Python Developer   

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

• This course can be taken on a PC or a Mac.
• Dual monitors are helpful but not required.

Software Requirements:

• PC: Windows 10 or later.
• Mac: macOS 11.0 or later.
• Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
• Python (download and installation instructions are provided in course).
• Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Other:

• Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

Whether you're new to programming or just want to learn a new language, this in-depth course will teach you the ins and outs of Python programming. You will learn all about Python programming in this comprehensive course that covers introductory through advanced methods of Python and get coding quickly.

You'll start by learning the basics of programming in Python, including how it works and what it's good for. You will also gain an understanding of Python's place in the wider programming world. Then, you'll move on to more advanced methods where you'll learn how to work with iPhone Notebook, the Collections Module, regular expressions, databases, CSV files, JSON, and XML. You will also learn advanced sorting, how to write object-oriented code in Python, and how to test and debug your Python code. Finally, you'll get a rapid introduction to NumPy, pandas, and matplotlib, which are Python libraries.

1. Introduction to Python
   1. Python Basics
      1. Getting Familiar with the Terminal
      2. Running Python
      3. Running a Python File
      4. Exercise: Hello, world!
      5. Literals
      6. Exercise: Exploring Types
      7. Variables
      8. Exercise: A Simple Python Script
      9. Constants and Deleting Variables
      10. Writing a Python Module
      11. print() Function
      12. Collecting User Input
      13. Exercise: Hello, You!
      14. Reading from and Writing to Files
      15. Exercise: Working with Files
   2. Functions and Modules
      1. Defining Functions
      2. Variable Scope
      3. Global Variables
      4. Function Parameters
      5. Exercise: A Function with Parameters
      6. Returning Values
      7. Exercise: Parameters with Default Values
      8. Returning Values
      9. Importing Modules
      10. Methods vs. Functions
   3. Math
      1. Arithmetic Operators
      2. Exercise: Floor and Modulus
      3. Assignment Operators
      4. Precedence of Operations
      5. Built-in Math Functions
      6. The math Module
      7. The random Module
      8. Exercise: How Many Pizzas Do We Need?
      9. Exercise: Dice Rolling
   4. Python Strings
      1. Quotation Marks and Special Characters
      2. String Indexing
      3. Exercise: Indexing Strings
      4. Slicing Strings
      5. Exercise: Slicing Strings
      6. Concatenation and Repetition
      7. Exercise: Repetition
      8. Combining Concatenation and Repetition
      9. Python Strings are Immutable
      10. Common String Methods
      11. String Formatting
      12. Exercise: Playing with Formatting
      13. Formatted String Literals (f-strings) (introduced in Python 3.6)
      14. Built-in String Functions
      15. Exercise: Outputting Tab-delimited Text
   5. Iterables: Sequences, Dictionaries, and Sets
      1. Definitions
      2. Sequences
      3. Lists
      4. Sequences and Random
      5. Exercise: Remove and Return Random Element
      6. Tuples
      7. Ranges
      8. Converting Sequences to Lists
      9. Indexing
      10. Exercise: Simple Rock, Paper, Scissors Game
      11. Slicing
      12. Exercise: Slicing Sequences
      13. min(), max(), and sum()
      14. Converting between Sequences and Strings
      15. Unpacking Sequences
      16. Dictionaries
      17. The len() Function
      18. Exercise: Creating a Dictionary from User Input
      19. Sets
      20. *args and **kwargs
   6. Virtual Environments, Packages, and pip
      1. Exercise: Creating, Activiting, Deactivating, and Deleting a Virtual Environment
      2. Packages with pip
      3. Exercise: Working with a Virtual Environment
   7. Flow Control
      1. Conditional Statements
      2. Compound Conditions
      3. The is and is not Operators
      4. all() and any() and the Ternary Operator
      5. In Between
      6. Loops in Python
      7. Exercise: All True and Any True
      8. break and continue
      9. Looping through Lines in a File
      10. Exercise: Word Guessing Game
      11. The else Clause in Loops
      12. Exercise: for...else
      13. The enumerate() Function
      14. Generators
      15. List Comprehensions
   8. Exception Handling
      1. Exception Basics
      2. Generic Exceptions
      3. Exercise: Raising Exceptions
      4. The else and finally Clauses
      5. Using Exceptions for Flow Control
      6. Exercise: Running Sum
      7. Raising Your Own Exceptions
   9. Python Dates and Times
      1. Understanding Time
      2. The time Module
      3. Time Structures
      4. Times as Strings
      5. Time and Formatted Strings
      6. Pausing Execution with time.sleep()
      7. The datetime Module
      8. datetime.datetime Objects
      9. Exercise: What Color Pants Should I Wear?
      10. datetime.timedelta Objects
      11. Exercise: Report on Departure Times
   10. File Processing
       1. Opening Files
       2. Exercise: Finding Text in a File
       3. Writing to Files
       4. Exercise: Writing to Files
       5. Exercise: List Creator
       6. The os Module
