Python is a popular object-oriented scripting language, optimized for developer productivity, and used in a wide variety of products and roles. In this course, participants would get an intensive, hands-on introduction to the Python language, as well as tools and techniques used in common Python application domains. Through lectures and laboratory work, students learn the basics of Python programming, and become proficient enough to apply the language for day to day tasks.

Topics Covered

Course Outline • Introduction • Salient features of Python • Simple input/output operations • Raw_input function • Continuation • Comments • Multiple statement Group • Suite - indentation • Basic types & variables • Integer • Long integer • Floating point numbers • Complex numbers • Special variables • Assignment • Memory management • Del statement • Garbage Collector and reference counting • Operators & Expressions • Control Structures • If • While loop • For loop • Break, continue, pass statements • Sequences • Strings • Lists • Tuples • Membership • Concatenation • Repetition • Slices • Conversions • Built-in functions • Implementing Data Structures like Stack & Queue • Dictionaries • Creation • Access • Update • Delete • Built-in functions • Nested data structures • Structures • Structure of structures • Array of structures • Structure of arrays • Functions & procedures • Result • Parameter passing • Positional parameters • Default parameters • Keyword parameters • Variable length arguments • Variable scope • Recursion • Files • Open function • Read • Write • Seek • Close • Fileno • File System • Directory

Who should attend

Programmers, System Administrators

Pre-requisites

1+ yrs Programming Experience.

What you need to bring

None

Key Takeaways

In depth knowledge on Python