Programming in Python

This course covers Python fundamentals, OOP, and advanced topics like concurrency, preparing you for a career in data science and machine learning.

Beginner

211 Lessons

58h

Certificate of Completion

This course covers Python fundamentals, OOP, and advanced topics like concurrency, preparing you for a career in data science and machine learning.

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This course includes

5 Assessments

401 Playgrounds

9 Challenges

26 Quizzes

This course includes

5 Assessments

401 Playgrounds

9 Challenges

26 Quizzes

Course Overview

Python is a multi-purpose language with an extensive range of application domains, including basic programming, web development, data science, and machine learning. In this course, you’ll learn Python's programming fundamentals and constructs. Each concept offers ample hands-on experience with executable programs. You’ll learn the basic concepts of data types and structures as well as conditional and iterative constructs. You’ll learn functions, functional programming, and recursion. The course introduces ...Show More

What You'll Learn

An understanding of the fundamentals of computer programming using Python

A working knowledge of object-oriented programming using Python

Hands-on experience with executable programs in Python to solve a wide variety of problems

Hands-on exercises for problem-solving

Familiarity with good programming practices, including comments, reusability, naming conventions, and modularity

Familiarity with the advanced concepts of iterators, generators, exception handling, concurrency, parallelism, and synchronization

What You'll Learn

An understanding of the fundamentals of computer programming using Python

Course Content

Introduction to Python

Programming Paradigms

Quiz Yourself on Python's Theoretical Concepts

Python Basics

Identifiers and Keywords

Python Types

Arithmetic Operators in Python

Data Type Conversions

Built-in Functions and Modules

Containers and Python Type Jargon

Comments, Indentation, and Multilining

Classes and Objects

Challenge: Convert the Temperature from Fahrenheit to Centigrade

Solution: Convert the Temperature from Fahrenheit to Centigrade

Challenge: Print the Angles of a Triangle

Solution: Print the Angles of a Triangle

Quiz Yourself on Python Basics

Strings and Regular Expressions

Introduction to Strings

String Functions

Conversion and Comparison

Regular Expressions

Regex Repetition Qualifiers, Anchors, and Grouping

Challenge: Replace All Occurrences of a Character in a String

Solution: Replace All Occurrences of a Character in a String

Challenge: Modify the Input String

Solution: Modify the Input String

Quiz Yourself on Strings and Regular Expressions

Decision Control Instruction

Introduction to Decision Control Instructions

Different Operators in Conditions

Conditional Expressions

The input and pass Statements

Challenge: Calculate the Grade Obtained by a Student

Solution: Calculate the Grade Obtained by a Student

Challenge: Determine Whether a Year is a Leap Year or Not

Solution: Determine Whether a Year is a Leap Year or Not

Quiz Yourself on Decision Control Instruction

Repetition Control Instruction

Introduction to Repetition Control Instructions

Usage of the while Loop

Usage of the for Loop

The break and continue Statements and the else Block

Challenge: Multiplication Table for a Given Number

Solution: Multiplication Table for a Given Number

Challenge: Find the Reverse of the Input

Solution: Find the Reverse of the Input

Quiz Yourself on Repetition Control Instruction

Periodic Test: Basics of Python

Assessment

Console Input/Output

5 Lessons

Lists

11 Lessons

Tuples

9 Lessons

Sets

9 Lessons

10.

Dictionaries

9 Lessons

Periodic Test: Python Containers

Assessment

11.

Comprehensions

7 Lessons

12.

Functions

5 Lessons

13.

Recursion

6 Lessons

14.

Functional Programming

7 Lessons

15.

Modules and Packages

4 Lessons

16.

Namespaces

4 Lessons

Periodic Test: Comprehensions, Functions, Modules, and Packages

Assessment

17.

Classes and Objects

7 Lessons

18.

Intricacies of Classes and Objects

8 Lessons

19.

Containership and Inheritance

9 Lessons

20.

Iterators and Generators

8 Lessons

Periodic Test: Object Oriented Programming

Assessment

21.

Exception Handling

9 Lessons

22.

File Input/Output

10 Lessons

23.

Miscellany

11 Lessons

24.

Concurrency and Parallelism

8 Lessons

25.

Synchronization

6 Lessons

Periodic Test: Advanced Topics

Assessment

26.

NumPy Library

11 Lessons

27.

Appendix

4 Lessons

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