       7. os.walk()
       8. The os.path Module
       9. A Better Way to Open Files
       10. Exercise: Comparing Lists
   11. PEP8 and Pylint
       1. PEP8
       2. Pylint
2. Advanced Python
   1. Advanced Python Concepts
      1. Lambda Functions
      2. Advanced List Comprehensions
      3. Exercise: Rolling Five Dice
      4. Collections Module
      5. Exercise: Creating a defaultdict
      6. Counters
      7. Exercise: Creating a Counter
      8. Mapping and Filtering
      9. Mutable and Immutable Built-in Objects
      10. Sorting
      11. Exercise: Converting list.sort() to sorted(iterable)
      12. Sorting Sequences of Sequences
      13. Creating a Dictionary from Two Sequences
      14. Unpacking Sequences in Function Calls
      15. Exercise: Converting a String to a datetime.date Object
      16. Modules and Packages
   2. Regular Expressions
      1. Regular Expression Tester
      2. Regular Expression Syntax
      3. Python's Handling of Regular Expressions
      4. Exercise: Green Glass Door
   3. Working with Data
      1. Virtual Environment
      2. Relational Databases
      3. Passing Parameters
      4. SQLite
      5. Exercise: Querying a SQLite Database
      6. SQLite Database in Memory
      7. Exercise: Inserting File Data into a Database
      8. Drivers for Other Databases
      9. CSV
      10. Exercise: Finding Data in a CSV File
      11. Creating a New CSV File
      12. Exercise: Creating a CSV with DictWriter
      13. Getting Data from the Web
      14. Exercise: HTML Scraping
      15. XML
      16. JSON
      17. Exercise: JSON Home Runs
   4. Testing and Debugging
      1. Testing for Performance
      2. Exercise: Comparing Times to Execute
      3. The unittest Module
      4. Exercise: Fixing Functions
      5. Special unittest.TestCase Methods
   5. Classes and Objects
      1. Attributes
      2. Behaviors
      3. Classes vs. Objects
      4. Attributes and Methods
      5. Exercise: Adding a roll() Method to Die
      6. Private Attributes
      7. Properties
      8. Exercise: Properties
      9. Objects that Track their Own History
      10. Documenting Classes
      11. Exercise: Documenting the Die Class
      12. Inheritance
      13. Exercise: Extending the Die Class
      14. Extending a Class Method
      15. Exercise: Extending the roll() Method
      16. Static Methods
      17. Class Attributes and Methods
      18. Abstract Classes and Methods
      19. Understanding Decorators
3. Python Data Analysis with JupyterLab
   1. JupyterLab
      1. Exercise: Creating a Virtual Environment
      2. Exercise: Getting Started with JupyterLab
      3. Jupyter Notebook Modes
      4. Exercise: More Experimenting with Jupyter Notebooks
      5. Markdown
      6. Exercise: Playing with Markdown
      7. Magic Commands
      8. Exercise: Playing with Magic Commands
      9. Getting Help
   2. NumPy
      1. Exercise: Demonstrating Efficiency of NumPy
      2. NumPy Arrays
      3. Exercise: Multiplying Array Elements
      4. Multi-dimensional Arrays
      5. Exercise: Retrieving Data from an Array
      6. More on Arrays
      7. Using Boolean Arrays to Get New Arrays
      8. Random Number Generation
      9. Exploring NumPy Further
   3. pandas
      1. Getting Started with pandas
      2. Introduction to Series
      3. np.nan
      4. Accessing Elements in a Series
      5. Exercise: Retrieving Data from a Series
      6. Series Alignment
      7. Exercise: Using Boolean Series to Get New Series
      8. Comparing One Series with Another
      9. Element-wise Operations and the apply() Method
      10. Series: A More Practical Example
      11. Introduction to DataFrames
      12. Creating a DataFrame using Existing Series as Rows
      13. Creating a DataFrame using Existing Series as Columns
      14. Creating a DataFrame from a CSV
      15. Exploring a DataFrame
      16. Exercise: Practice Exploring a DataFrame
      17. Changing Values
      18. Getting Rows
      19. Combining Row and Column Selection
      20. Boolean Selection
      21. Pivoting DataFrames
      22. Be careful using properties!
      23. Exercise: Series and DataFrames
      24. Plotting with matplotlib
      25. Exercise: Plotting a DataFrame
      26. Other Kinds of Plots

What you will learn

• Learn how Python works and what it's good for
• Understand Python's place in the world of programming languages
• Learn to perform math operations with Python
• Learn to work with Python sequences: lists, arrays, dictionaries, and sets
• Learn advanced sorting
• Learn to work with databases, CSV files, JSON, and XML
• Learn to write object-oriented code in Python
• Learn to test and debug your Python code
• Learn to use regular expressions for pattern matching
• Learn to use NumPy to work with arrays and matrices of numbers
• Learn to work with pandas to analyze data

How you will benefit

• Prepare for an entry-level job as a Python programmer
• Enhance your programming ability and add a new skill to your resume
• Become more confident in your ability to use the Python programming language

Nat Dunn founded Webucator in 2003 to combine his passion for technical training with his business expertise and to help companies benefit from both. His previous experience was in sales, business and technical training, and management. Nat has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in International Relations from Pomona College.