pythonistas

Short python exercises to get you familiar with programming - inspired by rustlings

This book is supposed to go along with "A Byte of Python". The ebook version can be found here.

Mac/Linux

To get started, run

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JayAndJef/pythonistas/main/install.sh | bash

If there is an error, it is most likely that the program cannot find python or git on your system

After the command finishes, 'cd' into the newly created pythonistas directory by running cd pythonistas, and you can start working on the exercises. Run the CLI to check your answers by using python -m manage check <section_number> <exercise_number>.

Windows

Windows support is not full yet. Either extract install.sh and run it, or clone the repo manually and install the required dependencies

Troubleshooting

if the CLI does not run and gives an error, double check that your current working directory is in pythonistas.

if the CLI gives an error saying <some_library> is not found, then you might have switched terminals, resulting in venv deactivation. 'cd' into pythonistas and run the following command if you are on unix:

source venv/bin/activate

if you are on windows, refer to this guide

Exercise structure

This course is divided up into many "byte" (get it?) sized exercises. The sections have names that correspond with the chapters in "A Byte of Python". In each exercise, edit between the commented lines to make the test pass. We try to be as clear as possible, showing you where to edit via the use of ?? double question marks, although for some topics this might be slightly different. Your goal is to pass the tests. At the end of every exercise, there are tests with assert statements: if the values on either side of the assert statements are true, the test will pass. Here's an example:

x = 1
y = 1

def test_x():
    assert x = y

... this test will pass. If x and y were not equal, then the test would not.

Run python -m manage check <section_number> <exercise_number> in your shell to check an exercise. If the test does not pass, there will be detailed information showing:

Which tests passed/didn't pass
What the unequal values were.

For example:

___________________________________________________________ test_x ___________________________________________________________

    def test_x():
>       assert x == 3
E       assert 1 == 3

exercises/section_2_test_more/topic_1.py:8: AssertionError
================================================== short test summary info ===================================================
FAILED exercises/section_2_test_more/topic_1.py::test_x - assert 1 == 3
1 failed in 0.10s

... 1 was assigned to x in this case, and it was not equal to 3.

Credits

Thanks to these following libraries: