From the course: Python: XML, JSON, and the Web

What you should know - Python Tutorial

From the course: Python: XML, JSON, and the Web

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What you should know

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- [Instructor] Before we begin there are some important concepts that you should already be familiar with. First you should be familiar with using developer tools such as text editors. We're going to be writing Python code in this course and Python is of course just a text format, so you can use whatever text editor you want. For this course I'll be using Visual Studio Code. It's a free tool from Microsoft and runs on Mac, Windows and Linux and you can download it from code.visualstudio.com. It has a rich ecosystem of plugins available which we will take advantage of in this course. If you'd like to learn more about Visual Studio Code you can check out the course Visual Studio Code for Web Developers. You should also already be familiar with the basics of Python programming. This course assumes you already understand the fundamentals of the language, such as how to write functions, use conditional statements and variables and so on. If you feel like you need to brush up on your basic Python skills you can check out Learning Python, or the more comprehensive Python Essential Training. It will also be helpful if you're already familiar with data formats commonly used on the web, such as HTML, XML and JSON. You don't need to have deep knowledge of these subjects but since we're going to be working with them in this course you might want to brush up on these areas if you need to. I'd recommend watching XML Essential Training and JavaScript and JSON Integration Techniques. And since we'll be performing http operations to get data, you might want to watch Learning REST APIs. Once you're comfortable with these topics you're ready to proceed with the course.

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