Channel Title: Coding is for girls Channel Description: You could follow me on Twitter under @CodingIsForGirl (or at @asendecka) or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/codingIsForGirls I'm a Python & Django enthusiast and magic maker. I currently work for Potato in London as a Django developer. I love open-source and I think one can open source much, much more than a piece of code. Together with Ola Sitarska I founded Django Girls last year. For me, Django Girls is an example of open sourcing community and one of the ways to make Python community even better than it is now. Apart from Django Girls Core operations and organising events, I'm also a serial Django Girls coach (and I love teaching!) and Django sprint organizer. I am a Django Team Core member and a member of Django Software Foundation. I also co-organized Django Con EU 2013 (Circus edition), I'm co-organizing Django Under the Hood 2015 and are in the process of writing a book about Python (http://yaypython.com/). <video> Python Basics: User Input & Dealing with Errors Description: Today we will learn how to read values provided by a user and use them in our program. We will also learn how to use try except clause to deal with possible errors and values that does not match the type we are expecting to get from the user. I hope that after today, you will see how all the things we learned about Python so far is coming nicely together. It's all very basics of Python programming, but I'm sure that slowly you will gain more and more experience. Some useful links: Python documenatation about Errors: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/errors.html (I will prepare a video about reading Python documenatation soon, so you should be able to make some sense from this scary thing :)) Django Girls tutorial: tutorial.djangogirls.com My social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CodingIsForGirl Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/codingIsForGirls/ </video> <video> Python Basics: Challenge 2 Example Solution & Python Quiz Description: Today I have an example solution for Challenge 2 from my video. Make sure to watch till the end of the video for less-naive solution! Challenge video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6-csLk9Uhc Challenge was about implementing simple quiz in Python. You will see how I make a code nicer and nicer step by step (yay for refactorings!). We will use lists and dictionaries extensively and we will use for loops and user inputs. Video with the challenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6-csLk9Uhc Video with solution for the challenge 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC7LPzbmIcc My social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CodingIsForGirl Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/codingIsForGirls/ </video> <video> Python Basics: While Loop Description: Today we will learn about “while”-loop in Python. You will learn how to use it, why I’m not a big fan of using “while”-loops all over the place and how to translate “for”-loop into “while”-loop. Python Basics: Challenge no 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wsQNWJWhQM Python Basics: Python Basics: Integers, Strings, Lists, Variables and Errors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO63L4s-20U My social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CodingIsForGirl Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/codingIsForGirls/ </video> <video> Python Basics: Functions Description: Today we will learn how to write your own custom Python functions. You will learn how to write function with and without arguments (input) and how to use value created in one function as an input in another. Django Girls tutorial: http://tutorial.djangogirls.org/ </video> <video> Python Basics: Reading Data From CSV File Description: Let’s create a script that is actually useful. Load of us use Spreadsheets or Excel files to store some data. What about reading the data and performing some tasks for each row from the table? Today I will show you how to generate a CSV (Comma Separated Value) file and how to read it in Python. This video will be useful for the next video, where we will actually send e-mails to all people listed in spreadsheet. ✅💻 Extra homework The script I showed you is a simple version that does not take into account some edge cases and problems with data. Here is some list of things you might want to consider and check if you could fix them on your own: * your script expects 5 variables in each row from CSV. What if you have more or less values? Try to create CSV without Language column and/or add one extra column, for example birthday. * what if your data contains either “Yes”, “yes”, “Y”, “y”, “1” to indicate that someone is accepted. Can you make your script to work with many different variation of data in this column? * what if one of the values we use: name, coach or email is empty? Can you make sure that we do not display line about the coach for accepted people if there is no coach name provided? * what if the "applications.csv" files does not exists? Could you make the script not crash and display some nice, meaningful information? 💁💻 My social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CodingIsForGirl Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/codingIsForGirls/ 🐍📖 Check these resources to learn more: * Python documentation about csv standard module: https://docs.python.org/3/library/csv.html * Django Girls Tutorial: http://tutorial.djangogirls.org/ 🎬🐍 Python Basics Playlist (if you want to start from the very beginning): * https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbd_WhypdBbAMyFfKgSj27JO7CEpuIcEK </video> <video> Python Basics: For Loop Description: It’s time for some more sophisticated flow control. In programming languages we have different types of loops. One of them is “for”-loop, which is explained in this episode. It will make repetitive things super easy. Python Basics Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvZLWhkzX-8&list=PLbd_WhypdBbAMyFfKgSj27JO7CEpuIcEK Django Girls Tutorial: http://tutorial.djangogirls.org/ Python Documentation about “for” loop: https://docs.python.org/3.4/tutorial/controlflow.html#for-statements Social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CodingIsForGirl Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/codingIsForGirls </video> <video> Python Basics: Objects, Classes & Instances Description: Today we will talk about classes and objects in Python. Object oriented programming is something that every programmer knows quite well, however it is something that is a bit complicated and not always easy to grasp at the first time. We will use the program we wrote in previous videos (check my videos here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8V6b1iy-Hg and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrJcblhVFzs&lc=z134j14bwy22d32go04cchd4lzerxrkzl3g) as a base to refactor the code to use classes. Here are links to Python documentation you could check out if you want to learn much more about classes and objects in Python: 🐍📖 https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/classes.html 💁💻 My social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CodingIsForGirl Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/codingIsForGirls/ 🐍📖 Check these resources to learn more: * Django Girls Tutorial: http://tutorial.djangogirls.org/ 🎬🐍 Python Basics Playlist (if you want to start from the very beginning): * https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbd_WhypdBbAMyFfKgSj27JO7CEpuIcEK </video> <video> Python Basics: Saving files and "If" statement Description: In my last