Python Course Outline

Goal:

Prepare for developer who can efficiently understand and use various Python versions.

Pre-requisites:

Personal having user-level experience with any computer programming language and basics.

Duration:

24 hours

Course Outline:

Getting Started with Python

• Introduction
• Python- Plus and minus
• Python 2 vs Python 3
• Working in python (IDLE and Script Mode)
• IDE Selection
• Pyscripter
• Introduction

Python Fundamentals

• Character Set
• Tokens
• Barebones of Python
• Python Rules and Convention
• Data Types
• Variables in Python
  • Creating Variables
  • Multiple assignment
  • Variable Definition
  • Dynamic Typing
• Operators
  • Arithmetic Operator
  • Relational Operator
  • Logical Operator
  • Operator Precedence
• Mutable and Immutable Types

Python Input/Output

• print statement
• input()
• raw_input()

Condition and looping Statements

• If, elif and else
• For loop
• While loops
• Range
• List comprehension

Handling Lists/Array

• Creating and Accessing Lists
• Lists Operations
• Working with Lists
• List Functions and Methods

Handling Strings

• Accessing individual elements in a string
• String Operator
• String Slices
• String Functions and Methods

Tuples

• Creating and Accessing Tuples
• Tuple Operations
• Tuple Function and Methods

Sets

• Creating and Accessing Set
• Set Operations
• Set Function and Methods

Dictionary

• Key: Value Pairs
• Working with dictionaries
• Dictionary Functions and Methods

Functions

• Defining functions
• Invoking functions
  • Flow to Execution
  • Argument and Parameters
• Passing Parameters
  • Positional/Required Arguments
  • Default Arguments
  • Keyword(named) Arguments
  • Using Multiple Arguments Type Together
• Scope of variable
• Types of Function
• Inbuilt Functions
• User defined Functions
• Recursive Functions
• Lamda Functions

Modules

• Using Modules in Programs
• Writing Modules
• Importing Modules
• Using Imported Functions and Modules
• Module Search Path
• Module built-in method: dir

Packages

• Packages Introduction
• Packages Structure
• Import module from Packages

Data File Handling

• Data Files
• Opening and Closing Files
• Reading and Writing Files
• Random Access Files
• Renaming and Deleting Files in Python
• Writing and Reading Objects in Binary Files

Object Oriented Python

• OOP over Procedural Programing
• Basic Concept of OOP
• Classes and Instances
  • Creating Instances/Objects
  • Class members
  • Built in class attributes
  • Some Standard Method
  • Private Attributes
• Inheritance
  • Need For Inheritance
  • Subclassing Scoping

Exception Handling and Generators

• Exceptions and Exception Handling
• Generators in Python