Programming Essentials in Python

Temario:

Introductions

• Programming – absolute basics.
• Python – a tool, not a reptile.
• There is more than one Python.
• Begin your Python journey.
• Edube Sandbox and Labs.

Basics I

• Your first program.
• Python literals.
• Operators – data manipulation tools.
• Variables – data-shaped boxes.
• How to talk to computer?

Basics II

• Making decisions in Python.
• Python’s loops.
• Logic and bit operations in Python.
• Lists – collections of data?
• Sorting simple lists – the bubble sort algorithm?
• Lists – some more details?
• Lists in advanced applications.

Basics III

• Writing functions in Python.
• How functions communicate with their environment.
• Returning a result from a function.
• Scopes in Python.
• Creating functions.
• Tuples and dictionaries.

Intermediate I

• Using modules.
• Some useful moduless.
• What is a package?
• Errors – a programmer’s daily bread.
• The anatomy of an exception.
• Some of the most useful exceptions.
• Characters and strings vs. computers.
• The nature of Python’s strings.
• String methods.
• Strings in action.
• Four simple programs.

Intermediate II

• Basic concepts of object programming.
• A short journey from the procedural to the object approach.
• Properties.
• Methodss.
• Inheritance– one of object programming foundations.
• Exceptions once again.
• Generators and closures.
• Processing files.
• Working with real files.