How to Code and Program Effectively: A Live Session on YouTube and Desktop App

Friends, as we announced in our last live session, the next live session would be on 23rd February 2019, which is a Saturday at 10:00 a.m. We'll have a 2-hour session up to noon, with roughly 2 hours of actual content, maybe 10 minutes here and there. This is something that we noticed amongst our students, especially those who come from non-CS backgrounds, even those who come from CS backgrounds. Given a real-world problem, they're not able to break it down, not able to break the problem down into smaller components, find the code, write the appropriate code for each of these components using multiple resources, using basic understanding of Python, using Google search effectively, and using publicly available resources like function references.

We thought we'd do a session where the first part would focus on how to write or program effectively, given that you already know Python. Again, by the way, the prerequisite is that you need to understand or have a basic working knowledge of Python. Whatever Python we've covered in the course is sufficient to attend this session. So, if you have completed the very first section of our whole course, which is Python for Data Science, you're good enough to understand most of what we'll discuss in this live session. Having said that, so the first part will be how to code and program effectively. We'll take a simple problem and break it down into components, logical components, and try to fill in these or find solutions for these using the internet.

The second part of the live session would be whatever we've learned in the first part to use some of these techniques to build a simple but working and functional web scraper in Python. A web scraper basically scrapes a web page, obtains the web page, and obtains all the data. Web scrapers basically pull or obtain a web page and scrape or obtain the data on a web page. This can be any form if the data is on a web page. You can use a web scraper to obtain the data, of course, there are some legal restrictions around it. We'll also discuss this. We're not going to build an internet scale or Google scale web scraper here; we'll build a very simple but functioning web scraper in Python and will use some very interesting libraries. A lot of students sometimes panic as soon as they see a new library. We want that fear to be gone, right? We want them to be flexible to learn new things by using the first part of the first part.

We'll teach you how to actually use resources on the internet to solve real-world problems and break down code into modules. Whatever tricks we learn in the first part of the first part, we'll employ them to build a simple web scraper. This is a 2-hour live session and this live session will be available on YouTube as well as a desktop app. So, it will be available directly on YouTube and also our desktop app. Since this is a general topic, which can help thousands of folks both CS students and non-CS students working professionals, everyone can watch it on YouTube.

We thought we'd make it generic enough because this is a very general topic that can help thousands of folks. Everyone who's interested in learning more about coding and programming effectively, or building web scrapers, or anything related to Python, should definitely check out this live session. We'll provide you with the link to sign up for the live session on YouTube before the live session itself. Even our registered students can watch it on YouTube, so don't worry if you haven't signed up for the live session yet.

