Python programming for beginners
Python is a popular programming language used by system administrators, data scientists, and developers to create web applications, custom Red Hat Ansible Automation modules, perform statistical analysis, and train AI/ML models.
This course introduces the Python language and teaches fundamental concepts like control flow, loops, data structures, functions, file I/O, regular expressions, parsing JSON, and debugging.
This course is based on Python 3 and RHEL 9.0.
Note: Starting January 2026 this course only exists in CR (classroom) if scheduled or Closed course modalities. No RHLS-Course for this course.
Customer can get access to the e-learning course content by purchasing a RedHat RHLS Standard subscription (access to the entire RedHat E-learning offering) - Contact us
Updated Jan2026
An Overview of Python 3
Introduction to Python and setting up the developer environment
Basic Python Syntax
Explore the basic syntax and semantics of Python
Language Components
Understand the basic control flow features and operators
Collections
Write programs that manipulate compound data using lists, sets, tuples and dictionaries
Functions
Decompose your programs into composable functions
Modules
Organize your code using Modules for flexibility and reuse
Classes in Python
Explore Object Oriented Programming (OOP) with classes and objects
Exceptions
Handle runtime errors using Exceptions
Input and Output
Implement programs that read and write files
Data Structures
Use advanced data structures like generators and comprehensions to reduce boilerplate code
Regular Expressions
Use powerful regular expressions to manipulate textual data
Parsing JSON
Read and write JSON data
Debugging
Debug Python programs using the Python debugger (pdb)
After this course participants should be able to:
