Python is a powerful and popular object-oriented scripting language. This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the core syntax and functions provided by Python, including full coverage of its object-oriented features. The course also explores some of Python’s powerful APIs and techniques, including file handling, XML processing, object serialisation, and Web services.
What you’ll learn:
Writing clean Python code
Working with functions and objects
Working with text and regular expressions
Handing exceptions
Manipulating files and XML data
Working with web services
Getting Started with Python:
Overview of python; installing python; getting ready to develop
Python Langauge Fundamentals:
Overview of core Python syntax rules; Simple data types and variables; Object essentials; Flow control
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 RegularExpressions: Overview of strings in Python; Basic string manipulation; Introduction to regular expressions; Using regular expressions inPython
Classes and Iterators:Defining classes; Instance variables; Iterators; Creating and initialising objects
File Handling:Overview of file handling in Python; Reading and writing text files; Working with binary files; Streaming and serialising Python objects
XML Processing:XML essentials; Parsing XML documents; Searching for XML content; GeneratingXML data
Course Prerequisites:
Overview At least 6 months programming experience
Familiarity with OO concepts would be an advantage
