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Introduction to Python

Instructor-Led 10 Agenda

Description

In this Python training course, students learn to program in Python. The course is aimed at students new to the language who may or may not have experience with other programming languages. This Python course is taught using Python 3; however, differences between Python 2 and Python 3 are noted.

Course Overview

Course Objective

Learn how Python works and what it's good for. Understand Python's place in the world of programming languages. Learn to work with and manipulate strings in Python. Learn to perform math operations with Python. Learn to work with Python sequences: lists, arrays, dictionaries, and sets. Learn to collect user input and output results. Learn flow control processing in Python. Learn to write to and read from files using Python. Learn to write functions in Python. Learn to handle exceptions in Python. Learn to work with dates and times in Python.

Who Should Attend

The course is aimed at students new to the language who may or may not have experience with other programming languages.

Python Basics Lesson Id 1

Python Basics

Functions and Modules Lesson Id 2

Functions and Modules

Math Lesson Id 3

Math

Python Strings Lesson Id 4

Python Strings

Iterables: Sequences, Dictionaries, and Sets Lesson Id 5

Iterables: Sequences, Dictionaries, and Sets

Flow Control Lesson Id 6

Flow Control

File Processing Lesson Id 7

File Processing

Exception Handling Lesson Id 8

Exception Handling

Dates and Times Lesson Id 9

Dates and Times

Running Python Scripts from the Command Line Lesson Id 10

Running Python Scripts from the Command Line

Lesson Id	Title	Description
1	Python Basics	Running Python<br />Hello, World!<br />Literals<br />Python Comments<br />Data Types<br />Variables<br />Writing a Python Module<br />print() Function<br />Named Arguments<br />Collecting User Input<br />Getting Help<br />
2	Functions and Modules	Defining Functions<br />Variable Scope<br />Global Variables<br />Function Parameters<br />Returning Values<br />Importing Modules<br />
3	Math	Arithmetic Operators<br />Modulus and Floor Division<br />Assignment Operators<br />Built-in Math Functions<br />The math Module<br />The random Module<br />Seeding<br />
4	Python Strings	Quotation Marks and Special Characters<br />String Indexing<br />Slicing Strings<br />Concatenation and Repetition<br />Common String Methods<br />String Formatting<br />Built-in String Functions<br />
5	Iterables: Sequences, Dictionaries, and Sets	Definitions<br />Sequences<br />Unpacking Sequences<br />Dictionaries<br />The len() Function<br />Sets<br />args and kwargs<br />
6	Flow Control	Conditional Statements<br />The is and is not Operators<br />Python's Ternary Operator<br />Loops in Python<br />The enumerate() Function<br />Generators<br />List Comprehensions<br />
7	File Processing	Opening Files<br />The os and os.path Modules<br />
8	Exception Handling	Wildcard except Clauses<br />Getting Information on Exceptions<br />The else Clause<br />The finally Clause<br />Using Exceptions for Flow Control<br />Exception Hierarchy<br />
9	Dates and Times	Understanding Time<br />The time Module<br />The datetime Module<br />
10	Running Python Scripts from the Command Line	The sys Module<br />sys.argv<br />