
Course Duration:
4-6 weeks (depending on the pace of the class)
Prerequisites:
Basic understanding of computer programming concepts
Course Description:
This course is designed to provide students with the fundamental skills required to program in Python. Students will learn how to install and set up a Python development environment, write basic Python programs, and use Python libraries and modules to solve real-world problems. The course is taught through a combination of lectures, practical exercises, and programming assignments.
Course Outline:
- Introduction to Python
- Installing Python and setting up a development environment
- Basic Python syntax and data types
- Variables and expressions
- Control flow statements (if, else, for, while)
- Functions and Modules
- Creating and using functions in Python
- Built-in functions
- Importing and using modules
- Creating and using custom modules
- Data Structures and Algorithms
- Lists, tuples, and dictionaries
- Sets and collections
- Stacks, queues, and trees
- Searching and sorting algorithms
- Recursion and dynamic programming
- Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
- Classes and objects
- Inheritance and polymorphism
- Encapsulation and abstraction
- Method overriding and overloading
- File Input/Output
- Reading from and writing to files in Python
- Using the “with” statement for safe file operations
- Handling exceptions
- Web Development with Python
- HTML, CSS, and JavaScript basics
- Flask framework
- Routing and URL mapping
- Handling form data
- Template rendering
- Data Science with Python
- NumPy and Pandas libraries
- Data visualization with Matplotlib or Seaborn
- Machine learning basics with Scikit-learn
- Natural language processing with NLTK
- Advanced Python
- Decorators and generators
- Context managers and the with statement
- Regular expressions
- Threading and multiprocessing
- Networking with sockets
Assessment and Certification:
Students will be assessed based on their completion of practical exercises and programming assignments. Upon successful completion of the course