Python is a popular general purpose programming language. It is used in machine learning, web development, desktop applications, and many other fields. Fortunately for beginning programmers, Python has a simple, easy-to-use syntax. This makes Python a great language to learn to start your computer coding career.

4 days - $2,100.00

Course taught by an expert computer coding Instructor.

Prerequisites:

Basic knowledge of a Mac or PC computer is required. No computer coding knowledge is necessary.

Course Outline

An Overview of Python
What is Python?
An overview of Python
What is python?
Python Timeline
Advantages/Disadvantages of Python
Getting help with Pydoc

The Python Environment
Starting Python
Using the interpreter
Running a Python script
Python scripts on Unix/Windows
Editors and IDEs

Getting Started
Using variables
Built-in functions
Strings
Numbers
Converting among Types
Writing to the Screen
Command Line Parameters

Flow Control
About flow control
White Space
Conditional Expressions
The Is and Is Not Operators
Python's Ternary Operator
Relational and Boolean operators
While Loops
Alternate Loop Exits
The Enumerate Function
List Comprehensions

Sequences
About Sequences
Lists and List Methods
Tuples
Indexing and Slicing
Iterating through a Sequence
Sequence Functions, Keywords, and Operators
List Comprehensions
Generator Expressions
Nested sequences

Working with Files
File Overview
Opening a Text File
Reading a Text File
Writing to a Text File
Reading and Writing Raw (binary) Data
Converting Binary Data with Struct

Iterables, Dictionaries and Sets
About dictionaries
About sequences
Creating dictionaries
Iterating through a Dictionary
About Sets
Creating Sets
Working with Sets

Functions & Modules
Defining functions
Variable Scope
Global Variables
Function Parameters
Global and Local Scope
Nested Functions
Returning Values
Importing Values

Math
Arithmetic Operators
Modulus and Floor Division
Assignment Operators
Built-in Math Functions
The Math Module
The Random Module
Seeding

Python Strings
Quotation Marks and Special Characters
String Indexing
Slicing Strings
Concatenation and Repetition
Common String Methods
String Formatting
Built-in String Function

Sorting
The Sorted Function
Alternate Keys
Lambda Functions
Sorting Collections
Using Operator
Reverse sorting

Errors and Exception Handling
Syntax errors
Exceptions
Using try/catch/else/finally
Handling Multiple Exceptions
Ignoring Exceptions

Modules and Packages
The Import Statement
Module Search Path
Creating Modules
Using packages
Function and Module aliases

Classes
About o-o Programming
Defining classes
Constructors
Methods
Instance data
Properties
Class Methods and Data

Regular Expressions
RE Syntax Overview
RE Objects
Searching and Matching
Compilation Flags
Groups and Special Groups
Replacing Text
Splitting Strings

The Standard Library
The sys Module
Launching External Programs
Math Functions
Random Numbers
The String Module
Reading CSV Data

Dates and Times
Working with Dates and Times
Translating Timestamps
Parsing Dates from Text
Formatting Dates
Calendar Data

Working with The File System
Paths, Directories, and Filenames
Checking for Existence
Permissions and other File Attributes
Walking Directory Trees
Creating Filters with File Input
Using Shutil for File Operations

Advanced Data Handling
Defaultdict and Counter
Prettyprinting data structures
Compressed Archives (zip, gzip, tar, etc.)
Persistent Data

Network Services
Grabbing Web Content
Sending email
Using SSH for Remote Access
Using FTP

Writing Real-Life Applications
Parsing Command-Line Options
Detecting the Current Platform
Trapping Signals
Implementing Logging
Python Timeline
Advantages/Disadvantages of Python
Getting help with pydoc

Running Python Scripts from the Command Line
The sys Module
sys.argv
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