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Overview
This hands-on Python course is packed with more th
an 25 exercises. Like many
programming courses, it
begins with a simple "Hello, World!" exercise. From
there, students learn about
literals, data types, and
variables and to collect input from users. Once they have those basics down, students will learn about
functions and modules, to work with the math and ra
ndom modules, to format st
rings, to index and slice
sequences, and to work with the different types of ite
rables. In the lesson on flow control, students will
learn to write conditionals and l
oops and work with ranges. They'll also learn to write basic list
comprehensions. They will build upon this knowledge to
learn how to read from and write to files. As
part of this, they will learn to cr
eate a small list maintenance application. Students will then learn to use
exception handling both to catch unexpected errors and as
a form of flow control. The course ends with
a lesson on dates and times in Python. In addition to
teaching how the time and datetime modules work,
this lesson provides students with a broader understanding of how co
mputers understand time.
Audience
The course is aimed at students new to the
language who may or may not have experience
with other programming languages.
Prerequisites
Some programming experience would be beneficial.
Course duration
4 Days
Course outline
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
2. Functions and Modules
- Defining Functions
- Variable Scope
- Global Variables
- Function Parameters
- Returning Values
- Importing Modules
3. Math
- Arithmetic Operators
- Modulus and Floor Division
- Assignment Operators
- Built-in Math Functions
- The math Module
- random Module
- The Seeding
4. Python Strings
- Quotation Marks and Special Characters
- String Indexing
- Slicing Strings
- Concatenation and Repetition
- Common String Methods
- String Formatting
- Built-in String Functions
5. Iterables: Sequences, Dictionaries, and Sets
- Definitions
- Sequences
- Unpacking Sequences
- Dictionaries
- The len() Function
- Sets
6. Flow Control
- Conditional Statements
- The is and is not Operators
- Python's Ternary Operator
- Loops in Python
- The enumerate() Function
- Generators
- List Comprehensions
- *args and **kwargs
7. File Processing
- Opening Files
- The os and os.path Modules
8. Exception Handling
- Wildcard except Clauses
- Getting Information on Exceptions
- The else Clause
- The finally Clause
- Using Exceptions for Flow Control
- Exception Hierarchy
9. Dates and Times
- Understanding Time
- The time Module
- The datetime Module
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