Python Programming

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 Course Outline

Introduction to Python Programming

Running Python code

Using Python Development Tools (IDEs and command line tools)

Working with Python and iPython shells as well as iPython Notebook

Data Types and Operations

Integers and floats

Strings and bytes

Tuples and lists

Dictionaries and ordered dictionaries

Sets and frozen sets

Organizing and Distributing Code

Creating modules and packages

Distributing code to repositories

Object Oriented and Functional Programming

Creating and using functions and classes

Modifying functions and classes with decorators

Introducing meta-classes

Error Handling and Testing

Handling and raising exceptions

Writing and executing tests (doc tests and unit tests)

Checking code coverage by tests

Working with Files and Directories

Accessing different types of files and file handling principles

Creating, reading, updating and deleting files (including regular text files, csv, as well as Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel files)

Extracting data from text files using Regular Expressions

Creating and deleting directories, listing and searching for files

Accessing Databases

Selecting, inserting, updating and deleting data

Generic database API based on SQLite 3, PostgreSQL and MySQL

Using the Object Relational Mapper (SQLAlchemy)

Working with NoSQL databases

Conquering The Web

Retrieving web pages

Parsing HTML and XML

Filling web forms automatically

Creating web applications in Python