Part II. Mastering the Basics

This part of the book is concerned with the basics of Python programming. The topics covered in this part are fundamental for all other chapters to follow in subsequent parts and for Python usage in general.

The chapters are organized according to certain topics such that they can be used as a reference to which the reader can come to look up examples and details related to the topic of interest:

  • Chapter 3 focuses on Python data types and structures.

  • Chapter 4 is about NumPy and its ndarray class.

  • Chapter 5 is about pandas and its DataFrame class.

  • Chapter 6 discusses object-oriented programming (OOP) with Python.

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