Audience
This course is ideal for anyone who would like a comprehensive introduction to Python.
Prerequisites
You should have at least 6 months programming experience.
Familiarity with OO concepts would be an advantage.
Duration
4 days. Hands on.
Course Objectives
Python is a powerful and popular object-oriented scripting language. This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the core syntax and functions provided by Python, including full coverage of its object-oriented features. The course also explores some of Python's powerful APIs and techniques, including file handling, XML processing, object serialization, and Web services.
What you'll learn:
- Writing clean Python code
- Working with functions and objects
- Working with text and regular expressions
- Handing exceptions
- Manipulating files and XML data
- Working with web services
Course Content
Getting Started with Python
Overview of Python
Installing Python
Getting ready to develop
Python Language Fundamentals
Overview of core Python syntax rules
Simple data types and variables
Object essentials
Flow control
Working with Functions
The benefit of functions
Writing and calling functions
Passing parameters
Exception Handling
Overview of exceptions in Python
Handling exceptions
Raising exceptions
Design issues
Collections
Overview of collections in Python
Lists
Tuples
Sets
Dictionaries
Strings and Regular Expressions
Overview of strings in Python
Basic string manipulation
Introduction to regular expressions
Using regular expressions in Python
Classes and Iterators
Defining classes
Instance variables
Iterators
Creating and initializing objects
File Handling
Overview of file handling in Python
Reading and writing text files
Working with binary files
Streaming and serializing Python objects
XML Processing
XML essentials
Parsing XML documents
Searching for XML content
Generating XML data
Web Services
Overview of Web services
Implementing Web services using Python
Caching
Compression
Handling redirects