Python Training Course

Python Course Contents

Python 3: The Basics

• A brief introduction to Python
• How does python script work?
• Structure of Python scripts
• Python is Interpreted
• Python vs other programming languages
• How Python is better?
• How to run Python interactively
• The community
• Where to find python help
• Python documentation

Python Set-up

• Getting python and installation
• IDE for Python

Python 3 Features

• Standard library
• Interactive Mode
• Portable
• Extendable
• Databases
• GUI Programming
• Scalability
• Structured programming and OOP
• Python integration with other programming languages

Common elements of Python Programming

• How to use variables
• Variable naming scheme
• Data types
• Python methods
• Operators
• Boolean and logical operators
• Augmented assignments
• Switching types
• Dictionaries
• Types in Python
• Where are Arrays in Python?
• Tuples
• Lists in Python
• OOP in Python

Conditional Statements in Python

• If Else structure
• Conditional expressions
• Unconditional flow control
• Indentation
• Chained comparisons
• Sequence
• Collection
• Object types

Loops

• While loops
• For loops
• For loop incremental
• Enumerate

Python 3 String Management

• How to handle strings in python
• Print function
• String concatenation
• String methods
• Double quote in String
• String formatting and testing
• String formatting aids
• Slicing a string
• String specific methods
• How to split and join strings

Python Functions

• Different type of python functions
• Function parameters
• Function default values
• Variadic functions
• Named parameters
• Enforcing named parameters
• Variables in functions
• Nested functions
• Function return object
• Variables in nested functions
• Lamdba functions
• Lambda as a sort key
• Lambda in re.sub

Collections

• What is Python collection?
• Different types of collections in Python
• Lists
• Using list as stacks
• Using list as queues
• Using list comprehensions
• Tuple and list slicing
• Extended iterable unpacking
• Adding items to a list
• Removing items by position
• Removing list items by content
• Sorting
• List methods
• Types
• Useful tuple operations
• Sets
• Set operators
• Python dictionaries
• Dictionary values
• Removing items from a dictionary
• Dictionary methods
• View objects

Advanced Collections

• Advanced list functions
• List comprehensions
• Set and dictionary comprehensions

Regular Expressions

• Regular expressions in Python
• Regular expression objects
• Regular expression substitution
• Regular expression split
• Special Syntax with Parentheses
• Grouping with Parentheses
• Repetition Cases
• Literal characters
• Character classes
• Regular Expression Patterns
• Modifiers
• Matching alternatives
• Anchors
• Class shortcuts
• Flags
• Repeat quantifiers
• Quantifiers
• Parentheses groups
• Back-references
• Global matches

File Handling

• Reading and Writing Files
• Methods of File Objects
• Using source file
• New file objects
• Reading data from an existing file
• Reading options
• Filter programs - fileinput module
• Binary mode
• Writing to files from Python
• Standard streams
• More tricks
• Random access

Database with Python

• Database interface overview
• Example – Ms SQL from Python
• How to manipulate database in Python

Modules and Packages

• Python modules and packages
• Creating the Required Setup Files
• Creating the Distribution File
• Executing modules as scripts
• The Module Search Path
• Compiled Python files
• Multiple source files
• Importing a module
• Importing names
• Writing a module
• Module documentation
• Testing a module
• Directories as packages
• Python debugger
• Python profiler
• Distributing libraries using distutils
• Importing * From a Package
• Intra-package References
• Packages in Multiple Directories

Classes and OOP

• Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming in Python
• Names and Objects
• Scopes
• Classes and OOP
• Using objects
• Class definition syntax
• Methods within class
• Instance objects
• Instance variable
• Class methods
• Inheritance
• Abstraction
• Threads in Python
• Iterators
• Generators

Error Handling and Exceptions

• Syntax Errors
• Stderr
• Warnings
• How does exception work
• Exception handling
• Multiple exceptions
• Raising exception
• Exception arguments
• Finally block
• Order of execution
• The Python exception hierarchy
• Raise
• Assert
• User defined exception
• Defining clean-up actions

Projects on Python course

You will create some (if not all) of the below applications in classroom.

• Hello World App: Learn how to read and print messages to screen
• Operator Example App: Learning the different operators in Python and also learn about functions and the import keyword
• Data Type App: Learn the different data types we have in python
• Grade App: Learn the use of decision statement in python
• Age App Exercise:
• Average App Exercise:
• Employee Class App: Learn about classes
• Loop Example: Learning the different loops in Python and also learn about list, tuples, and dictionaries
• Rectangle App: Learn the use of classes and exception handling
• Lambda And Hidden Functions: Learn the use of Lambda and Hidden functions in Python
• Mastermind App Exercise
• Circle App Assignment
• Inheritance Example App: Learn about Inheritance in Python
• Abstract Example App: Learning about Abstraction in Python
• File Handler App: Learn about handling files
• Guess Game App Exercise
• Shape Exercise
• Guess Game App Solution: The solution to the Guess Game App Exercise
• Student Database App: Learning the manipulation of data from an SQL database
• Thread App: Learn the Threading concept