Chapter 8 - FIle I/O

Added file I/O chapter and compelted additional cleanup.

README.md

@@ -5,77 +5,78 @@ This is a collection of Jupyter Notebooks for teaching Python programming with a
 ## Topics
 
 1.    Introduction
-      * Using Jupyter notebooks
-      * Your First Python Program
+      * Using Jupyter Notebooks
+      * Your first Python program
 
 
 2.    Basic operations
-      * Variables, Assignment Statements, Expressions
+      * Variables, assignment statements, expressions
       * Reading console input
-      * Numeric Data Types
-      * Operator Precedence
+      * Numeric data types
+      * Operator precedence
       * Strings
-      * Type Conversions
+      * Type conversions
 
 
 3.    Built-in Functions and Objects
-      * Common Functions
-      * Objects and Methods
+      * Common functions
+      * Objects and methods
       * Formatting output with `.format()`
 
 
 4.    Branch Logic
-      * Boolean Data Types
-      * `if` Statements
-      * `if` - `else` Statements
-      * `if` - `elif` - `else` Statements
+      * Boolean data types
+      * `if` statements
+      * `if` - `else` statements
+      * `if` - `elif` - `else` statements
       * Logical operators (`and`, `or`, `not`)
-      * Operator Precedence
+      * Operator precedence
 
 
 5.    Iteration (Loops)
-      * `for` Loop
-      * `while` Loop
-      * Nested Loops
+      * `for` loop
+      * `while` loop
+      * Nested loops
       * `break` and `continue`
 
 
 6.    User Defined Functions
       * Introduction
-      * Defining Functions
-      * Calling Functions
-      * Arguments and Parameters
-      * Variable Scope
+      * Defining functions
+      * Calling functions
+      * Arguments and parameters
+      * Variable scope
 
 
 7.    Collections: Lists, Dictionaries, Sets, Tuples
       * Creating
-      * Accessing Data
-      * Functions - Returning Multiple Values
-      * Functions - Pass by Value; Pass by Reference
+      * Accessing data
+      * Functions - returning multiple values
+      * Functions - pass by value; pass by reference
 
 
 8.    File I/O
       * Modes: read (`'r'`), write (`'w'`), append(`'a'`)
-      * Ways to Read: `read()`, `readline()`, `readlines()`
-      * Writing and Closing: `write()`, `close()`
+      * Writing and closing: `write()`, `close()`
+      * Ways to read: `read()`, `readline()`, `readlines()`
 
 
 9.    Hashing
-      * Hashing Strings
+      * Hashing strings
 
 
 10.   Exception Handling
       * Catching exceptions
       * Raising exceptions
 
+
 11.   Recursion
       * Introduction
       * Examples
 
 
 12.   OOP
-      * User-defined Classes
+      * User defined classes
 
 
 13.   Misc Topics

content/00_tableOfContents.ipynb

@@ -11,77 +11,78 @@
     "## Topics\n",
     "\n",
     "1.    Introduction\n",
-    "      * Using Jupyter notebooks\n",
-    "      * Your First Python Program\n",
+    "      * Using Jupyter Notebooks\n",
+    "      * Your first Python program\n",
     "    \n",
     "    \n",
     "2.    Basic operations\n",
-    "      * Variables, Assignment Statements, Expressions\n",
+    "      * Variables, assignment statements, expressions\n",
     "      * Reading console input\n",
-    "      * Numeric Data Types\n",
-    "      * Operator Precedence\n",
+    "      * Numeric data types\n",
+    "      * Operator precedence\n",
     "      * Strings\n",
-    "      * Type Conversions\n",
+    "      * Type conversions\n",
     "   \n",
     "   \n",
     "3.    Built-in Functions and Objects\n",
-    "      * Common Functions\n",
-    "      * Objects and Methods\n",
+    "      * Common functions\n",
+    "      * Objects and methods\n",
     "      * Formatting output with `.format()`\n",
     "   \n",
     "   \n",
     "4.    Branch Logic\n",
-    "      * Boolean Data Types\n",
-    "      * `if` Statements\n",
-    "      * `if` - `else` Statements\n",
-    "      * `if` - `elif` - `else` Statements\n",
+    "      * Boolean data types\n",
+    "      * `if` statements\n",
+    "      * `if` - `else` statements\n",
+    "      * `if` - `elif` - `else` statements\n",
     "      * Logical operators (`and`, `or`, `not`)\n",
-    "      * Operator Precedence\n",
+    "      * Operator precedence\n",
     "   \n",
     "   \n",
     "5.    Iteration (Loops)\n",
-    "      * `for` Loop\n",
-    "      * `while` Loop\n",
-    "      * Nested Loops\n",
+    "      * `for` loop\n",
+    "      * `while` loop\n",
+    "      * Nested loops\n",
     "      * `break` and `continue`\n",
     "   \n",
     "\n",
     "6.    User Defined Functions\n",
     "      * Introduction\n",
-    "      * Defining Functions\n",
-    "      * Calling Functions\n",
-    "      * Arguments and Parameters\n",
-    "      * Variable Scope\n",
+    "      * Defining functions\n",
+    "      * Calling functions\n",
+    "      * Arguments and parameters\n",
+    "      * Variable scope\n",
     "   \n",
     "   \n",
     "7.    Collections: Lists, Dictionaries, Sets, Tuples\n",
     "      * Creating\n",
-    "      * Accessing Data\n",
-    "      * Functions - Returning Multiple Values\n",
-    "      * Functions - Pass by Value; Pass by Reference\n",
+    "      * Accessing data\n",
+    "      * Functions - returning multiple values\n",
+    "      * Functions - pass by value; pass by reference\n",
     "\n",
     "   \n",
     "8.    File I/O\n",
     "      * Modes: read (`'r'`), write (`'w'`), append(`'a'`)\n",
-    "      * Ways to Read: `read()`, `readline()`, `readlines()`\n",
-    "      * Writing and Closing: `write()`, `close()`\n",
+    "      * Writing and closing: `write()`, `close()`\n",
+    "      * Ways to read: `read()`, `readline()`, `readlines()`\n",
     "      \n",
     "\n",
     "9.    Hashing\n",
-    "      * Hashing Strings\n",
+    "      * Hashing strings\n",
     "\n",
     "\n",
     "10.   Exception Handling\n",
     "      * Catching exceptions\n",
     "      * Raising exceptions\n",
     "   \n",
+    "   \n",
     "11.   Recursion\n",
     "      * Introduction\n",
     "      * Examples\n",
     "\n",
     "\n",
     "12.   OOP\n",
-    "      * User-defined Classes\n",
+    "      * User defined classes\n",
     "\n",
     "\n",
     "13.   Misc Topics\n"