Python Essential Training

Introduction

• Getting started with Python
• Who this course is for
• Resources for this course

1. Gearing Up for Python

• How computers think
• Installing Python, Pip, and Jupyter Notebooks
• The Zen of Python
• Writing a program
• Jupyter notebooks
• Using Coderpad

2. Quickstart

• Variables and types
• Data structures
• Operators
• Control flow
• Functions
• Classes and objects
• About the challenges
• Solution: Factorials

3. Basic Data Types

• Ints and floats
• Other types of numbers
• Booleans
• Strings
• Bytes
• Solution: Converting hex to decimal

4. Basic Data Structures

• Lists
• Tuples and sets
• Dictionaries
• List comprehensions
• Dictionary comprehensions
• Solution: Encoding ASCII art

5. Control Flow

• If and else
• While
• For
• Solution: Finding primes faster

6. Functions

• The anatomy of a function
• Variables and scope
• Functions as variables
• Solution: Sum of triangles

7. Classes and Objects

• The anatomy of a class
• Static and instance methods
• Inheritance
• Solution: Drawing shapes

8. Errors

• Errors and exceptions
• Handling exceptions
• Custom exceptions
• Solution: Bad arguments

9. Threads and Processes

• Intro to threads and processes
• Multithreading
• Multiprocessing

10. Working with Files

• Opening, reading, and writing
• CSV
• JSON
• Solution: Compressing ASCII art

11. Packaging Python

• Command-line arguments
• Creating modules and packages

Conclusion

• Wrap up
• Python challenge project