Few pointers when learning Python

Play around in the python/ipython shell
The dir function is very handy when you want to see the set of available methods on an object
To get help about any function or object, use the help command in the python shell.
If using the ipython shell or jupyter notebook, you can also get help by typing a ? next to the object name
Use ?? to get the complete source code of the function
Don't forget to properly indent your code, use an editor which can do auto indent for you.

Next steps

Defining Classes
File handling
Learning about modules and packages
What's there in the Python standard library
Debugging in Python
Pickling
Accessing Databases
Creating and publishing your own Python module
Applications: web applications, data science, web scraping, network analysis

A Flavor of the Beauty of Python

Doing http requests in Python



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import requests
resp = requests.get('https://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/questions?order=desc&sort=activity&site=stackoverflow')
print resp.status_code
print resp.content

File handling in Python



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with open('/home/abhinav/apropos.c.diff', 'r') as f:
    for line in f:
        print line



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