video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bzxqIKYgf4) I showed you Booleans and how to compare values. Today you will learn how to use it to control program flow: decide which Python instructions will be executed depending on the given condition. Some useful links: Installing Python & Code editor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVTaqzKZCdA Playlist with all Python Basics videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvZLWhkzX-8&list=PLbd_WhypdBbAMyFfKgSj27JO7CEpuIcEK Read more about Python's control flow tools: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/controlflow.html Django Girls tutorial: http://tutorial.djangogirls.org/en/index.html </video> <video> Python Basics: Documentation Description: In my previous videos I was always pointing you to the Python Documentation for more information about given topic. But reading docs is not easy - it is very technical and not designed for easy learning. I decided to show you some most important things that will help you understand basics of Python docs. And honestly... I feel I used phrase "Python documentation" million of times in this video! Links: Python docs: https://docs.python.org/3/ Django Girls tutorial: tutorial.djangogirls.com My social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CodingIsForGirl Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/codingIsForGirls/ </video> <video> Python Basics: Challenge 1 Example Solution, Importing in Python Description: Time for the example solution for challenge no 1 from my video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6-csLk9Uhc Challenge was about implementing simple program that change inches into centimetres. You will learn what the refactoring is and how to import functions that are in a different Python file. I will also show you a "format" method that is very useful for displaying texts. Video with the challenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6-csLk9Uhc My social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CodingIsForGirl Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/codingIsForGirls/ </video> <video> Conference vlog: DjangoCon Europe 2016, Budapest Description: Time for DjangoCon Europe 2016 conference vlog! Once again I was involved in organizing the event and I must say: it was incredible. We put so much effort to make it unique! I had really little time to vlog, but I managed to captured some bits and pieces, so please enjoy! If you want to read more about how I spent the conference, you could read it on my blog here: http://blog.sendecka.me/post/14247806... I had amazing time - hope to see you at the next Django conferences! Photos credits: Bartek Pawlik: https://www.flickr.com/photos/1406815... DjangoCon Europe 2016: https://2016.djangocon.eu/ Video's of talks from DjangoCon Europe: https://opbeat.com/events/djangocon-eu-2016/ If you want to follow me on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CodingIsForGirl Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/codingIsForG... </video> <video> Algorithms: Binary Search [Easter Special] Description: In this Easter Special I will show you one of my favourite algorithms: binary search - I love it, since it is so effective love anything with O log n. You will learn the very basic algorithm and see who will win the "Easter egg hunt" - Alice or Bob. You will also have a chance to see how bad I am with English pronunciation. If you want to learn more about algorithms & binary search, here are some useful links: Algorithms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithm Binary Search: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_search_algorithm Other useful links: Django Girls tutorial: http://tutorial.djangogirls.org/ If you want to follow me on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CodingIsForGirl Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/codingIsForGirls/ </video> <video> Python Basics: Sending E-mails Description: Time for a part 2 of writing a program to send e-mails from data stored in spreadsheet. Make sure to watch first part here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8V6b1iy-Hg where I show you how to read values from CSV file. Now we learn how to send e-mail in Python. This is not a perfect solution, since I use settings file with my e-mail and password used to connect to Gmail SMTP server. However, I chose to show you this solution as a first step to understand how it works in Python. Try with a newly created email address first to see how it works. Here are links to Python documentation you should check out: https://docs.python.org/3/library/smtplib.html https://docs.python.org/2/library/smtplib.html#smtplib.SMTP.login https://docs.python.org/2/library/smtplib.html#smtplib.SMTP.sendmail https://docs.python.org/2/library/smtplib.html#smtplib.SMTP.starttls 💁💻 My social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CodingIsForGirl Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/codingIsForGirls/ 🐍📖 Check these resources to learn more: * Python documentation about csv standard module: https://docs.python.org/3/library/csv.html * Django Girls Tutorial: http://tutorial.djangogirls.org/ 🎬🐍 Python Basics Playlist (if you want to start from the very beginning): * https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbd_WhypdBbAMyFfKgSj27JO7CEpuIcEK </video> <video> Python Basics: Exercise! Description: Time for some programming challenges. Try out everything you've learnt so far and learn even more of Python on your way. First watch my Python Basics playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbd_WhypdBbAMyFfKgSj27JO7CEpuIcEK and then start to code! I'm curious how it will go. My social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CodingIsForGirl Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/codingIsForGirls/ </video> <video> Python Basics: Reading and Writing Files Description: Time to talk about files in Python 🕐. Today we will check if the file exists, read and write its content 📂. We will also learn what is a module in Python and how to use it. ✨ Make sure to check complete "Python Basics" playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbd_WhypdBbAMyFfKgSj27JO7CEpuIcEK 💁💻 My social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CodingIsForGirl Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/codingIsForGirls/ 🐍📖 Check these resources to learn more: * My "Python Basics: While Loop" video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OkiUslcnvI * Python Standard Modules Documentation: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/modules.html#standard-modules * Django Girls Tutorial: http://tutorial.djangogirls.org/ </video>

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You could follow me on Twitter under @CodingIsForGirl (or at @asendecka) or on
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/codingIsForGirls

I'm a Python & Django enthusiast and magic maker. I
currently work for Potato in London as a Django developer.

I love open-source and I think one can open source much, much more than a piece of code. Together with Ola Sitarska I founded Django Girls last year. For me, Django Girls is an example of open sourcing community and one of the ways to make Python community even
better than it is now. Apart from Django Girls Core operations and organising events, I'm also a serial Django Girls coach (and I love teaching!) and Django sprint organizer. I am a Django Team Core member and a member of Django Software Foundation. I also co-organized Django Con EU 2013 (Circus edition), I'm co-organizing Django Under the Hood 2015 and are in the process of writing a book about Python (http://yaypython.com/).

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