Gain insights into Python 3's new syntax, data types, strings, bytes, and iterators through interactive coding samples. Upgrade your Python skills with hands-on, real-time code modifications.

Are you ready to take the plunge into Python 3? You might be just getting started with Python or you might be someone who understands Python2 and now wants to upgrade to Python 3. This course is designed to help you achieve your goal faster.

Learn about the new syntax, data types, strings, bytes, iterators and much more with interactive coding samples. Execute code using interactive playgrounds, modify the code to see your changes in action and get yourself upgraded to the newest version of Python that is here to stay for a while.

This course is derived from Dive into Python 3 by Mark Pilgrim. See License for more details.
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Python 3: An interactive deep dive

On Unicode in Python:

1. [Python Unicode HOWTO](https://docs.python.org/3.1/howto/unicode.html)
2. [What’s New In Python 3: Text vs. Data Instead Of Unicode vs. 8-bit](https://docs.python.org/3.0/whatsnew/3.0.html#text-vs-data-instead-of-unicode-vs-8-bit)
3. [PEP 261 explains how Python handles astral characters outside of the Basic Multilingual Plane (i.e. characters whose ordinal value is greater than 65535)](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0261/)

On Unicode in general:

1. [The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer 2. Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!)](http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Unicode.html)
2. [On the Goodness of Unicode](http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/04/06/Unicode)
3. [On Character Strings](http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/04/13/Strings)
4. [Characters vs. Bytes](http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/04/26/UTF)

On character encoding in other formats:

1. [Character encoding in XML](http://feedparser.org/docs/character-encoding.html)
2. [Character encoding in HTML](https://blog.whatwg.org/the-road-to-html-5-character-encoding)

On strings and string formatting:

1. [string — Common string operations](https://docs.python.org/3.1/library/string.html)
2. [Format String Syntax](https://docs.python.org/3.1/library/string.html#formatstrings)
3. [Format Specification Mini-Language](https://docs.python.org/3.1/library/string.html#format-specification-mini-language)
4. [PEP 3101: Advanced String Formatting](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3101/)

Your First Python Program

Native Datatypes

Comprehensions

Strings

Regular Expressions

Closures & Generators

Classes & Iterators

Advanced Iterators

Unit Testing

Refactoring

Files

XML

Serializing Python Objects

HTTP Web Services

Case Study: Porting chardet to Python 3

Packaging Python Libraries

Appendix : Where To Go From Here

Further Reading