writing CSV Files - 10-7: Reading and Writing JSON Files - 10-8: Listing Files - 10-9: Copying and Deleting Files ## Chapter 11: Epilogue - 11-1: Summary - 11-2: Looking Ahead - 11-3: Reporting to the CEO