awesome-python-in-education

A curated list of resources about Python in Education

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Sparkline (GitHub stars velocity):

Roadmaps

Python Learning Paths - Real Python’s accelerated study plans for beginner, intermediate, and advanced Python developers.
A realistic roadmap to becoming a Python developer - a highly opinionated, pseudo-motivational, unconventional and almost rant-like developer roadmap article.
5 Steps to Learning Python the Right Way - Dataquest take on Python learning roadmap.
Best Way to Learn Python (Step-by-Step Guide) - path of learning Python into 6 levels.

Courses and lessons

Interactive environments

From Blocks to Code with Trinket! (more resources included in Hour of Python)
Python for Everybody - Trinket.io interactive book.
How to Think Like a Computer Scientist (more resources included in Runestone Interactive)
pythonroom
repl.it classrooms
CS Principles: Big Ideas in Programming
CodeSkulptor
BlockPy - web-based Python environment that lets you work with blocks, text, or both.
Edublocks - Making the transition from Scratch to Python easier.
Python Lectures - IPython Notebooks to learn Python.
Jupyter notebooks for teaching/learning Python 3
Learn Python
Code Club Python modules
Computer Science Circles
Python from scratch
Interactive Python 3 tutorial with 100+ exercises
Codesters
Pyfiddle
Code the blocks - interactive playground for learning how to code.

MOOCs

Introductions and Tutorials

The Hello World Program: Learn Python
Introduction to Python
NewCoder
Python tutorial
Programming with Python - from Software Carpentry
Introduction to Programming with Python
Python Course
The Programming Historian
Program Arcade Games With Python And Pygame
Python Tutorials for Kids 13+
KidsCanCode
Python Asynchronous I/O Walkthrough
Python Tutorials and Courses Directory
Python as a Second Language
A simple tutorial about effectively using pdb
Beginning Python - Getting More out of Python - The Python Environment - Advanced Python - 4 courses from the archived O'Reilly School of Technology
Testing and Continuous Integration with Python - a tutorial from the Software Carpentry.
Playground and cheatsheet for learning Python
Try Python - a free course from Code School.
Python Synopsis - Python study guide.
Python Fundamentals I & II - two 20h free courses from Rithm School.
A Byte of Python
A Brief, Animated Introduction to Programming with Python
Build applications in Python (the anti-textbook)
Asyncio in Python - collection of tutorials about Asyncio in Python.
A SQLite Tutorial with Python
Learning Python for Social Scientists
Learn how to use Python for your Lab
Python Basics
Dead Simple Python - from beginners to python (not programming).
Learn Python - Introduction and Intermediate Python, recorded for Frontend Masters by Nina Zakharenko.
The Cracking Python Bootcamp - Learn How to Code in Python in 12 Weeks By Building Fun Real World Projects.

Data Science

A Whirlwind Tour of Python and the Jupyter Notebooks behind.
A Crash Course in Python for Scientists
Intro to Python for Data Science
Learning Python for Data Science
Introduction to Python for Data Science
Programming with Python for Data Science
Python Data Science Handbook complete book in Jupyter Notebook format.
Exploratory Computing with Python
Data Carpentry: Python for Ecologists
Plotting and Programming in Python
Applied Plotting, Charting & Data Representation in Python
Using Python for Research
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Machine Learning in Python
SIOC 209: Python for Data Analysis and its associated videos
Reproducible analysis in Python
Python Level 1 - free course at Kaggle.
Pandas Cheat Sheet
Python for Data Science Cheat Sheets

Exercises and Games

CheckiO
CodeAbbey
Empire of Code
Project Euler
Exercism
HackerRank Challenges
PyBites - PyBites Code Challenges Platform
Practice Python
Python Challenge
Python for Fun
CodingBat
Reeborg's world
Python Koans
Boston Python Puzzles
Norvig's pytudes - Python programs for perfecting programming skills
Python Challenges
Code & Conquer
CodeCombat
TeachCraft: Minecraft + Python - Run your own TeachCraft Server
Slice like a Ninja
Python Datasets: The Collection of Really Great, Interesting, Situated Datasets - (visit CORGIS for raw formats)
Interactive Coding Challenges
Pyweek Programming Challenge
CodingGame
CodeFights
Edabit Python Challenges

