Summary

In this chapter, we looked at some fundamentals of the Python programming language. We have seen how to create and access those data structures, and how to use comprehensions to create and transform data structures based on existing ones.

We looked briefly at what it means for Python to have first-class functions and classes, and how that can affect the possibilities open to us as programmers.

We briefly talked about some of the high points of the Python standard library. We also quickly covered the syntax, basic assumptions, and fundamental tools of the Python programming language.

In the next chapter, we're going to see how to set up a Python programming environment for us to work in for the remainder of the course and learn a bit about how to integrate third-party code.