Getting Started with Python

Jesse ShawlAug 21, 2012Lessons: 20Length: 2.8 hours

Python

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3.4 Scope and Recursion

Let’s explore the differences between local and global variables, and why this distinction matters. Finally, we’ll talk about recursion, and will take advantage of this concept to write our own factorial calculator.

1.Introduction
1 lesson, 05:42

1.1
Installation and Hello World
05:42

2.Data Types
3 lessons, 25:25

2.1
Data Types
08:29

2.2
Lists and Tuples
10:33

2.3
Sets and Dictionaries
06:23

3.Programming with Python
7 lessons, 56:18

3.1
Conditionals
08:45

3.2
Loops
07:24

3.3
Functions
10:48

3.4
Scope and Recursion
04:56

3.5
Modules and the Python Standard Library
08:53

3.6
Write Your Own Modules
07:04

3.7
File CRUD
08:28

4.Advanced Programming with Python
3 lessons, 22:01

4.1
Object Oriented Programming: Part I
06:57

4.2
Object Oriented Programming: Part II
07:28

4.3
Exceptions and Error Handling
07:36

5.Working with the World Wide Web
3 lessons, 24:42

5.1
The urllib and urllib2 Modules
11:24

5.2
Scraping the Web with BeautifulSoup
07:49

5.3
Dynamic Web Pages with Python and the Common Gateway Interface
05:29

6.Earning Python Cred
3 lessons, 31:10

6.1
GUI Programming with wxPython
17:31

6.2
Distributing Modules with distutils
06:02

6.3
Python 2 vs. Python 3
07:37

Jesse Shawl

A modern day web architect, who spends most of his time dabbling around on CodePen. He's all about side projects and making useful tools for the web world.

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3.4 Scope and Recursion

1.Introduction1 lesson, 05:42

2.Data Types3 lessons, 25:25

3.Programming with Python7 lessons, 56:18

4.Advanced Programming with Python3 lessons, 22:01

5.Working with the World Wide Web3 lessons, 24:42

6.Earning Python Cred3 lessons, 31:10