Python Programming

Target Audience

• This is a beginner course suitable for anyone wanting to use Python for developing applications, writing test for QA or using it for system administration.

Prerequisites

• Basic programming background in a programming language such as C, Java, Javascript, Perl, PHP or Ruby, just to name a few.
• Experience with a text editor like emacs, vi, pico or notepad.
• Understanding of files and directories.

Objectives

• To be able to write programs in Python.
• To master the rich set of Python libraries and modules.
• Understand procedural control flow in Python
• Use Object Oriented programming techniques

Course Format

• Duration of the course is 24-32 academic hours. (Usually 3-4 days).
• The course includes approximately 40% hands on lab work.
• In the 4 day long version we allocate more time for exercises and have more time for individual help.
• The course can be given in either using Python 2 or Python 3

Language

• The course is given in Hebrew with slides and materials in English.

Syllabus

1. Introduction to Python
   • Installing Python
   • Where and why to use Python
   • Using the Python interactive interpreter
   • Documentation and how to get help?
   • Indentation
2. Scalar types and operators
   • Strings
   • Numbers
   • Split
   • String slices
   • Immputable strings
3. Collection types and operators
   • Lists
   • List slices
   • Tuples
   • Dictionaries (hashes)
   • Sets
   • Sorting
   • Queues
   • Stack
   • Collections
   • Iterables
   • Mutable and immutable
4. Functions subroutines
   • Function parameters
   • Positional parameters
   • Named parameters
   • Default values
   • Optional parameters
   • Return values
   • Function documentation
   • Lambda functions
5. Control flow
   • For loops
   • While loops
   • Loop controls
   • Conditionals
   • Chained comparison
   • Enumerate
   • Boolean and logical operators
6. IO
   • print
   • print formatting
   • read/write files
7. Regular expression (pattern matching)
   • Matching all
   • Searching for a single match
   • Meta characters
   • Character classes
   • Special character classes
   • Quantifiers
   • Alternatives
   • Modifier flags
   • Anchors
   • Back-references
   • Substitution
   • Split
8. The Python standard library
   • Filesystem related functions
   • Running external processes
9. Creating modules
   • Loading a module
   • Finding a module in a private directory
   • Changing the search path to a relative directory
   • Importing selected functions
   • Namespaces
   • Creating executable module
10. Exception handling
    • Creating non-fatal warnings
    • Catching exceptions
    • Handling exceptions
    • Throwing a new exception
    • The final block
    • Creating your own exception
11. Object Oriented Programming
    • Defining classes
    • Initializing objects
    • Methods
    • Attributes or members
    • The self
    • Inheritance
12. Additional uses
    • Installing and using 3rd party modules
    • Writing simple web scraping program
    • Writing simple Web application
    • Accessing SQL databases
    • Reading and writing Excel files

Contact

Contact: Gabor Szabo gabor@hostlocal.com
Phone: +972-54-4624648