Python Functions, Modules, and Packages
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This lesson provides you with a deep dive into how to refactor and structure your code into smaller, more manageable building blocks using functions, modules, and packages.
Learning Objectives
- Understand how to write and define functions.
- Understand the four kinds of different function input parameters and how to use them.
- Review how modules are created and used.
- Learn how modules are loaded using the import statement.
- Examine how modules are discovered via module search locations.
- Review how modules can themselves be organised into packages.
- And finally, we understand how to use aliases for both module and package names.
Prerequisites
- A basic understanding of the Python programming language.
- A basic understanding of software development.
- A basic understanding of the software development life cycle.
Intended Audience
- Software developers interested in learning how to write Python code in a Pythonic way.
- Python junior level developers interested in advancing their Python skills.
- Anyone with an interest in Python and how to use Python to write concise and elegant scripts for general purpose tasks.
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