Introduction to Python Programming

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Course Outline

  1. Why Learn Python
  2. Basic Python Syllabus
  3. Intermediate Python Syllabus
  4. Advanced Python Syllabus
  5. Target Audience and Prerequisites

1. Why Learn Python

Key Concepts & Definitions

  • Python : An easy-to-understand, open-source, cross-platform programming language with extensive community support, libraries, and tools.

★ Must-know

  • Python is open source, so developers do not have to pay to write applications with it.

  • Python is cross-platform, so applications written with it can run on Mac, Windows, and Linux machines.

  • Python provides many libraries and tools containing existing code that developers can reuse to speed up application development.

Further detail

  • Python has a large community that can help developers when they are stuck during development.

Memory Hook

E-C-L: Easy, Community, Libraries

2. Basic Python Syllabus

★ Must-know

  • The basic Python section contains seven chapters:
    • Introduction
    • Variables, expressions and statements
    • Lists, dictionaries and tuples
    • Conditionals and loops
    • Functions
    • File handling
    • Modules

Further detail

  • The introductory lecture belongs to the introduction chapter of the basic Python section.

Memory Hook

From introduction to modules

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Quiz preview

1. Which description best characterizes Python as a programming language?

2. A developer writes a Python application and wants colleagues using different operating systems to run it; which capability most directly supports this goal?

3. Which sequence correctly lists the seven chapters in the basic Python section?

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What type of programming language is Python?

An easy-to-understand, open-source, cross-platform language.

Why can Python applications run on Mac, Windows, and Linux?

Because Python is cross-platform.

How many chapters are in the basic Python section?

Seven chapters.

Which chapter includes the introductory lecture in basic Python?

The introduction chapter.

How many chapters are in the intermediate Python section?

Seven chapters.

Which topics are covered in the intermediate Python section?

Exception handling, debugging, classes and objects, inheritance, iterators and generators, list and dictionary comprehensions, sets and command line.

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