Reference and forums

Python suitability for education

CP4E by Guido van Rossum
Python in Education: Teach, Learn, Program - free e-book on why Python is well suited for education by Nicholas Tollervey
'Think Python like a Computer Scientist' book Foreword by David Beazley
Why I push for Python by Lorena Barba
Why Python is a Great First Language by Elliott Hauser (Trinket CEO)
Why Python is a great language for teaching beginners in introductory programming classes by Philip Guo
Python is Now the Most Popular Introductory Teaching Language at Top U.S. Universities by Philip Guo (Communications of the ACM)
Why Learn Python? Here Are 8 Data-Driven Reasons by Elena Ruchko
[Level 1] Programming: Python - Archived version
Python as a way of thinking

Reference

Official Python documentation
Python in Education - git repo
Google's Python Class
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Python
Tiny Python 3.6 Notebook
Real Python Tutorials - First Steps
PEP8 - Python Style Guide
The Elements of Python Style
PyMOTW3 - Python Module Of The Week
Full Stack Python - (best python resources) - (learning programming)
Learn X in Y minutes where X=python3
Tutorial - Learn Python in 10 minutes but don't forget to Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years
PyCrumbs - Bits and bytes of Python from the Internet
CheckiO Python blog - curated Python articles
A Sheet of Python: direct access to the PDF
A gallery of interesting Jupyter Notebooks
CS1 Python Programming Projects Archive
Python 3 Cheat Sheet(PDF)
Python cheatsheet
Python Crash Course - Cheat Sheets
Comprehensive Python Cheatsheet
Algorithms implemented in python (for education)
Algorithms
Minimal examples of data structures and algorithms in Python
awesome-python
Python GitHub Projects
Python Reference - useful functions, tutorials, and other Python-related things
Pythonidae - curated decibans of scientific programming resources in Python
Python Patterns - by Brandon Rhodes (repo)
python-patterns - a collection of design patterns/idioms in Python
PyPattyrn
Python 3 Patterns, Recipes and Idioms
How to make mistakes in Python
The Little Book of Python Anti-Patterns - small book of Python anti-patterns and worst practices
Python IAQ: Infrequently Answered Questions by Peter Norvig
Anti-Patterns in Python Programming
Python Code Disasters - more anti-patterns.
What the f*ck Python? - A collection of interesting and tricky Python examples
DjangoGirls Introduction to Python
Experiments in Python Pedagogy - rendered version
29 common beginner Python errors on one page from Python for Biologists
Learn Python - Udacity
Popular Python Recipes
Transforming Code into Beautiful, Idiomatic Python
Improve your Python skills (Dan Bader's blog)
Practical Business Python
Python Lessons - 6 lessons from teachwithict
Machine Learning and Python (and Math) Cheat Sheets
AIAMA Python implementation - Python implementation of algorithms from Russell And Norvig's "Artificial Intelligence - A Modern Approach"
PyFormat - Using % and .format() for great good!
Replacing Bash Scripting with Python
ugo_py_doc - a Python documentation website
The 35 Words You Need to Python - The core vocabulary of Python you actually need to know to start to do meaningful work.

Mailing lists

Python EDU-SIG - Python.org subsite
Python EDU-SIG - Special Interest Group mailing list
Python EDU-WG - Working Group mailing list
Tutor - (mailing list) Discussion for learning programming with Python
Python-list - General discussion list for the Python programming language (mailing list)

Forums

StackOverflow: tag python - community website
reddit: Python - Python Education - Python tips - Pygame

Tools and Libraries

Your Python Trinket - Put Interactive Python Anywhere on the Web
Python Tutor - Visualize the execution of Python programs
Livepython - Visually trace Python code in real-time (alpha stage)
Skulpt - Skulpt is an entirely in-browser implementation of Python 2.X (!)
SoloLearn Python 3 Tutorial - mobile version
Python Anywhere
repl.it
Python AST Explorer
kite - programming copilot
EarSketch - learn to code by making music
FoxDot - Live Coding Music with Python & SuperCollider
Ren'Py - a visual novel engine
ColorZero - Another color manipulation library for Python
LogZero - Robust and effective logging
NetworkZero - Make it easy for learning groups to use simple networking in Python

