Mastering Python Programming Training

Working within in an engaging, hands-on learning environment, guided by our expert Python practitioner, students will learn to:

• Create working Python scripts following best practices

• Use python data types appropriately

• Read and write files with both text and binary data

• Search and replace text with regular expressions

• Get familiar with the standard library and its work-saving modules

• Use lesser-known but powerful Python data types

• Create "real-world", professional Python applications

• Work with dates, times, and calendars

• Know when to use collections such as lists, dictionaries, and sets

• Understand Pythonic features such as comprehensions and iterators

• Write robust code using exception handling

What You'll Learn

Throughout the course students will be led through a series of progressively advanced topics, where each topic consists of lecture, group discussion, comprehensive hands-on lab exercises, and lab review. This course is “skills-centric”, designed to train attendees in essential Python and web development skills, coupling the most current, effective techniques with best practices.

Students will explore:

• Running Python Scripts

• Getting Started

• Flow Control

• Sequence Data

• Defining Functions

• Working with Files

• Dictionaries and Sets

• Errors and Exception Handling

• Using Modules

• Regular Expressions

• Highlights of the Standard Library

• Introduction to Python Classes

• Real-life programming

• Special data types

• Network services

• Dates and times