Curriculum

 

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Introduction

• An Introduction To Python

• Introductory Remarks About 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

• Language Evolution

• Python Reserved Words and Other Rules

• Documentation

• The String Class

• Variables

• Data types

• Boolean and numeric types

• Strings

• Lists and Tuples

• Sets

• Sequences

• Looping Through Sequences

• Dictionaries

• Bit variables

• Modules

• Reading files

• Some file tests

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1.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

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2.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

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3.Collections

• Introduction

• lists

• Tuples

• Sets

• Dictionaries

• Sorting Dictionaries

• Copying Collections

• Summary

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4.Functions

• Introduction

• Defining your own Functions

• Parameters

• Function Documentation

• Keyword and Optional Parameters

• Passing Collections to a Function

• Variable Number of Arguments

• Scope

• Functions

• Passing Functions to a Function

• Mapping Functions in a Dictionary

• Lambda

• Closures

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5.Modules

• Standard Modules - Sys

• Standard Modules - Math

• Standard Modules - Time

• The Dir Function

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6.Exceptions

• Errors

• Run Time Errors

• The Exception Mode

• Exception Hierarchy

• Handling Multiple Exceptions

• Raise

• Assert

• Writing your Own Exception Classes

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7.Input And Output

• Introduction

• Data Streams

• Creating Your Own Data Streams

• Access Modes

• Writing Data to a File

• Reading Data from a File

• Additional file Methods

• Using pipes as Data Streams

• Handling IO Exceptions

• Working with Directories

• Metadata

• The pickle Module

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8.Classes In Python

• Classes in Python

• Principles of Object Orientation

• Creating Classes

• Instance Methods

• File Organization

• Special Methods

• Class Variables

• Inheritance

• Polymorphism

• Type Identification

• Custom Exception Cases

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9.Regular Expressions

• Introduction

• Simple Character Matches

• Special Characters

• Character Classes

• Quantifiers

• The dot character

• Greedy Matches

• Grouping

• Matching at the beginning or end

• Match objects

• Substituting

• Splitting a string

• Compiling regular expressions

• Flags

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10.Data Structures

• Range

• List Comprehensions

• Nested List Comprehensions

• Dictionary Comprehensions

• Dictionaries with Compound Values

• Processing Lists in Parallel

• Functions

• Default Parameters

• Variable Arguments

• A dictionary of Dictionaries

• Specialized Sorts

• The Del statement

• Time Functionality

• Using Generators

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11.Writing GUIs In Python

• Introduction

• Components and Events

• An Example GUI

• The Root Component

• Adding a Button

• Entry widgets

• Text widgets

• Check Buttons

• Radio Buttons

• List boxes

• Frames

• Menus

• Binding Events to Widgets

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12.Python And CGI Scripts

• Introduction

• Html

• Html Forms

• A Guestbook Application

• What can go wrong!

• Html tables

• The CGI Script

• Rendering of The Script

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13.The OS Module

• The Environment

• Launching Commands

• Creating a Process

• Directory Commands

• Other Process Methods

• File Information (metadata)

• Miscellaneous OS calls

• Walking through Directories

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14.Network Programming

• Introduction

• A Daytime Server

• Clients and Servers

• The Client Program

• The Server Program

• Recap

• An Evaluation Client and Server

• The Server Portion

• A Threaded Server

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15.What You Might Not Already Know

• What is an Iterable?

• Creating your own Iterators

• Generators

• The Functions any and all

• Thread Fundamentals

• Synchronization

• Formatting records

• Signals

• The Python Debugger (2.x)

• The with statement

• Data compression

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16.Introduction to Django

• Introduction

• Why Django?

• Batteries Included

• Django Principles

• What you Should Already Know

• Course Overview

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17.Installing Django

• Intro

• Choosing your Versions

• Installing Pip and Python on Windows

• Demo: Windows Installation

• Installing Pip and Python on Mac OS X

• Demo: OS X Installation

• Installing Pip and Python on Linux

• Demo: Linux Installation

• Virtualenv

• Demo: Virtualenv

• Installing Django

• Summary

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18.Starting a Django Project

• Introduction

• Creating a Django Project

• Demo: Creating a Django Project

• The Model-Template-View Pattern

• Demo: Hello, World!

• Mapping URLs

• Demo: URL Mapping

• Django Views

• Demo: Templates

• Summary

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19.Models

• Introduction

• Demo: Adding Models

• Django Model Classes

• Manage.py Database Commands

• Demo: The Admin Interface

• The Django Admin Interface

• Demo: The Model API

• Save and Delete

• The Model API

• Database Relations

• Summary

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20.Adding a User Home Page

• Introduction

• Demo: Adding Login and Logout Views

• More about URL Mappings

• Demo: A Template for the Home Page

• Authorization with Django

• More about Django Templates

• Demo: Adding the Home View

• URL Mappings for Apps

• Demo: Template Inheritance

• Template Inheritance

• Demo: Login Required

• Demo: Showing Game Data on the Home Page

• Demo: A Custom Manager Class

• The Template Context

• Templates: For and Include Tags

• Summary

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21.Forms

• Introduction

• Demo: Adding a HTML Form

• Using Django Forms

• Demo: Adding Stypng to the Form with Crispy-Forms

• Demo: Field Options

• Field Options

• Demo: Showing Invitations in a List

• Demo: Accepting Invitations

• Demo: Named Groups

• Named Groups in URLs

• Summary

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22.Odds and Ends

• Introduction

• Class-based Views

• Demo: Class-based Views

• Demo: Adding User Signup

• Generic Views

• Debugging Django

• Demo: The Django Debug Toolbar

• Resources

• Summary

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