These materials are used within Google to introduce Python to people who have just a little programming experience. The first exercises work on basic Python concepts like strings and lists, building up to the later exercises which are full programs dealing with text files, processes, and http connections. The class is geared for people who have a little bit of programming experience in some language, enough to know what a "variable" or "if statement" is. Beyond that, you do not need to be an expert programmer to use this material.

o get started, the Python sections are linked at the left - Python Set Up to get Python installed on your machine, Python Introduction for an introduction to the language, and then Python Strings starts the coding material, leading to the first exercise. The end of each written section includes a link to the code exercise for that section's material. The lecture videos parallel the written materials, introducing Python, then strings, then first exercises, and so on. At Google, all this material makes up an intensive two-day class, so the videos are organized as the day-1 and day-two sections.
This material was created by Nick Parlante working in the engEDU group at Google. Special thanks for the help from my Google colleagues John Cox, Steve Glassman, Piotr Kaminksi, and Antoine Picard. And finally thanks to Google and my director Maggie Johnson for the enlightened generosity to put these materials out on the internet for free under the under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license - share and enjoy!
Contents:
Day 1 Part 1. Introduction and Strings
Day 1 Part 2. Lists, Sorting, and Tuples
Day 1 Part 3. Dicts and Files
Day 2 Part 1. Regular Expressions
Day 2 Part 2. Utilities. OS and Commands
Day 2 Part 3. URLs and HTTP, Exceptions
Day 2 Part 4. Closing Thoughts

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Advanced Python or Understanding Python
Advanced Topics in Programming Languages. Python Design Patterns (part 1)
Advanced Topics in Programming Languages. Python Design Patterns (part 2)
BayPIGgies. Developing a Product in Python
BayPIGgies Meeting. Bay Area Python Interest Group
BayPIGgies Monthly Meeting. Overview of about Twenty Python Buzzwords
BayPIGgies Monthly Meeting. Python on the OLPC XO Laptop
Better, faster, smarter. Python yesterday, today ... and ... tomorrow
Python 3000
Slightly Advanced Python. Some Python Internals
Some Python Integrated Development Environments
Speaker Series (Open Source Developers) Python for Programmers
The Python Object Model