15 exercises for Python beginners, focusing on functions.
Launches on May 5th, 2020
Here are the topics that WPE A2 covers
The WPE cohort starting in May is for beginners. There are three such beginner-level courses, called A1, A2, and A3. The cohort starting on May 14th is A2, and will focus on functions and modules. (A1 focuses on basic data structures, and A3 focuses on object-oriented programming.)
- How to write functions and define parameters
- How and when to use *args and **kwargs
- How and when to use default parameters, alone and in conjunction with other parameter types
- How do Python's scoping rules work — and how does this affect me?
- How to pass functions as parameters to other functions
- Using some of the most common modules in the Python standard library
Want to learn more about WPE?
Go to the main WPE page, where it's all explained in great detail — including how it works, and how you can see a sample.
Join Weekly Python Exercise A2: Functions for beginners
If you're going to program in Python, then you'll need to understand how Python's functions work. After all, you'll be writing functions, and want to do so in the best way possible. And you'll be reading and maintaining other people's functions — so knowing how they work will definitely help. By the end of WPE A2, you'll have a thorough grounding in Python functions, and will be able to use them the way they were meant to be used.