Games, graphics and simulation

PyGame
Pygame Zero for creating games without boilerplate
Python Arcade Library
Pyglet - a pure python cross-platform application framework intended for game development
Python Mode for Processing
PythonTurtle
A Simple Tutorial for Python's turtle.py Module
VPython - 3D programming
Pymunk - 2D physics library
PyPhysicsSandbox - a simple wrapper around Pymunk
Kivy - innovative user interfaces, such as multi-touch apps
PyQT 15 minute apps - 15 minute (small) desktop apps built with PyQt
Panda3D - game engine and framework for 3D rendering
gui zero - to allow children to quickly and easily create GUIs for their programs
Free Python Games - collection of free Python games intended for education and fun
Angry Birds in Python - using pygame and pymunk
Jappy - the app powering the http://educa.juegos/ collaborative coding platform
Predigame - instructional platform that teaches the basics of coding through the creation of arcade games
ThorPy - A GUI library for pygame
sc8pr - A simple framework for new and experienced Python programmers to create animations, games, and other graphics-based programs
pyxel - A retro game development environment in Python.
PySimpleGUI - Super-simple GUI to use... Powerfully customizable.
evennia - library and toolkit for building multi-player online text games
adventurelib - easy text adventures
PythonStdioGames - A compilation of text-based games written in Python that only use "standard i/o".
PyperCard - HyperCard inspired GUI framework for beginner developers in Python (doc site)
PyComic - A static website for generating Pythonic comics

Visualization

Bokeh - an interactive visualization library that targets modern web browsers for presentation.
VisPy - library for interactive scientific visualization that is designed to be fast, scalable, and easy to use.
Python Graph Gallery - showcase hundreds of charts, always providing the reproducible python code.

Jupyter

Project Jupyter
Teaching and Learning with Jupyter - awesome collaborative book by experienced teachers using Jupyter
Jupyter Notebook cheatsheet
IPython widgets
lolviz - data-structure visualization tool for lists of lists, lists, dictionaries
nbgrader - nbgrader is a tool that facilitates creating and grading assignments in the Jupyter notebook.
nbval - Py.test plugin for validating Jupyter notebooks.
nbdime - diffing and merging of Jupyter Notebooks.
nbscan - search for and print contents of cells in Jupyter notebooks.
nbconvert - convert Notebooks to other formats.
nbautoeval - creating auto-evaluated exercises.
nbtutor - visualize Python code execution (line-by-line).
nbtranslate - translate content of Jupyter notebook using gettext tools.
nbTranslate - translate cells of a notebook from one language to another - Adds multi language support.
nbdev - Create delightful python projects using Jupyter Notebooks
nbinteract - creates interactive webpages from Jupyter notebooks.
PixieDebugger - The Visual Python Debugger for Jupyter Notebooks You’ve Always Wanted.
jupyter-drive - Google Drive for Jupyter.
RISE - "Live" Reveal.js Jupyter/IPython Slideshow Extension.
notedown - Convert IPython Notebooks to markdown (and back).
rst2ipynb - convert standalone reStructuredText files to Jupyter notebook file.
sphinxcontrib-jupyter - A Sphinx Extension for Generating Jupyter Notebooks
Custom Jupyter Notebook Themes
IPythonBlocks
Using the IPython Notebook as a Teaching Tool
Teaching with Jupyter Notebooks - mailing list.
JupyterLab computational environment - not suitable for general usage yet.
JupyterLab Documentation
binder - turn a GitHub repo into a collection of interactive notebooks.
Google Colab - Jupyter notebook environment for machine learning education and research (requires no setup to use).
JupyterHub - multi-user server for Jupyter notebooks.
Zero to JupyterHub
LTI Launch JupyterHub Authenticator - Implements LTI v1 authenticator for use with JupyterHub.
Lectures on scientific computing with Python
"The world of Jupyter" —a tutorial
List of Jupyter Notebooks by Peter Norvig
28 Jupyter Notebook tips, tricks and shortcuts
Unofficial Jupyter Notebook Extensions
VPython running in a Jupyter notebook
Awesome Jupyter - A curated list of awesome Jupyter projects, libraries and resources
pynb - Jupyter Notebooks as plain Python code with embedded Markdown text.
jupyterhub-deploy-teaching - reference deployment of JupyterHub and nbgrader on a single server
Jupyter Notebook Viewer inside Open edX XBlock
jupyter-edx-grader-xblock - Auto-grade a student assignment created as a Jupyter notebook, using the nbgrader Jupyter extension, and write the score in the Open edX gradebook
The Littlest JupyterHub - A simple JupyterHub distribution for a small (0-100) number of users on a single server.
Jupytext - Conversion and pairing between Jupyter Notebooks and Markdown documents, Python scripts, etc.