Even though we're targeting a general audience, this is still going to be a valuable resource for those who are already familiar with Python. We'll cover some advanced topics and techniques that will help you take your coding skills to the next level. So, whether you're a beginner or an experienced programmer, there's something for everyone in this live session.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhi friends as we announced in our last live session the next live session would be on 23rd Feb 2019 which is a Saturday at uh 10:00 a.m. we'll have a 2hour session up to noon right it'll be a 2hour maybe 10 minutes here and there roughly 2hour sessions that we have that we've been doing for many weeks now right and the theme or the topic this is something that uh we announced in the last live session that the topic would be how to code and program effectively so something that we notice is amongst our students especially who come from non-cs backgrounds even students who come from CS backgrounds right so given a real world problem given a real world problem they they're not able to break it down they're not able to break the problem down and break the problem down into smaller components break the problem down into smaller components and find the code and write the appropriate code for each of these components using multiple resources using the basic understanding of python using Google search effectively also using publicly available resources like function references right using function references using stack Overflow and other other resources on the internet so we thought we'll do a session where the first part of the session where the first part of the session would focus on how to write or program effectively given that you already know python Again by the way the prerequisite you need to understand or have a basic working knowledge know of python so whatever python we have covered in the course is is sufficient to attend this session so if you have completed the very first section in our whole course which is python for data science right you're good enough to understand most of what we'll discuss in this live session having said that so the first part will be how to code and program effectively we'll take a simple problem break it down into components logical components and try to fill in these or find the solutions for these logical components using the internet the second part the second part of this live session would be whatever we have learned in the first part to use some of these techniques to build a simple but working and functional web scraper in Python okay so a web scraper basically scrapes a web page or basically uh obtains the web page and and and obtains all the data so it's web scrapers basically uh pull or they obtain a web page and they they they scrape or obtain the data on a web page right so this these web pages could be any form if the data is on a web page you can use a web scraper to obtain the data of course there are some legal restrictions around it we'll also discuss this but we be a simple but functional of course we're not going to build an internet scale or a Google scale web scraper here we'll build a very simple but functioning web scraper in Python and we'll use some very interesting libraries lot of students sometimes Panic as soon as they see a new library we want that fear to be gone right we want them to be flexible to learn new things by using the first part the first part we'll teach you how to actually use resources on the internet to solve some real world problems and break down code into modules and we whatever tricks we learn in the first part we'll employ them to build a simple web scraper okay so this is a 2hour live session and this live session will be available on YouTube as well as a desktop app so this will be available directly on YouTube and also our desktop app since this is a general topic we thought we'll make it open to the general audience not just our registered students so our registered students can certainly access this on YouTube as well as the desktop app so we'll have uh we'll have it available on both and I in in in in the description section under this video I'll provide you a link where you can actually sign up for this uh for this live session on YouTube so that YouTube sent you a reminder right before the live session itself right so even our registered students also can watch it on YouTube people who are not registered for us also can watch it in on YouTube we thought we'll make it generic enough because this is very general topic which can help thousands of folks both CS students and non-cs students working professionals everyonehi friends as we announced in our last live session the next live session would be on 23rd Feb 2019 which is a Saturday at uh 10:00 a.m. we'll have a 2hour session up to noon right it'll be a 2hour maybe 10 minutes here and there roughly 2hour sessions that we have that we've been doing for many weeks now right and the theme or the topic this is something that uh we announced in the last live session that the topic would be how to code and program effectively so something that we notice is amongst our students especially who come from non-cs backgrounds even students who come from CS backgrounds right so given a real world problem given a real world problem they they're not able to break it down they're not able to break the problem down and break the problem down into smaller components break the problem down into smaller components and find the code and write the appropriate code for each of these components using multiple resources using the basic understanding of python using Google search effectively also using publicly available resources like function references right using function references using stack Overflow and other other resources on the internet so we thought we'll do a session where the first part of the session where the first part of the session would focus on how to write or program effectively given that you already know python Again by the way the prerequisite you need to understand or have a basic working knowledge know of python so whatever python we have covered in the course is is sufficient to attend this session so if you have completed the very first section in our whole course which is python for data science right you're good enough to understand most of what we'll discuss in this live session having said that so the first part will be how to code and program effectively we'll take a simple problem break it down into components logical components and try to fill in these or find the solutions for these logical components using the internet the second part the second part of this live session would be whatever we have learned in the first part to use some of these techniques to build a simple but working and functional web scraper in Python okay so a web scraper basically scrapes a web page or basically uh obtains the web page and and and obtains all the data so it's web scrapers basically uh pull or they obtain a web page and they they they scrape or obtain the data on a web page right so this these web pages could be any form if the data is on a web page you can use a web scraper to obtain the data of course there are some legal restrictions around it we'll also discuss this but we be a simple but functional of course we're not going to build an internet scale or a Google scale web scraper here we'll build a very simple but functioning web scraper in Python and we'll use some very interesting libraries lot of students sometimes Panic as soon as they see a new library we want that fear to be gone right we want them to be flexible to learn new things by using the first part the first part we'll teach you how to actually use resources on the internet to solve some real world problems and break down code into modules and we whatever tricks we learn in the first part we'll employ them to build a simple web scraper okay so this is a 2hour live session and this live session will be available on YouTube as well as a desktop app so this will be available directly on YouTube and also our desktop app since this is a general topic we thought we'll make it open to the general audience not just our registered students so our registered students can certainly access this on YouTube as well as the desktop app so we'll have uh we'll have it available on both and I in in in in the description section under this video I'll provide you a link where you can actually sign up for this uh for this live session on YouTube so that YouTube sent you a reminder right before the live session itself right so even our registered students also can watch it on YouTube people who are not registered for us also can watch it in on YouTube we thought we'll make it generic enough because this is very general topic which can help thousands of folks both CS students and non-cs students working professionals everyone\n"