Start date:08 October 2019
Duration: 3 days
Location: TBC, Cork
Cost: Member-subsidised fee: €900 Non-member fee: €1400
Programme overview
Python is a powerful and popular object-oriented scripting language. This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the core syntax and functions provided by Python, including full coverage of its object-oriented features. The course also explores some of Python’s powerful APIs and techniques, including file handling, XML processing, object serialization, and Web services.
What you’ll learn:
Writing clean Python code
Working with functions and objects
Working with text and regular expressions
Handing exceptions
Manipulating files and XML data
Working with web services
Course Content
- Getting Started with Python: Overview of Python; Installing Python; Getting ready to develop
- Python Language Fundamentals: Overview of core Python syntax rules; Simple data types and variables; Object essentials; Flow control
- Exception Handling: Overview of exceptions in Python; Handling exceptions; Raising exceptions; Design issues
- Collections: Overview of collections in Python; Lists; Tuples; Sets; Dictionaries
- Strings and Regular Expressions: Overview of strings in Python; Basic string manipulation; Introduction to regular expressions; Using regular expressions in Python
- Classes and Iterators: Defining classes; Instance variables; Iterators; Creating and initializing objects
- File Handling: Overview of file handling in Python; Reading and writing text files; Working with binary files; Streaming and serializing Python objects
- XML Processing: XML essentials; Parsing XML documents; Searching for XML content; Generating XML data
- Web Services: Overview of Web services; Implementing Web services using Python; Caching; Compression; Handling redirectsWorking with Functions: The benefit of functions; Writing and calling functions; Passing parameter
Course Prerequisites
- At least 6 months programming experience
- Familiarity with OO concepts would be an advantage
