ostruzina/training-python

Python training material

Python I (2 days)

• 00 – About Python
• 01 – Interactive interpreter
• 02 – Variables, objects, identity, assignment - Basic data types - Composite data types
• 03 – Basic input/output and string formatting
• 04 – Executable scripts, modules and packages
• 05 – Control flow (loops, conditions, exceptions)
• 06 – Input, output, file access, internationalization, unicode
• 07 – Functions, local variables
• 08 – Classes, instances, attributes, methods
• 09 – Constructors and inheritance
• 10 – Standard library bits
• 11 – Available literature

Python II (3 days)

• 00 – Overview of topics from previous course - Variables, identity, assignment, data types - Modules, packages, scripting - Basic input and output

• 01 – Project organization - Packages, modules and scripts - Installation information

• 02 – Python versions and 3.x and 2.x differences - Future features

• 03 – Functions, argument list, argument dictionary – Decorators, closures and nonlocal

• 04 – Generators and iterators - Iterators - Generators - Generator, list and dictionary comprehensions

• 05 – Classes, methods, attributes – Special methods, class and static methods - Case study: Roman numbers - Case study: Roman numbers unit testing

• 07 – Text processing - Regular expressions

• 08 - Working with binary data

• 10 – HTTP client and server

• 09 - Serialization and persistence

• 11 – Logging and debugging

• 12 – Dynamic code generation

• 13 – Managing subprocesses

• 14 – Parallel programming, threads and processes

• 99 – Available literature

• ? Date and time handling

• ? Command line argument parsing

Notes:

• I work on linux distributions where python works natively without any specific installation or configuration procedure. Windows and Mac users should have their python installations ready for the training.
• We will be using python 3.3/3.4 for the training and discuss differences in python 2.7, unless requested otherwise in advance.
• Using an IDE is not part of the training unless a specific one is requested in advance. A basic text editor suitable for programming and a terminal window are all that you need.
• Altering the course to fit your needs is possible and encouraged.