Churning Theoretical knowledge into Practical Skills

Python is an easy to learn, powerful programming language. \It has efficient high-level data structures and a simple but effective approach to object-oriented programming. Python's elegant syntax and dynamic typing, together with its interpreted nature, make it an ideal language for scripting and rapid application development in many areas on most platforms.

This Training introduces informally to the basic concepts and features of the Python language and system. It helps to have a Python interpreter handy for hands-on experience, but all examples are self-contained, so the tutorial can be read off-line as well.

Introduction

1. Welcome

• Understanding prerequisites for Python
• Using the exercise files

2. Python Quick Start

• Python - Getting started with "Hello World"
• Python - Selecting code with conditionals
• Python - Repeating code with a loop
• Python - Reusing code with a function
• Python - Creating sequences with generator functions
• Python - Reusing code and data with a class
• Python - Greater reusability with inheritance and polymorphism
• Python - Handling errors with exceptions

3. Python - Setting Up Python

• Installing Python 3 and Eclipse for Windows
• Installing Python 3 and Eclipse for Mac

4. Python - General Syntax

• Python - Creating a main script
• Python - Understanding whitespace in Python
• Python - Commenting code
• Python - Assigning values
• Python - Selecting code and values with conditionals
• Python - Creating and using functions
• Python - Creating and using objects

5. Python - Variables, Objects, and Values

• Python - Understanding variables and objects in Python
• Python - Distinguishing mutable and immutable objects
• Python - Using numbers
• Python - Using strings
• Python - Aggregating values with lists and tuples
• Python - Creating associative lists with dictionaries
• Python - Finding the type and identity of a variable
• Python - Specifying logical values with True and False

6. Python - Conditionals

• Python - Selecting code with if and else conditional statements
• Python - Setting multiple choices with elif
• Python - Understanding other strategies for multiple choices
• Python - Using the conditional expression

7. Python - Loops

• Python - Creating loops with while
• Python - Iterating with for
• Python - Enumerating iterators
• Python - Controlling loop flow with break, continue, and else

8. Python - Operators

• Python - Performing simple arithmetic
• Python - Operating on bitwise values
• Python - Comparing values
• Python - Operating on Boolean values
• Python - Operating on parts of a container with the slice operator
• Python - Understanding operator precedence

9. Python - Regular Expressions

• Python - Using the re module
• Python - Searching with regular expressions
• Python - Replacing with regular expressions
• Python - Reusing regular expressions with re.compile

10. Python - Exceptions

• Python - Learning how exceptions work
• Python - Handling exceptions
• Python - Raising exceptions

11. Python - Functions

• Python - Defining functions
• Python - Using lists of arguments
• Python - Using named function arguments
• Python - Returning values from functions
• Python - Creating a sequence with a generator function

12. Python - Classes

• Python - Understanding classes and objects
• Python - Using methods
• Python - Using object data
• Python - Understanding inheritance
• Python - Applying polymorphism to classes
• Python - Using generators
• Python - Using decorators

13. Python - String Methods

• Python - Understanding strings as objects
• Python - Working with common string methods
• Python - Formatting strings with str.format
• Python - Splitting and joining strings
• Python - Finding and using standard string methods

14. Python - Containers

• Python - Creating sequences with tuples and lists
• Python - Operating on sequences with built-in methods
• Python - Organizing data with dictionaries
• Python - Operating on character data with bytes and byte arrays

15. Python - File I/O

• Python - Opening files
• Python - Reading and writing text files
• Python - Reading and writing binary files

16. Python - Databases

• Python - Creating a database with SQLite 3
• Python - Creating, retrieving, updating, and deleting records
• Python - Creating a database object

17. Python - Modules

• Python - Using standard library modules
• Python - Finding third-party modules
• Python - Creating a module

18. Python - Debugging

• Python - Dealing with syntax errors
• Python - Dealing with runtime errors
• Python - Dealing with logical errors
• Python - Using unit tests

19. Python - Building a Database Application

• Python - Normalizing a database interface
• Python - Deconstructing a database application
• Python - Displaying random entries from a database