Python & uv

The versatile language

Python is excellent for scripts, AI, data, and backends. Easy to read and learn.

Installation

# Verify
python3 --version

uv: The modern manager

uv is the new Python package manager (10x faster than pip).

# Install uv
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

# Create project
uv init my-project
cd my-project

# Add dependency
uv add requests

# Run
uv run python main.py

Basic concepts

Variables

name = "Ana"
age = 25
is_active = True

Functions

def greet(name: str) -> str:
    return f"Hello, {name}!"

# Call
message = greet("Ana")

Lists

fruits = ["apple", "pear", "grape"]

# List comprehension
uppercase = [f.upper() for f in fruits]

# Filter
long_ones = [f for f in fruits if len(f) > 4]

Dictionaries

user = {
    "name": "Ana",
    "age": 25,
    "email": "ana@email.com"
}

print(user["name"])

Virtual environments

# With uv (recommended)
uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate  # macOS/Linux
.venv\Scripts\activate     # Windows

# With traditional venv
python3 -m venv .venv

Practice

→ CLI Tool with Python

Useful links

• 📖 Python Docs
• 📖 uv Docs