Introduction to Python 3

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Course Description

This Introduction to Python 3 training course provides a comprehensive introduction to the core syntax and functions provided by Python, including coverage of its object-oriented and functional programming features. The course also explores the Python standard library. Python is a powerful and popular object-oriented programming/scripting language with many high quality libraries. 

What you will learn

•     How to write maintainable, efficient Python code
•     Proper structuring of programs using functions and classes
•     Effective use of functional programming
•     The best ways to handle text and regular expressions
•     How to handle exceptions
•     What is available from the Python standard library
•     What are the main 3rd party libraries

Course Outline

• Getting Started with Python: Overview of Python; Installing Python; Installing 3rd party libraries; Getting ready to develop
• Python Language Fundamentals: Overview of core Python syntax rules; Simple data types and variables; Object essentials; Flow control
• Working with Functions: The benefit of functions; Writing and calling functions; Passing parameters
• Exception Handling: Overview of exceptions in Python; Handling exceptions; Raising exceptions; Design issues
• Collections: Overview of collections in Python; Lists; Tuples; Sets; Dictionaries
• Strings and Regular Expressions: Overview of strings in Python; Basic string manipulation; Introduction to regular expressions; Using regular expressions in Python
• Classes and Iterators: Defining classes; Instance variables; Iterators; Creating and initializing objects
• Functional Programming: The benefits of and when to use
• File Handling: Overview of file handling in Python; Reading and writing text files; Working with binary files; Streaming and serializing Python objects
• Libraries Overview: data analysis, scientific processing, data bases, web frameworks, testing

Learning Path

•     Advanced Python 3 - GTIT20
•     Automating with Python - GTIT29

Ways to Attend

• Attend a public course, please check our Schedule
• Private onsite Team training also available, please Contact Us to discuss. We can customise this course to suit your business requirements.