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Introduction to Programming with Python (for Non-Developers) is a hands-on course that teaches students from non-development backgrounds the basics of programming and scripting, using Python. This course gently leads through programming essentials, working through the fundamentals of writing and running Python scripts to more advanced features such as file operations, regular expressions, working with binary data, and using the extensive functionality of Python modules.
Unlimited Duration
March 2, 2021
This course is approximately 50% hands-on, combining expert lecture, real-world demonstrations and group discussions with machine-based practical labs and exercises. Our engaging instructors and mentors are highly experienced practitioners who bring years of current "on-the-job" experience into every classroom. In this course you will learn about,
· Create working Python scripts following best practices
· Thinking as a coder / scripter, including coding logic and structures
· 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
· Create "real-world", basic level professional Python applications
· 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
Course Curriculum
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- An Overview of Programming or Scripting 00:00:00
- An Overview of Python 00:00:00
- The Python Environment 00:00:00
- Getting Started 00:00:00
- Flow Control 00:00:00
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- Array Types 00:00:00
- Working with Files 00:00:00
- Dictionaries and Sets 00:00:00
- Functions 00:00:00
- Sorting 00:00:00
- Errors and Exception Handling 00:00:00
- Modules and Packages 00:00:00
- Introduction to Python Classes 00:00:00
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