Introduction to Python Programming

Course Outline

• Python Overview
  • Python Versions
  • Advantages of Python
  • Disadvantages of Python
  • Installing Python
  • Environment Variables
  • Executing Python from the Command Line
  • How to use IDLE
  • Python Documentation
  • Getting Help
  • Dynamic Types
  • Python Reserved Words
  • Naming Conventions
• Basic Python Syntax
  • Basic Syntax
  • Comments
  • Data Types and Variables
  • String Data
  • String Methods
  • The format Method
  • String Operators
  • Numeric Data Types
  • Conversion Functions
  • Simple Input and Output
  • The % Method
  • The print Function
• Language Components
  • Indenting Requirements
  • The if Statement
  • Relational and Logical Operators
  • Bit Wise Operators
  • while statements
  • for statements
  • break and continue statements
• Collections
  • Lists
  • Tuples
  • Sets
  • Dictionaries
  • Sorting Dictionaries
  • Copying Collections
• Functions
  • Defining Your Own Functions
  • Parameters
  • Function Documentation
  • Keyword and Optional Parameters
  • Passing Collections to a Function
  • Variable Number of Arguments
  • Scope
  • Passing Functions to a Function
  • Map
  • Filter
  • Mapping Functions in a Dictionary
  • Lambda
  • Inner Functions
  • Closures
• Modules
  • Modules
  • Standard Modules - sys
  • Standard Modules - math
  • Standard Modules - time
  • The dir Function
• Exceptions
  • Errors
  • Run Time Errors
  • The Exception Model
  • Exception Hierarchy
  • Handling Multiple Exceptions
  • Raise
  • Assert
• Input and Output
  • Data Streams
  • Creating Your Own Data Streams
  • Access Modes
  • Writing Data to a File
  • Reading Data From a File
  • Additional File Methods
  • Using Pipes as Data Streams
  • Handling IO Exceptions
  • Working with Directories
  • Metadata
  • The pickle Module
• An Introduction to Classes in Python
  • Classes in Python
  • Principles of Object Orientation
  • Creating Classes
  • Instance Methods
  • Properties
  • Class Methods and Data
  • Static Methods
  • Private Methods
  • Inheritance
• Regular Expressions
  • Simple Character Matches
  • Special Characters
  • Character Classes
  • Quantifiers
  • The Dot Character
  • Greedy Matches
  • Grouping
  • Matching at Beginning or End
  • Match Objects
  • Substituting
  • Splitting a String
  • Compiling Regular Expressions
  • Flags