Python Programming Level 1: Introduction for Programmers

Course Description:

  The Introduction to Python 3 course is a 3-day course designed to teach students how to program in the Python programming language.

The course will cover how Python works, Pythons place in the world of programming languages, working with strings, performing math operations, Python sequences, collecting user input and output results, flow control processing, read and write files; handle exception handling, and working with dates and times. This course is taught using Python 3, and differences between Python 2 and Python 3 are noted.

Topics covered in the course include:

• Python Basics
• Functions and Modules
• Math
• Python Strings
• Sequences, Dictionaries, and Sets
• Flow Control
• File Processing
• Exception Handling
• Dates and Times
• Running Python Scripts from the Comand Line

Target Student: This course would be beneficial to for students looking to get started with the Python language. some programming experience would be beneficial, but not required.

Section 1. Python Basics
Running Python
Hello, World!
Literals
Python Comments
Data Types
Variables
Writing a Python Module
print() Function
Named Arguments
Collecting User Input
Getting Help

Section 2. Functions and Modules
Defining Functions
Variable Scope
Global Variables
Function Parameters
Returning Values
Importing Modules

Section 3. Math
Arithmetic Operators
Modulus and Floor Division
Assignment Operators
Built-in Math Functions
The math Module
The random Module
Seeding

Section 4. Python Strings
Quotation Marks and Special Characters
String Indexing
Slicing Strings
Concatenation and Repetition
Common String Methods
String Formatting
Built-in String Functions

Section 5. Iterables: Sequences, Dictionaries, and Sets
Definitions
Sequences
Unpacking Sequences
Dictionaries
The len() Function
Sets
*args and **kwargs

Section 6. Flow Control
Conditional Statements
The is and is not Operators
Python's Ternary Operator
Loops in Python
The enumerate() Function
Generators
List Comprehensions

Section 7. File Processing
Opening Files
The os and os.path Modules

Section 8. Exception Handling
Wildcard except Clauses
Getting Information on Exceptions
The else Clause
The finally Clause
Using Exceptions for Flow Control
Exception Hierarchy

Section 9. Dates and Times
Understanding Time
The time Module
The datetime Module

Section 10. Running Python Scripts from the Comand Line
The sys Module
sys.argv

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