IDEs

bpython
ptpython
Thonny - Python IDE for beginners
VIM with Python plugins
Emacs with Python plugins
Sublime Text 3 with Python plugins
PyCharm Edu - With some courses
Spyder - The Scientific PYthon Development EnviRonment.
Wingware Python IDE
Ninja-IDE
PyDev - a Python IDE for Eclipse, which may be used in Python, Jython and IronPython development.
Visual Studio Code with Python plugins
Mu - a simple Python editor for beginner programmers.
Rodeo - A Native Python IDE for Data Science.
Turing - Free and cross-platform IDE for pseudocode and Python.
PyScripter - a feature-rich but lightweight Python IDE.
Pyzo - computing environment that plays well with conda.

Debuggers

pdb
ipdb
PuDB
pdb++ - a drop-in replacement for pdb
Python Linter Online - Live Syntax Checking Using Pylint while Running Python
PyTA - static code analysis to help students find and fix common coding errors
coala - linting and fixing code
wdb - An improbable web debugger through WebSockets
QuantifiedCode - a code analyis & automation platform
birdseye - graphical Python debugger using the AST
Hunter - a flexible code tracing toolkit

Conferences and videos

Taking Your Python Skills to the Next Level With Pythonic Code - 5 powerful Pythonic concepts and over 45 minutes of video examples.
Weekly Python Chat - Weekly live video chats about Python, teaching, open source, and more
Python in Australian Education seminar (2016)
PyCon Australia 2015 Education Miniconf (youtube playlist)
Python Education Summit Schedule (PyCon 2016)
A one-day mini-conference about Python in Education (PyConUK 2016)
PyVideo tag 'education'
Khan Academy Computer Science (Python video playlist)
Python Programming in one video - Learn to Program with Python Derek Banas playlist
CPython internals: A ten-hour codewalk through the Python interpreter source code
Teaching Python: The Hard Parts - PyCon 2016
Episode 14 – Allen Downey on Teaching Computer Science with Python from podcast._init_('Python')
Python For Informatics
Python for Everybody - Exploring Information
sentdex youtube playlists or via Python Programming
Dan Bader's youtube channel
Corey Schafer's youtube channel
Python 3.4 Programming Tutorials
Programming Foundations with Python from Udacity
PySide Video Tutorials
Python Basics - Coding is for girls
Python For Beginners - Learn To Code Tutorials
TheNewBoston Python 3 videotutorials - also Flask and others on their channel
Build applications in Python the antitextbook
Socratica Python Programming Tutorials
Python for Data Analysis - Pandas Cookbook

Books

Coding Club books

Green Tea Press

Invent with Python series

Manning Publications

Classic Computer Science Problems in Python
Hello! Python
Hello World! 2nd ed. Computer Programming for Kids and Other Beginners
Hello Raspberry Pi! - Python programming for kids and other beginners.
The Quick Python Book, Third Edition
Learn Programming with Python
Grokking Algorithms - An illustrated guide for programmers and other curious people.
Practices of the Python Pro - Professional software development principles and best practices for beginning developers.

No Starch Press

O'Reilly

Packt Pub

Hardware

Cozmo

Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi Platform and Python Programming for the Raspberry Pi
gpiozero - A simple interface to GPIO devices with Raspberry Pi.

Arduino

BBC microbit

PyBoard

MicroPython

ESP32

MicroPython

Adafruit CircuitPython

CircuitPython - a MicroPython fork for teaching coding with microcontrollers
Awesome CircuitPython - A curated list of awesome CircuitPython guides, videos, libraries, frameworks, software and resources.

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