Python Introduction Training

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Python Introduction

• An Overview of Python
  • What is Python?
  • The Birth of Python
  • About Interpreted Languages
  • Advantages of Python
  • Disadvantages of Python
  • How to get Python
  • Which Version of Python?
  • The End of Python 2
  • Getting Help
• The Python Environment
  • Starting Python
  • If the Interpreter is not in your PATH
  • Using the Interpreter
  • Trying Out a Few Commands
  • Running Python Scripts
  • Using pydoc
  • Python Editors and IDEs
• Getting Started
  • Using Variables
  • Keywords and Built-ins
  • Variable Typing
  • Strings
  • Single-delimited String Literals
  • Triple-delimited String Literals
  • Raw String Literals
  • Unicode Characters
  • String Operators and Methods
  • Numeric Literals
  • Math Operators and Expressions
  • Converting Among Types
  • Writing to the Screen
  • String Formatting
  • Legacy String Formatting
  • Command Line Parameters
  • Reading from the Keyboard
• Flow Control
  • About Flow Control
  • What’s with the white space?
  • if and elif
  • Conditional Expressions
  • Relational Operators
  • Boolean Operators
  • while loops
  • Alternate ways to exit a loop
• Array Types
  • About Array Types
  • Lists
  • Indexing and Slicing
  • Iterating through a Sequence
  • Tuples
  • Iterable Unpacking
  • Nested Sequences
  • Functions for all Sequences
  • Using enumerate()
  • Operators and Keywords for Sequences
  • The Range() Function
  • List Comprehensions
  • Generator Expressions
• Working with Files
  • Text file I/O
  • Opening a Text File
  • The with block
  • Reading a Text File
  • Writing to a Text File
• Dictionaries and Sets
  • About Dictionaries
  • When to Use Dictionaries
  • Creating Dictionaries
  • Getting Dictionary Values
  • Iterating Through a Dictionary
  • Reading File Data into a Dictionary
  • Counting with a Dictionary
  • About Sets
  • Creating Sets
  • Working with Sets
• Functions
  • Defining a Function
  • Returning Values
  • Function Parameters
  • Variable Scope
• Sorting
  • Sorting Overview
  • The sorted() Function
  • Custom Sort Keys
  • Lambda Functions
  • Sorting Nested Data
  • Sorting Dictionaries
  • Sorting in Reverse
  • Sorting Lists in Place
• Errors and Exception Handling
  • Syntax Errors
  • Exceptions
  • Handling Exceptions with try
  • Handling Multiple Exceptions
  • Handling Generic Exceptions
  • Ignoring Exceptions
  • Using else
  • Cleaning up with finally
• Using Modules
  • What is a Module?
  • The import Statement
  • Where did __pycache__ come from?
  • Module Search Path
  • Packages
  • Module Aliases
  • When the Batteries aren’t Included
• Regular Expressions
  • Regular Expressions
  • RE Syntax Overview
  • Finding Matches
  • RE Objects
  • Compilation Flags
  • Groups
  • Special Groups
  • Replacing Text
  • Replacing with a Callback
  • Splitting a String
• Using the Standard Library
  • The sys Module
  • Interpreter Information
  • STDIO
  • Launching External Programs
  • Paths, Directories, and Filenames
  • Walking Directory Trees
  • Grabbing Data from the Web
  • Sending e-mail
  • Math Functions
  • Random Values
  • Dates and Times
  • Zipped Archives
• Introduction to Python Classes
  • About o-o Programming
  • Defining Classes
  • Constructors
  • Instance Methods
  • Properties
  • Class Methods and Data
  • Static Methods
  • Private Methods
  • Inheritance
  • Untangling the nomenclature

Before Taking this Class

Software/Setup For this Class

Python 3 or higher