Course Outline

1 – An Introduction to Python.

• A Brief History of Python Python Versions 
• Installing Python
  
• Environment Variables
  
• Executing Python from the Command Line
  
•  IDLE
  
•  Editing Python Files
  
• Python Documentation
  
•  Getting Help
  
• Dynamic Types
  
•  Python Reserved Words
  
• Naming Conventions

2 – Basic Python Syntax

• Instruct
  
• Basic Syntax Comments
  
• String Values
  
• String Methods
  
• The format Method
  
• String Operators
  
• Numeric Data Types
  
• Conversion Functions
  
• Simple Input and Output The % Method
  
• The print Function

3 – Language Components

• Indenting Requirements
  
• The if Statement
  
•  Relational Operators
  
• Logical Operators 
• Bit Wise Operators
  
• The while Loop
  
• break and continue
  
• The for Loop

4 – Collections

• Lists
• Tuples Sets Dictionaries
• Sorting Dictionaries
• Copying Collections

5 – Functions

• Defining Your Own Functions
  
• Parameters
  
• Function Documentation
  
• Keyword and Optional
  
• Parameters
  
• Passing Collections to a Function
  
• Variable Number of Arguments Scope
  
• Functions – “First Class Citizens”
  
• Passing Functions to a Function
  
• Mapping Functions in a Dictionary
  
• Lambda
  
• Inner Functions
  
• Closures

 6 – Modules

• Modules
• Standard Modules – sys
• Standard Modules – math
• Standard Modules – time
• The dir Function
  

7 – Input and Output

• 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
  

8 – Implementing Classes and Objects…. OOP1

• Declaring and modifying objects
  
• Encapsulating attributes and methods in classes
  
• Initializing objects with constructors
  
• Accessing and modifying attributes with methods
• Overloading operators and polymorphism

9 – OOP2 + Exceptions

• Inheritance
  
• Reusing functionality through inheritance
  
• Extending methods from base classes
  
• Overriding methods for dynamic behavior
  
• Tracing the scope in the namespace
  
• Enhancing functionality with class decorators
  
• Errors
  
• Run Time Errors
  
• The Exception Model
  
• Exception Hierarchy
  
• Handling Multiple Exceptions raise
  
• assert
  
• Writing Your Own Exception Classes

10 – Database

• Database concepts
• Database design
• SQL
• Connecting Database with raw python

11 – Django 1

• Creating virtual environment
  
• Installing Django
  
• Creating a Project
  
• Creating Our First App
  
• Overview of a Basic App

12 – Django 2

• Database Setup
• Creating Models
• Activating Models
• Admin Interface

13 – Django 3

• URLS
• Views
• ORM
• Filtering Database Results

14 – Django 4

• Templates
  
• Creating a Base Template
  
• Raising a 404 HTTP Error
  
• Related Objects Set
  
• Designing the Details Template
  
• Bootstrap and Static Files

15 – Django 5

• Removing Hardcoded URLs
  
• Adding data to our Database
  
  

16 – Django 6

• Simple Form
  
• Adding Forms to the Template
  
• Favorite View Function
  
• Model Forms
  
• ModelForm and CreateView
  
• UpdateView and DeleteView

17 – Django 7

• Exam and Project View

18 – Django 8

• Exam and Project View