Python course for beginners fully free at your own command line.
Project description
lamr
lamr
is a content manager to organise and display markdown files and run Python code snippets.
It is a programming manual with code and exercises for you to start doing small and accessible Python projects.
Quickstart
pip install lamr
lamr --help
In current version you have to following excercises and manuals available.
The calendar utility
lamr show cal.py --all
lamr run cal.py
Make an ASCII art logo
lamr show logo.py --all
lamr run logo.py
Learn about variable assignment: =
, :=
or <-
?
lamr learn variables
Cool parts
lamr show cal.py --excercises --references lamr show logo.py --all
Motivation
On the web you have freecodecamp
or another online course of your choice, but as a programmer
you are likely to deal with command line.
What if you wanted an early start with command line while learning Python?
lamr
is a tool you can try for this.
[!TIP] If you are new to command line read into What is the Command Line in "Data Science at the Command Line" book and Basics section in "The Art of Command Line" guide.
Unlike many online courses lamr
is an open-source Python package.
You can explore its own code and propose changes or enhancements
by writing an issue on Github
and submitting a pull request.
This way you can practice how to work collaboratively on a Python project
and share something you know with others.
[!TIP] > This tutorial suggests you can get started using GitHub in less than an hour. Sometimes it takes months and even years of practice, but totally useful.
Installation
You should have a working installation of Python and a terminal, or console, open.
Install lamr
:
pip install lamr
Check it works:
lamr --help
Code examples
lamr
provides a collection of Python code examples stored as plain text files.
You can use lamr show
and lamr run
to see the code listing or run the files.
>>> lamr show --list
cal.py Print today's date and a calendar for current month.
logo.py Turn a string into ASCII art using a font style.
text.py Manipulate a string.
x.py A Twitter clone (maybe).
>>> lamr run cal.py
Today is 2024-02-04
February 2024
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 29
Code listing
To get a code listing:
lamr code cal.py
"""Print today's date and a calendar for current month."""
from calendar import TextCalendar
from datetime import date
t = date.today()
print("Today is", t)
print() # prints empty line
TextCalendar().prmonth(t.year, t.month)
For a list of follow-up questions, excercises and usefil references
run lamr code
with one or more flags:
lamr code logo.py --questions --references
lamr code logo.py --excercises
lamr code logo.py --all
The manual
lamr learn
is a small Python textbook aimed at beginners.
It is organaized by topic such as string
or variables
.
>>> lamr learn
# prints available topics to study
>>> lamr learn variables
# prints beginner-friendly reader about variables
Development
Check out separate Development section:
>>> lamr about --dev
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