Learn to Drink Tea with Me

Synopsis: Based on the group standard “Youth Programming Ability Levels, Part 2: Python Programming,” this book aims to promote training in data thinking. It covers all 12 knowledge points in Level 3 of the standard’s Python programming curriculum. The book contains 12 units, divided into three parts. Part One, Foundations of Data Types (Units 1–3), introduces commonly used compound data types in Python, including sequences, tuples, sets, and dictionaries. Part Two, Developing an Understanding of Data (Units 4–7), introduces data dimensions and the processing of one-dimensional, two-dimensional, and multidimensional data. Part Three, Advanced Data Processing Skills (Units 8–12), provides a comprehensive introduction to processing various kinds of data, including text, HTML, vector, and image data, as well as web scraping using the Web as a data source. This book is suitable for students preparing to take the Level 3 Python exam of the National Youth Programming Ability Assessment (PAAT). It is also an excellent textbook for readers with a foundation in Python programming who want to further their study of Python data processing.