Python Programming

Introduction to Python

• Strengths and Weaknesses

• A Brief History of Python

• Python Versions

• Installing Python

• Environment Variables

• Executing Python from the Command Line

• IDLE

• Editing Python Files

• Getting Help

• Dynamic Types

• Python Reserved Words

• Naming Conventions

Basic Python Syntax

• Introduction

• Basic Syntax

• Comments

• String Values

• String Operations

• The format Method

• String Slices

• String Operators

• Numeric Data Types

• Conversions

• Simple Input and Output

• The print Function

Language Components

• Introduction

• Control Flow and Syntax

• Indenting

• The if Statement

• Relational Operators

• Logical Operators

• True or False

• Bit Wise Operators

• The while Loop

• break and continue

• The for Loop

Collections

• Introduction

• Lists

• Tuples

• Sets

• Dictionaries

• Sorting Dictionaries

• Copying Collections

• Summary

Functions

• Introduction

• Defining Your Own Functions

• Parameters

• Function Documentation

• Keyword and Optional Parameters

• Passing Collections to a Function

• Variable Number of Arguments

• Scope

• Functions - "First Class Citizens"

• Passing Functions to a Function

• Mapping Functions in a Dictionary

• Lambda, Closures

Modules

• Overview

• Standard Modules - math

• Standard Modules – time

• Standard Modules – Random

Exceptions

• Errors

• Run Time Errors

• The Exception Model

• Exception Hierarchy

• Handling Multiple Exceptions

• raise

• assert

• Writing Your Own Exception Classes

Connecting to and transforming data with Pandas

• Working with Series and Data frames

• Connecting to files, APIs and Databases

• Filtering and sorting data

• Exporting data to text & Excel files

• Grouping data and performing statistics

• Merging different datasets