Unix/Linux Training Overview
This three-day course provides the student with the knowledge to create and run Python scripts that include Python-specific data structures, function, modules, and classes.
Unix/Linux Training Audience
Programmers who are new to the Python language.
Unix/Linux Training Prerequisites
Basic computer knowledge and keyboarding skills
Unix/Linux Training Course duration
3 Days
Unix/Linux Training Course outline
Meet Python
Origin of Python
Where to Get Python
Invoking Python
Other Python Implementation
Python Resources
Handling Numbers and Strings
Numeric Data
Using Numbers
String Data
Using Strings
Variables and Data Structures
Variables
Numeric and String Variables
Lists
Tuples
Sets
Dictionaries
Additional Resources
Flow Control
Controlling the Flow
The ‘if’ Statement
The ‘while’ Statement
The ‘for’ Statement
The range() Function and Loops
Other Statements with Loops
Conditional Expressions
Conditions and Conditional Expressions
Numeric Comparisons and Conditions
Comparing Strings
Complex Conditions
Basic Input and Output
Reading Input
Simple Output
Formatted Output
Function
Creating Functions
Invoking Functions
Returning Values from Functions
Passing Parameters
More About Function Arguments
Scope of Variables
Lambda Functions
Using Modules
What are Modules?
Creating Modules
Using Modules
More About Modules
Compiled Modules
Standard Modules
An Introduction to Classes
Namespaces
What is a Class?
Defining a Class
Defining Class and Instance Attributes
Defining Methods
Instantiating a Class
Inheritance
Resources
Regular Expressions
Pattern Matching vs. Wildcards
Compiling Regular Expressions
Matching vs. Searching
Substitution
Regular Expressions: Metacharacters
The Problem with \
Special Backslash Sequences
Using MatchObject
Additional Regular Expression Operation
Additional Resources
Files
File Handles and File-like Objects
Opening and Closing Files
Reading from Files
Writing to Files
Moving Around in Files
The pickle Module
Resources
Errors and Exceptions
Errors, Exceptions, and Warnings
Raising an Exception
User Defined Exceptions
Catching and Handling Exceptions
The raise Statement
