Python Programming
Readable and expressive language for problem solving, automation, and data science.
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Course Curriculum
Origins of Python, the Zen of Python, interpreter architecture, indentation rules, and how source code silently compiles to bytecode for the PVM.
History and Features of Python - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Installing Python & the Interpreter - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Structure of a Python Program - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
How Python Code Executes - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Comprehensive quiz testing all topics in Module 1: Introduction to Python.
Dynamic typing mechanics, mutable vs immutable types, the 'variables as name tags on balloons' memory model, and type casting.
Dynamic Typing - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Built-in Data Types: Mutable vs Immutable - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Variables as References (Name Bindings) - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Type Casting & Operators - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Comprehensive quiz testing all topics in Module 2: Data Types & Variables.
The two doors between your program and the outside world: printing formatted results out, and reading user data in.
print() and Formatted Output - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
input() for Reading User Data - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Comprehensive quiz testing all topics in Module 3: Input and Output.
Directing the order in which statements execute — how a program makes decisions, and how it repeats itself.
if, elif, and else - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Loops: for and while - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
break, continue, and pass - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Comprehensive quiz testing all topics in Module 4: Control Flow.
Packaging reusable logic into named, callable blocks — and the unusually flexible ways Python lets you pass arguments to them.
Defining and Calling Functions - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Default, *args, and **kwargs Parameters - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Lambda (Anonymous) Functions - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Recursion - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Comprehensive quiz testing all topics in Module 5: Functions.
Python's four essential built-in collection types, and how to tell which one is the right tool for a given job.
Lists - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Tuples - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Sets - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Dictionaries - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Comprehensive quiz testing all topics in Module 6: Core Data Structures.
Python's text type — immutable, richly featured, and easy to slice apart in exactly the piece you need.
String Basics and Immutability - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Indexing and Slicing - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Common String Methods - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Comprehensive quiz testing all topics in Module 7: Strings.
Modeling data and behavior together using classes, plus Python's own conventions for privacy and flexibility.
Classes and Objects - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Inheritance - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Encapsulation Conventions - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Polymorphism & Magic (Dunder) Methods - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Comprehensive quiz testing all topics in Module 8: Object-Oriented Programming.
Catching and responding to runtime errors gracefully, instead of letting an unexpected problem crash the entire program.
try, except, else, and finally - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Raising & Creating Custom Exceptions - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Comprehensive quiz testing all topics in Module 9: Exception Handling.
Reading from and writing to files on disk, using Python's clean, automatically managed syntax for it.
Opening Files and the 'with' Statement - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Reading and Writing Techniques - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Comprehensive quiz testing all topics in Module 10: File Handling.
Organizing code across multiple files, and tapping into Python's vast built-in and third-party library ecosystem.
Importing Modules - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Packages and pip - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Comprehensive quiz testing all topics in Module 11: Modules and Packages.
The idiomatic, distinctly 'Pythonic' features that set apart experienced Python code from a direct, line-by-line translation of C or Java.
List Comprehensions - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Iterators and Generators - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Decorators - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Virtual Environments & the Standard Library - core concepts, architecture diagrams, and examples.
Comprehensive quiz testing all topics in Module 12: Advanced Python.
