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  • An Introduction to Programming in Python (for Business Students)
  • exercises
    • Data Flow Diagramming Exercise
    • Developer Collaboration Exercise
    • README
    • "Web App" Exercise
      • checkpoints
        • Checkpoint 5: Bootstrap Layout
        • Checkpoint 4: Submitting Data from Web Forms
        • Checkpoint 3: Rendering HTML Pages
        • Checkpoint 1: Routing
        • Checkpoint 2: Modular Organization
      • "Web App" Exercise - Further Exploration
    • hello-world
      • "Hello World (Local)" Exercise
      • "Hello World (Local w/ Version Control)" Exercise
      • "Hello World (Colab)" Exercise
    • "Interface Capabilities" Exercise
    • "Continuous Integration 1, 2, 3" Exercise
    • "Web Service" Exercise
      • "Web Service" Exercise - Further Exploration
    • "Testing 1, 2, 3" Exercise
    • "Command-line Computing" Exercise
      • "Command-line Computing" Exercise
      • Professor Rossetti's Mac Terminal Configuration
      • Command-line Computing Exercise
    • "Codebase Cleanup" Assignment
    • "List Comprehensions" Exercise
    • "Groceries" Exercise
      • Python Datatypes (a.k.a. "Groceries") Exercise
      • Python Datatypes (a.k.a. "Groceries") Exercise
    • "Rock, Paper, Scissors" Exercise
      • "Rock, Paper, Scissors" Exercise
    • README
    • "Monthly Sales Predictions" Exercise
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    • "Chart Gallery" Exercise
    • "Run the App" Exercise
    • "Web Requests" Exercise
    • "API Client" Exercise
    • "Custom Functions" Exercise
    • Process Diagramming Exercise
  • notes
    • python
      • packages
        • The bigquery Package
        • The PySimpleGUI Package
        • The dotenv Package
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        • The altair Package
        • The gspread Package
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        • The sendgrid Package
        • The fpdf Package
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        • The tweepy Package
        • The twilio Package
        • The tkinter Package
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        • The collections Module
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  • projects
    • "Executive Dashboard" Project
      • testing
      • "Exec Dash" Further Exploration Challenges
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      • "Freestyle" Project Proposal
      • plan
    • "Robo Advisor" Project
      • Robo Advisor Project - Automated Testing Challenges
      • "Robo Advisor" Further Exploration Challenges
    • "Shopping Cart" Project
      • "Shopping Cart" Project - Automated Testing Challenges
      • "Shopping Cart" Further Exploration Challenges
      • "Shopping Cart" Project Checkpoints
  • License
  • Exam Prep
  • units
    • Unit 4B: User Interfaces and Experiences (Bonus Material)
    • Unit 5b: Databases and Datastores
    • Module 1 Review
    • Unit 7b: Processing Data from the Internet (Bonus Material)
    • Unit 9: Software Products and Services
    • Unit 8: Software Maintenance and Quality Control
    • Unit 7: Processing Data from the Internet
    • Unit 6: Data Visualization
    • Unit 5: Processing CSV Data
    • Unit 4: User Interfaces and Experiences
    • Unit 3: Python Datatypes
    • Unit 12: Project Presentations
    • Unit 2: Python Language Overview
    • Unit 11: Project Implementation Sprint
    • Unit 1: The Python Development Environment
    • Unit 10: Software Planning, Analysis, and Design
    • Unit 0: Onboarding
    • Unit 5B: Advanced Data Analytics
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Unit 5: Processing CSV Data

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Learning Objectives

In this unit, we'll learn how to use Python to process machine-readable data stored in Comma-Separated Values (CSV) format.

NOTE: for extra optional bonus material, see also for material about relational databases

Discussions and Notes

  • Program-Data Independence

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    • (focusing on filepath construction)

  • Processing CSV Files:

Activities and Exercises

  • "Monthly Sales Reporting" Exercise ( | )

Unit 5-B
Machine-readable Data Formats
Managing Files
The csv Module
The pandas Package
Local
Colab
The os Module