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Python 3

  • Number of Courses16 courses
  • Duration34 hours
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Python is a versatile programming language, it stands out as an interpreted, high-level, and multi-purpose programming language, placing a strong emphasis on code readability. As a dynamically typed and garbage-collected language, it caters to a wide range of programming paradigms, including structured, object-oriented, and functional programming.

Often referred to as a "batteries-included" language, Python boasts an extensive standard library, providing users with a rich assortment of tools and resources. Embark on this learning journey to explore not only the fundamentals of Python, but also delve into advanced concepts such as object-oriented design and effective code organization.

Courses in this path

Entry-Level

This section covers entry-level content.

Python 3: The Big Picture

  • by Jason Olson
  • 52m Duration
  •  (103)

Python 3 Fundamentals

  • by Sarah Holderness
  • 2h 55m Duration
  •  (438)

Practitioner

This section covers practitioner content.

Classes and Object-oriented Programming in Python 3

  • by Mateo Prigl
  • 2h 26m Duration
  •  (124)

Working with Files in Python 3

  • by Ed Freitas
  • 1h 19m Duration
  •  (47)

Working with Databases in Python 3

  • by Douglas Starnes
  • 2h 43m Duration
  •  (32)

Python 3 Best Practices

  • by Reindert-Jan Ekker
  • 1h 44m Duration
  •  (38)

Development Environments and Package Management in Python 3

  • by Reindert-Jan Ekker
  • 1h 40m Duration
  •  (31)

Testing in Python 3

  • by Emily Bache
  • 3h 5m Duration
  •  (30)

Python 3 Regex Playbook

  • by Maaike van Putten
  • 1h 21m Duration
  •  (20)

Building a REST API with Python 3

  • by Reindert-Jan Ekker
  • 1h 25m Duration
  •  (18)

Advanced

This section covers advanced content.

Python 3 Performance

  • by Dan Tofan
  • 2h 58m Duration
  •  (53)

Python 3 Decorators

  • by Mateo Prigl
  • 1h 25m Duration
  •  (45)

Design Patterns in Python 3

  • by Gerald Britton
  • 4h 41m Duration
  •  (22)

Python Requests Playbook

  • by Mateo Prigl
  • 1h 42m Duration
  •  (16)

Debugging in Python

  • by Douglas Starnes
  • 2h 2m Duration

Python Collections

  • by Mateo Prigl
  • 1h 56m Duration

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Jason Olson
Jason Olson
Jason Olson is a software engineer passionate about distributed computing and cloud-based technology. He is a full stack developer at Concur, and formerly a Technical Evangelist and Program Manager at Microsoft. Outside of work, he is a father of two and loving husband. He loves building back-end systems that are distributed, can scale, and are fault-tolerant and reliable. He has delivered talks at Microsoft //build/ (2011, 2013, 2014, and 2015), Tech Ed, internal Microsoft conferences, and many... more
Sarah Holderness
Sarah Holderness
Sarah just finished her PhD in Computer Science and in that process found two loves: inventing things and teaching. Working at Pluralsight allows her to do what she loves and work with some amazing people. When she's not teaching she's outside, enjoying the Florida sunshine with her family.
Mateo Prigl
Mateo Prigl
Mateo is currently a full stack web developer working for a company that has clients from Europe and North America. His niche in programming was mostly web oriented, while freelancing, working on small startups and companies that require his services. Go(lang), Elixir, Ruby and C are his favorite languages and also the ones he’s mostly working with other then PHP in day to day work. He has a big passion for learning and teaching what he knows the best. His big interests recently have been the fi... more
Ed Freitas
Ed Freitas
Eduardo is a technology enthusiast, software architect and customer success advocate. He's designed enterprise .NET solutions that extract, validate and automate critical business processes such as Accounts Payable and Mailroom solutions for all types of organizations. He's designed and supported production systems for global names such as Coca Cola, Enel, Pirelli, Fiat-Chrysler, Xerox and many others. He's a well-known specialist in the Enterprise Content Management market segment, specifically... more
Douglas Starnes
Douglas Starnes
Douglas Starnes is a tech author, professional explainer and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional in developer technologies in Memphis, TN. He is published on Pluralsight, Real Python and SkillShare. Douglas is co-director of the Memphis Python User Group, Memphis .NET User Group, Memphis Xamarin User Group and Memphis Power Platform User Group. He is also on the organizing committees of Scenic City Summit in Chattanooga, and TDevConf, a virtual conference in the state of Tennessee. A frequent c... more
Reindert-Jan Ekker
Reindert-Jan Ekker
After years of working in software development, Reindert-Jan Ekker switched to teaching programmers in 2010 and never looked back. He authors Pluralsight courses and teaches classes about Python, data science, devops (among others). Even though he squeezes some development jobs in here and there, teaching is his real passion and he is looking forward to share this passion with you.
Emily Bache
Emily Bache
Emily Bache is an independent consultant and technical coach specializing in automated testing and agile methods. Emily works daily with development teams helping them to improve their automated tests and raise code quality. Emily is the author of "Technical Coaching with the Samman method" and "The Coding Dojo Handbook: a practical guide to creating a space where good programmers can become great programmers". Emily spent many years working at AstraZeneca, a multinational pharmaceuticals co... more
Maaike van Putten
Maaike van Putten
Maaike is trainer and software developer. She founded training agency Brightboost in 2014 and spends most of her days and nights working and learning. Training gives her the opportunity to combine her love for software development with her passion to help others boost their careers and be successful. She has trained professionals in the field of Java, Spring, C#, Python, Scrum, React and Angular. A lot of her time is spend staying up-to-date with the latest developments in her field. Next to the... more
Dan Tofan
Dan Tofan
Dan started programming decades ago on a Spectrum clone and started his professional programming career in 2003. Eager to learn, Dan moved to Netherlands to study at the University of Groningen. Now, Dan is proud of his PhD thesis on decision making and knowledge acquisition in software architecture, and about a dozen publications with hundreds of citations. Dan used Microsoft technologies for many years, but migrated gradually to Python, Linux and AWS, to learn more of the computing world. Cur... more
Gerald Britton
Gerald Britton
Gerald Britton is a Pluralsight author and expert on Python programming practices and Microsoft SQL Server development and administration.  A multiple-year of the Microsoft MVP award, Gerald has led introductory classes in Python and SQL for industry-sponsored events at Ryerson University, Toronto and the University of Toronto (his alma mater). 

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