Course Objectives

An overview of Python
The Python Environment
Getting Started
Flow Control
Array types
Working with files
Dictionaries and Sets
Functions
Sorting
Errors and Exception Handling
Using Modules
Regular Expressions
Using the Standard Library

Course Content

This course leads the student from the basics of writing and running Python 3 scripts to more advanced features such as file operations, regular expressions, working with binary data, and using the extensive functionality of Python modules. Extra emphasis is placed on features unique to Python, such as tuples, array slices, and output formatting.
This is a hands-on programming class. All concepts are reinforced by informal practice during the lecture followed by graduated lab exercises.
Introduction to Python is a practical introduction to a working programming language, not an academic overview of syntax and grammar. Students will immediately be able to use Python to complete tasks in the real world.

 

 

 

Who should attend

• This course is appropriate for advanced users, system administrators and website administrators who want to use Python to support their server installations, as well as anyone else who wants to automate or simplify common tasks with the use of Python scripts.
• Unix/Linux, Mac, or Windows: Basic (1-2 years’ experience) at user-level
• Programming language (any): Basic (1-2 years’ experience) helpful, not required