Scripting Languages

NITTTR via Swayam

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Provider

Swayam
Pricing

Free Online Course
Languages

English
Certificate

Paid Certificate Available
Duration & workload

8 weeks
Sessions

On-Demand
Level

Beginner

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This course offers a structured and in-depth exploration of Python programming, equipping learners with both foundational principles and practical expertise. Beginning with an overview of Python’s evolution, key features, and installation, it introduces core programming constructs such as variables, data types, and essential operations. The curriculum progresses to control structures, enabling proficiency in conditional statements, loops, and loop manipulation techniques. A dedicated focus on modular programming covers functions, modules, and package management, fostering efficient code organization and reusability. Additionally, the course delves into file handling, text processing, and advanced pattern-matching techniques using regular expressions. Concluding with an introduction to widely used frameworks like Web2Py, Django, Ruby on Rails, or Struts, this course bridges the gap between theoretical learning and real-world application development, making it ideal for those seeking a strong foundation in Python and its ecosystem.

Syllabus

Week

Topics to be Covered

Unit 1: Introduction, Variables and Data Types (Numeric and String): Introduction to Programming and Scripting language, Python-History, Features, Setting up path, Installation and Working with Python, Basic Syntax, interactive shell, IDLE, Understanding Python variables, comments in the program, Numeric data types, Using string data type and string manipulations: subscript operator, indexing, slicing a string.

Operators and Other Data Types (Tuples and Dictionary): Basic Operators, Understanding coding blocks, Defining list and list slicing, Other Data Types: Tuples, Dictionary.

UNIT 2: Control Structures: Conditional blocks using if, else and elif, For loops and iterations, while loops.

Continuation of Control Structures: Loop manipulation using continue, break and pass, Programming using conditional and loops block.

UNIT 3: Functions and Modules: Organizing Python codes using functions, Organizing Python projects into modules.

Continuation of Modules and Packages: Importing own module as well as external modules, Understanding Packages.

UNIT 4: File I/O, Text Processing, Regular Expressions: Understanding read functions, Understanding write functions, Programming using file operations, Powerful pattern matching and searching, Power of pattern searching using regex.

UNIT 5: Frameworks: Frameworks - Web2Py, Django, Ruby on Rails, Struts (any one of these or any other).