Modules, imports, and collections

Importing

import string
import random
from datetime import datetime

import module — use module.name
from module import name — use name directly

Lists and dicts

List — ordered, mutable:

nums = [1, 2, 3]
nums.append(4)
first = nums[0]

Dict — key → value:

config = {"host": "127.0.0.1", "port": 8080}
print(config["port"])
config["timeout"] = 30

JSON-like APIs often map naturally to dicts.

Useful standard library snippets

Small utility modules often wrap the standard library like this:

import string
import random

def random_token(length: int = 8) -> str:
    letters = string.ascii_uppercase
    return "".join(random.choice(letters) for _ in range(length))

from datetime import datetime

def timestamp() -> str:
    return datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")

Packages

A package is a directory with __init__.py (can be empty). Your template might use app/ or src/ layout—follow it for import paths.

Implement

Create a module tokens.py with random_token and timestamp (or reuse names your rubric gives).
Import and call them from main.py or a small test script.
Build a dict representing a fake server config (host, port, use_ssl) and print one field with an f-string.
Commit and push.