About the Course
Starting from Python programming basics, this 3-day course will build up your Python skills so that you will be able to write code with confidence and clarity. This course will teach you how to use Python both in scripts and fully-developed modular applications.
Starting from understanding the syntax, formatting, indenting, and developing good practices such as documenting code with comments and docstrings; you will learn how to manage and process different data types, including data stored in various types of collection and external files. You will also learn how to write your own functions and define your own data types and gain a comprehensive understanding of how to use the object-oriented aspects of Python to develop real-world applications. You will learn the best way to discover and handle errors and problems in your code and ways to test your application to avoid future problems.
Who should do this course?
This course is ideal for those who have never used Python before or would like to consolidate their understanding of the fundamentals of Python, so they have a firm foundation to build on.
Prerequisites
Although students would undoubtedly benefit from having some basic programming skills in other languages, especially object-oriented languages, it is not assumed. This course will cover everything you need to know to get started with Python programming.
Course Dates
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Sydney Class Dates
Book NowLevel 11, 32 Walker Street, North Sydney , NSW 2060
01 - 03 Aug 22 Mon - Wed Classroom 01 - 03 Aug 22 Mon - Wed Online Live 14 - 16 Sep 22 Wed - Fri Classroom 14 - 16 Sep 22 Wed - Fri Online Live 24 - 26 Oct 22 Mon - Wed Classroom 24 - 26 Oct 22 Mon - Wed Online Live 05 - 07 Dec 22 Mon - Wed Classroom 05 - 07 Dec 22 Mon - Wed Online Live 11 - 13 Jan 23 Wed - Fri Classroom 11 - 13 Jan 23 Wed - Fri Online Live 13 - 15 Feb 23 Mon - Wed Classroom 13 - 15 Feb 23 Mon - Wed Online Live 27 - 29 Mar 23 Mon - Wed Classroom 27 - 29 Mar 23 Mon - Wed Online Live -
Melbourne Class Dates
Book NowLevel 12, 379 Collins Street, Melbourne , VIC 3000
13 - 15 Jul 22 Wed - Fri Classroom 01 - 03 Aug 22 Mon - Wed Classroom 01 - 03 Aug 22 Mon - Wed Online Live 14 - 16 Sep 22 Wed - Fri Classroom 14 - 16 Sep 22 Wed - Fri Online Live 24 - 26 Oct 22 Mon - Wed Classroom 24 - 26 Oct 22 Mon - Wed Online Live 05 - 07 Dec 22 Mon - Wed Classroom 05 - 07 Dec 22 Mon - Wed Online Live 11 - 13 Jan 23 Wed - Fri Classroom 11 - 13 Jan 23 Wed - Fri Online Live 13 - 15 Feb 23 Mon - Wed Classroom 13 - 15 Feb 23 Mon - Wed Online Live 27 - 29 Mar 23 Mon - Wed Classroom 27 - 29 Mar 23 Mon - Wed Online Live -
Brisbane Class Dates
Book NowLevel 6, 371 Queen Street, Brisbane , QLD 4000
01 - 03 Aug 22 Mon - Wed Online Live 14 - 16 Sep 22 Wed - Fri Online Live 24 - 26 Oct 22 Mon - Wed Online Live 05 - 07 Dec 22 Mon - Wed Online Live 11 - 13 Jan 23 Wed - Fri Online Live 13 - 15 Feb 23 Mon - Wed Online Live 27 - 29 Mar 23 Mon - Wed Online Live
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Canberra Class Dates
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Adelaide Class Dates
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Course Units
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Unit 1: Getting Started
- Obtaining and Installing Python
- Starting Python Command Line REPL
- Indenting and Structuring Code
- Understanding the Culture of Python
- Importing Standard Library Modules
- Getting Help
- Understanding Scalar data types: Integers, Floats, None and Bool
- Using Relational Operators
- Introducing Control Flow: if-statements and while-loops
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Unit 2: Strings and Collections
- Understanding Strings
- Understanding Bytes
- Introducing Lists
- Introducing Dictionaries
- Iterating over Series of Items with For-Loops
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unit 3: Modularity
- Organizing Code in a .py file
- Defining Functions
- Organizing our Module into Functions
- Investigating the Python Execution Model
- Setting up a Main Function with Command Line Argument
- Including Docstrings in Code
- Adding Comments to Code
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unit 4: Built-in Types and the Object Model
- Understanding Python Object References
- Argument Passing Semantics – Pass by Object-Reference
- Using Python’s Return Semantics
- Investigating Function Arguments in Detail
- Understanding the Python Type System
- Investigating Variable Declaration and Scoping
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Unit 5: Exploring Built in Collection Types
- Understanding Tuples
- Using the Tuple Constructor
- Investigating the use of Strings
- Using Range
- Using Lists
- Using Dictionaries
- Using Sets
- Understanding Collection Protocols
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Unit 6: Exceptions
- Introducing Exceptions and Control Flow
- Handling Exceptions
- Handling Multiple Exceptions
- Investigating Programmer Errors
- Defining Empty Blocks Using the Pass Statement
- Understanding Exception Objects
- Avoiding Return Codes
- Re-raising Exceptions
- Understanding the Importance of Exceptions
- Validating Data
- Understanding Exceptions, APIs, and Protocols
- Choosing not to Guard against TypeError
- Using Pythonic Style – Deciding Between EAFP and LBYL
- Clean-up Actions
- Handling Platform-Specific Code
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Unit 7: Comprehensions, Iterables and Generators
- Introducing Comprehensions
- Utilising Iteration protocols
- Creating Generator functions
- Creating Generator expressions
- Utilising the “Batteries included” iteration tools
- Pulling it all together
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Unit 8: Defining new Types with Classes
- Defining classes
- Defining Instance methods
- Defining Instance initializers
- Adding Validation and invariants
- Adding a second class
- Understanding Collaborating classes
- Naming methods for implementation details
- Deciding between a function and an object
- Understanding Polymorphism and duck-typing
- Utilising Inheritance and implementation sharing
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Unit 9: Files and Resource Management
- Understanding files in Python
- Introducing context managers
- Using binary files
- Developing code for other file-like objects
- Using other resources
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Unit 10: Unit Testing with the Python Standard Library
- Creating test cases
- Adding fixtures
- Defining assertions
- Developing Unit testing through an example.
- Using fixtures to create temporary files
- Using the new fixtures
- Using assertions to test behavior
- Testing for exceptions
- Testing for file existence
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Unit 11: Debugging with PDB
- Introducing the debugging commands
- Using the command to debug code.
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