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Setting the Stage: Understanding Basic Rules of Python-based Web Scraping
Diving into web scraping can be a truly exciting venture, but it's crucial you understand the basic rules first, and have a handle on Python itself
. Before coding your web scraping script in Python:Do enough research on the site or API you intend to scrape.Know what kind of data is available and how that data is structured.Analyzing websites also aids in understanding the HTML tags for effective extraction.Have clarity on wheth ...
Hey learners! Welcome to the following lecture on Python, where all the examples are practically explained with the help of the Jupyter notebook. We have been working with the data types for a long time, and now we know all the basics about them. There are certain concepts that are applicable to almost all sequences, but there are some rules for performing this function. Python has many concepts that are unique and simple, and if we talk about the slicing of the data type, other high-level languages such as C++ have the same concept, but Python gives the easiest way to do so. How we will work on different data types to check whether they support the slicing or not. In this way, we can revise the concept that we have been working on so far. Nevertheless, before that, you have to check the l ...
Hey peeps! Welcome to the Engineering Projects where you are learning the basics of Python in detail. We are working a lot with the arrays as these are important concepts in most of the high-level programming languages till now, the numeric data was used in the arrays but for our practice, we are moving towards the next step where the focus will be on the string data type. The practice is done on the Jupyter notebook and every step is going to be explained well without skipping any concepts but to keep things easy, we are not emphasising unnecessary details and concepts. So, before going deep into the topic, have a look at the list of the contents that will be discussed in this lecture:
What are the strings?
How do we use the string in arrays?
What is the list?
How do we extract the ch ...
Hello students! Welcome to the next episode of NumPy, where we are working more on arrays in detail. NumPy is an important library for Python, and for concepts like integer arrays, it has many useful built-in functions that help programmers a lot. In the previous lecture, the installation and basic functions were discussed and this time, our focus is on the general operations and types of arrays that usually the programmers need during the coding. It is an interesting and basic lecture, and you will learn the following concepts in this lecture:
What are some important types of arrays?
Why are we using NumPy for arrays?
What are zero arrays?
What is the random array?
How can we use the ones array using NumPy?
Is it easy to perform the identity array in Numpy?
Practically perform the ...
Hey, peps! Welcome to the new tutorial on the Jupyter notebook. As we are moving towards a higher level of Python, therefore, it is important to understand other ways of doing the same task. As we read in the previous lecture about 2D arrays, this time it is going to be done with the help of a famous library in Python. This time, you are going to learn different, engaging, and advanced-level concepts that not only help you deal with the 2D array but also the installation and working of the unique library of Python, which is NumPy. This lecture is going to be very useful and interesting, and therefore, we suggest you have a glance at all the goals of this lecture.
Getting the introduction to NumPy
Successfully installation of NumPy and knowing different methods for it
Using the arrays wi ...
Hello students! We hope you are enjoying learning Python, and therefore, we are moving forward with the advanced level of Python. For this, you have to keep in mind that you are moving towards complex codes, and therefore, you have to get ready for expert-level problems. Do not worry, we are not going to leave you alone with these complex codes; rather, we are discussing the amazing and interesting libraries in Python so that your work may be done with the pre-defined codes and applications so you get amazing results by following simple operations and statements. If it is confusing for you right now, do not worry. Have a look at the topics that you will learn about today, and after that, we will move towards the details:
What is meant by a library in programming languages?
List some of t ...
Greeting learners! Welcome to the new tutorial on Python, where we are going to discuss the loops. In the previous lecture, our focus was on the primary introduction of the loops in Python. If you are from a programming background, you must know that there is a little bit of difference between the loops in Python and those in other programming languages. At the end of the previous lecture, we saw the details of the basic differences and examined why we consider Python better than other languages when considering loops. In the current lecture, our focus is only on the while loop, and you will get to know its importance soon when we discuss the detail of this loop. But before this, have a look at the list of the major concepts:
What are the loops?
Why do we use the while loop in Python?
W ...
Greetings Learners! Welcome to the new lecture on Python. Today we are moving towards an interesting and important concept. If you have come from a programming background, then you must know about the workings of loops. To make the repetition of the same sequence, we use loops. We are familiar with the sequences in detail as we have learned them in the previous lectures and have received the concept in the recent lecture. If you want to be a programmer, then you can not move forward without a solid base of loops; therefore, in this lecture, we will learn the concept of loops from scratch and then go on to a deep understanding of each loop in the next episodes. So have a look at the concepts that you will learn today.
What are the loops?
How do we understand the concept of loops from scra ...
Hi learners! Welcome to the next episode of learning the arrays using string data. We have been working with the arrays and in the previous lecture, we saw the interesting characteristics of the string arrays. In the present lecture, our target is to get knowledge about the built-in functions and we will take the strings in the array so that we may know about both of them together. String arrays are used in many officials uses and therefore, we want to use the built-in functions that every Python programmer must know. Here is the list of the concepts that will be polished in this lecture:
What are the built-in methods?
How do you differentiate between methods and functions in programming?
Give different examples to understand different built-in methods to be used in the same code.
How ...
Hola students! Welcome to the new Python tutorial, where we are learning about OOP. We all know why OOP is important in programming. In the previous lecture, a detailed overview of classes and objects was discussed. We are moving towards the next step of learning where our focus will be on inheritance. Yet, programming also contains inheritance. We have all read about inheritance in real life and are aware of the concepts surrounding it. This time, we will discuss these concepts according to the workings of the classes and related entities. The concept of inheritance is the same in both scenarios, and with the help of interesting examples, the practical implementation of inheritance will be shown to you, but first of all, it would be interesting to know about the main headings that will be ...
