Python Online Course
SYLLABUS
Python variables
Variable names
Type specific methods
Operators and type
Augmented assignments
Python types
Switching types
Python lists introduced
Python tuples introduced
Python dictionaries introduced
Python conditionals Indentation
What is truth?
Boolean and logical operators
Chained comparisons
Sequence and collection tests
Object types
A note on Exception Handling
While loops
Loop control statements
For loops
enumerate
Counting ‘for’ loops
Zipping through multiple lists
Conditional expressions
Unconditional flow contro
Python 3 strings
The print function
Cooking strings
String concatenation
‘Quotes’
String methods
String tests
String formatting
Other string formatting aids
Slicing a string
String methods – split and join
Python types – reminder
Useful tuple operations
Python lists
Tuple and list slicing
Extended iterable unpacking
Adding items to a list
Removing items by position
Removing list items by content
Sorting
List methods
Sets
Exploiting sets
Set operators
Python dictionaries
Dictionary values
Removing items from a dictionary
Dictionary methods
View objects
Python regular expressions
Elementary extended RE meta-characters
Regular expression objects
Regular expression substitution
Regular expression split
Matching alternatives
Anchors
Class shortcuts
Flags
Repeat quantifiers
Quantifiers
Parentheses groups
Back-references
Global matches
Data Storage and File Handling
New file objects
Reading files into Python
Reading tricks
Filter programs – fileinput module
Binary mode
Writing to files from Python
Standard streams
More tricks
Random access
Python pickle persistence
Pickle protocols
Build some shelves
Compression
Database interface overview
Example – SQLite from Python
Python functions
Function parameters
Variadic functions
Assigning default values to parameters
Named (keyword) parameters
Enforcing named parameters
Returning objects from a function
Variables in functions
Nested functions
Variables in nested functions
Function documentation
Lamdba functions
Lambda as a sort key
Lambda in re.sub
Advanced list functions – filter
List comprehensions
Set and dictionary comprehensions
Lazy lists
Generators
Generator objects and next – coroutines
List comprehensions as generators
Copying collections – problem
Copying collections – slice solution?
Copying collections – deepcopy solution
What are modules and packages?
Multiple source files
How does Python find a module?
Importing a module
Importing names
Directories as packages
Writing a module
Module documentation
Testing a module
Python debugger Python profiler Distributing libraries – distutils
Introduction to Classes and OOP
Classes and OOP
Object-Oriented terminology
Object-Oriented Programming
Using objects
Defining classes
Defining methods
Constructing an object Special methods
Operator overload special methods
Properties
Properties and decorators
Class methods
Inheritance
Inheritance terminology
Writing to stderr Controlling warnings
Exception handling
Exception syntax
Multiple exceptions
Exception arguments
The finally block
Order of execution
The Python exception hierarchy
A common mistake
The raise statement Raising our own Exceptions
assert
Family life
Creating a process from Python
Old interface examples
Waiting for a child
Using the subprocess module
The subprocess.Popen class
Running a basic process
Capturing the output Passing data through a pipe
Processes and threads
Very basic threads in Python
Synchronization objects in threading
The trouble with threads
Using the multiprocessing module
Queue objects
The Standard Library
Example – converting Python 2 scripts to Py3
Pretty Printer – a useful utility
Operating System interfaces – os and friends
System specific attributes – sys
Signal handling – signal Converting a signal to an exception
Configuration files
The configparser module
The datetime module and friends
The platform module
External function interface – ctypes
The socket module