Python

Python is a high-level object-oriented programming language.

Basics

It’s generally good practice to isolate large Python projects and their packages. This can be done with uv, which sets up a virtual environment.

Language features

• Data types
  • Lists (dynamic arrays)
  • Tuple
  • Dictionary
  • Sets
• Functional characteristics
  • List comprehension
  • Anonymous function (lambda)
• CPython

Python-specific

• args and kwargs
• Common programming concepts
  • Keywords
  • Concurrency

Tools and frameworks

• Development environments
  • Jupyter
  • PyCharm
• Package managers
  • pip
  • conda
  • uv
• Software libraries
  • NumPy, for matrix operations
  • pandas, for scalable data analytics
  • Matplotlib, for static graphics
  • PyTorch, for deep learning
  • spaCy, for natural language processing

Development environment

• PyCharm — IDE
• uv — package manager
• ruff — linter + formatter
• ty — type checker

See also

• CECCS
• Courses
  • APS360 — Applied Fundamentals of Deep Learning
  • CSC384 — Introduction to Artificial Intelligence