Course Description

Improve productivity with Python due to its simplicity. Python has lots of support and is very portable, where you can write once and read anywhere, unlike C/C++.

Learn the fundamentals of Python and how to program using this popular programming language by taking our four day virtual classroom course.

You will be taught the programming skills required to develop applications using Python’s language features, third-party software packages, and standard library modules.

Key Learnings Include:

Python Basics
Functions and Modules
Maths
Python Strings
Iterables
Virtual Environments
Flow Control
Exception Handling
Python Dates and Times
File Processing
PEP8 and Pylint

Modules Covered

Python Syllabus

Learning Outcomes:

Work with Python, use variables, output data, collect user input, and write simple Python functions and modules.
Define functions with or without parameters
Understand variable scope and how to import modules.
Perform basic math in Python.
Use the math and random modules for extended math functionality.
Manipulate and format strings.
Understand lists, tuples, ranges, dictionaries, and sets.
Understand the *args and **kwargs parameters.
Create and use virtual environments.
Install packages with pip.

Python Basics

Getting Familiar with the Terminal
Running Python
Running a Python File
Literals
Variables
Constants and Deleting Variables
Writing a Python Module
print() Function
Collecting User Input
Reading from and Writing to Files
Exercise: Working with Files

Functions and Modules

Defining Functions
Variable Scope
Global Variables
Function Parameters
Returning Values
Returning Values
Importing Modules
Methods vs. Functions

Maths

Arithmetic Operators
Assignment Operators
Precedence of Operations
Built-in Math Functions
The math Module
The random Module

Python Strings

Quotation Marks and Special Characters
String Indexing
Slicing Strings
Concatenation and Repetition
Combining Concatenation and Repetition
Python Strings are Immutable
Common String Methods
String Formatting
Formatted String Literals (f-strings) (introduced in Python 3.6)
Built-in String Functions

Iterables

Definitions
Sequences
Lists
Sequences and Random
Tuples
Ranges
Converting Sequences to Lists
Indexing
Slicing
min(), max(), and sum()
Converting between Sequences and Strings
Unpacking Sequences
Dictionaries
The len() Function
Sets
*args and **kwargs

Virtual Environments

Packages with pip

Flow Control

Conditional Statements
Compound Conditions
The is and is not Operators
all() and any() and the Ternary Operator
In Between
Loops in Python
Break and continue
Looping through Lines in a File
The else Clause in Loops
The enumerate() Function
Generators
List Comprehensions

Exception Handling

Exception Basics
Generic Exceptions
The else and finally Clauses
Using Exceptions for Flow Control
Raising Your Own Exceptions

Python Dates and Times

Understanding Time
The time Module
Time Structures
Times as Strings
Time and Formatted Strings
Pausing Execution with time.sleep()
The datetime Module
datetime.datetime Objects
datetime.timedelta Objects

File Processing

Opening Files
Writing to Files
The os Module
os.walk()
The os.path Module
A Better Way to Open Files

PEP8 and Pylint

PEP8
Pylint

Python Exam Details

There is no exam for this course.

Accreditation

This course is nationally accredited by Microsoft - Training and Certification Courses

Benefits

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Eligibility

Our Python training course has been developed for individuals who are new to Python, or for those without much experience using this programming language.

As this is a foundation level course, there are no prerequisites to enrol onto this course. It would be beneficial if you have some understanding of IT, programming and other programming languages, although this is not essential.