Python Essential Libraries

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Free Online Course: Python Essential Libraries provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 2-3 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Python Essential Libraries is taught by Joe Marini.

Overview
  • Learn how to use four essential libraries that every Python developer should consider for common development scenarios: Pendulum, Requests, PyFilesystem, and Pillow.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Power up your Python with libraries
    • What you should know
    • Setting up the development environment
    1. Overview
    • Introduction to third-party libraries
    • Overview of pip
    2. Pendulum for Dates
    • Introduction to Pendulum
    • Creating dates and times
    • Date formatting
    • Date calculation and comparison
    • Challenge: Pendulum
    • Solution: Pendulum
    3. Requests for Networking
    • Introduction to the Requests library
    • Creating basic requests
    • Working with responses
    • Using authentication
    • Advanced features
    4. PyFilesystem for File Operations
    • Overview of PyFilesystem
    • Working with files
    • Working with directories
    • Walking a file system
    • Challenge: PyFilesystem
    • Solution: PyFilesystem
    5. Pillow for Image Processing
    • Introduction to Pillow
    • Basic image operations
    • Image manipulation
    • Editing images
    • Challenge: Pillow
    • Solution: Pillow
    Conclusion
    • Next steps