Python Open Labs – Web Scraping

For those who have been following this blog series, sorry for a late post on the updates about Python Open Labs. Last week we covered some basics about web scraping with python, but before I start let me make a customary disclaimer. Make sure that any of the websites that you want to scrape have granted […]

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Python Open Labs – Format Strings

Hi In the 15th session of Python Open Labs, this week we looked at some miscellaneous topics and revision of basic concepts of file reading and string handling from previous sessions. We also briefly looked into format strings / format specifiers for string construction in Python. The relevant slides are available on the Session – […]

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Python Open Labs – Object Oriented Programming

Hi In this session we looked at simple concepts of object oriented programming, including the basics of creating classes, object instances, attributes and methods. All of the course slides and examples are made available on: https://goo.gl/YP0c2E Meanwhile, continue to practise and brush up your skills on: https://www.hackerrank.com/domains/python/py-introduction See you next Friday from 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM […]

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Python Open Labs – Session 12 (Review)

Hi Today we had a brief review session of all the basics of programming that we have covered so far in the Python Open Labs series. During this review we went over reading and writing files, conditional statements, for loops and while loops and various other specifics of programming with Python. This marks a major […]

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Python Open Labs – Revisiting Session 1

Hi Welcome back to Python Open Labs at DSSC (Lehman Library, SIPA). This semester we will be moving ahead with our weekly lecture-cum-practise open labs on Python so do join us on Fridays every week from 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM. In the first session for Spring 2017 semester we revisited some of the concepts […]

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