Python Programming

Audience

Programmers, Web Developers, and anyone who needs to support or create programs (including cgi scripts) using Python.

Prerequisites

The participant should have a basic understanding of both programming and object programming concepts, but it is not required.

Duration

3 days. Hands on.

Course Objectives

The Python language is a very powerful scripting language created on an object model. This course covers all of the basic syntax and functions of the language. An optional fourth day is offered which will include using existing open-source modules to extend Python's functions.

Course Content

Introduction to Python
Scripting Languages
Object Languages
Variables, Expressions, Strigs and Arrays
Coding Syntax Requirements
String and Character Recognition
Dictionaries
Control Flow
Procedures
Functions
Navigating and Manipulating the File System
File I/O
Exception Handling (Try and Except)
Scripting
Python as an Object Language
Packages
Regular Expressions