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Python Programming Introduction

  • Level: Introduction
  • Duration: 4 Days
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Course Outline

Introduction to Python
  • Python language characteristics
  • The Python execution model
Leveraging Python Built-in Types
Manipulating string and numeric literals
  • Declaring and initialising variables
  • Performing arithmetic calculations
  • Making decisions and performing iterations
  • Formatting and slicing strings
Aggregating related data
  • Accessing positional information in lists
  • Representing ordered data with tuples
  • Consistently handling data collections with iterators
Organising and Structuring Code
Defining and calling functions
  • Positional, keyword and default arguments
  • Implementing variable-length argument lists
  • Iterating with generator functions
Grouping code into modules
  • Importing and packages
  • Referencing functions from modules by qualification
  • Accessing the Standard Library
Implementing Classes and Objects
Declaring and modifying objects
  • Encapsulating attributes and methods in classes
  • Initialising objects with constructors
  • Accessing and modifying attributes with methods
  • Overloading operators
Inheritance and polymorphism
  • Reusing functionality through inheritance
  • Extending methods from base classes
  • Overriding methods for dynamic behaviour
  • Tracing the scope in the namespace
  • Enhancing functionality with class decorators
Manipulating the File System
Managing files
  • Reading and writing text and binary files
  • Importing the OS module for directory management
Increasing program robustness through handling exceptions
  • Maintaining program control with error handlers
  • Detecting errors and raising exceptions
Interfacing with Relational Databases
Establishing communication
  • Creating a SQL database connection
  • Instantiating cursors to access a database
Executing SQL statements within a Python program
  • Retrieving desired data sets
  • Updating the database with action statements
Constructing a GUI with Tkinter
Building the user interface
  • Defining GUI classes with Frames
  • Placing widgets and geometry managers
Listening for interface events
  • Providing menu items
  • Responding to mouse clicks
  • Binding event handlers
Developing Web Applications
Analysing the request processing pipeline
  • Positioning the role of Python
  • Mapping requests to Python scripts
Developing MVC with Python
  • Integrating the model with a database
  • Processing requests with Python controllers
Benefiting from the Django framework
  • Improving productivity with code reduction
  • Simplifying application development
  • Accessing the database and producing HTML with Django templates

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Testimonials

  • I thoroughly enjoyed this course but do feel that the duration should be extended in order to allow more time to cover all of the topics. Noel was a fantastic trainer, happy to answer any questions and very good at explaining how to do something, thank you.

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    Laura Chesters

    HSBC