intermediate python syllabus

• Introduction to Python – technology –
• Python – why only python? –
  • where it is used in Industry –
  • Organization specific uses –
  • project specific uses
  • IT corporates – applications of python

• Python – Features of Python –

• why it is used
• advantages
• kind of projects/applications –
• Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) –
• where does python fit in  SDLC

• Python – comparison of other technologies wrt python
• Python’s Application in  the following :
  • software development –
  • software testing) –
  • other areas of IT Industry
  • open source software vs. paid software
• Versions of python software:
  • PYTHON – 2.7.15 –(Industry Used mostly)
  • python – 3.7.1 –
• Python tools/IDE –
• What is an IDE,
• Advantages of IDE over shell
• Explanation of python shell (IDLE – default editor)
• comparison of python shell vs. IDE
• working from command prompt of python
• Pycharm – community edition
• Pycharm – professional edition
• Language fundamentals:
• Variables in Python
• Print statement
• Print statement with format
• Print statement with %
• Operations on python
  • +,-,*,/,%
• Python Operators and Operands
  • Is , is not
  • Other operators – in and not in
• How do we Read the Input from the User:
• Input()
• raw_input()
• difference between input() and raw_input()
• when to use input() and raw_input() in python 2.7 and python 3.7
• Data types:
• int()
• numbers
• Strings
• Float
• Bool
• Type() function:
  • Examples on type()
• String Operations:
  • Operations using string Handling – “”.format(), {}{}
  • Comments
  • Multiline comments
• break()
  • break with if statement
  • break with for statement
• continue()
• pass()
• when to use Break(), Continue and Pass
• Examples of break(), continue and pass
• Variable naming conventions

• Python Conditional Statements
• Simple if  condition
• if with else condition
• multiple if conditions
• nested if conditions
• Examples of the conditional statements

• Python LOOPS –
  • for loop
  • for loop – complex examples
  • for loop with if
  • for loop with else
  • nested for loop
  • for loop with examples

• Python – While loop
  • while loop with if condition
  • while loop with else statement
  • While loop with examples
• String Handling methods
  • How to apply the string handling methods
  • Upper()
  • Lower()
  • Capitalize()
  • Title()
  • Isupper()
  • Islower()
  • Isspace()
  • Isalpha()
  • Isalnum()
  • Other methods (lstrip,rstrip)
• example programs using string methods
• Slicing with strings
  • positive slicing
  • Negative slicing

Sequences or Collections in PYTHON

• Python Lists
  • applications of lists
  • examples of lists of various flavours
• Slicing
  • positive slicing
  • negative slicing
• Python TUPLE
  • applications of Tuples
  • examples of Tuples
  • Tuple Packing
  • Tuple Unpacking
  • various flavours

• Differences between Lists and Tuples

• Python Sets –

• operations on sets
• applications of sets
• examples using sets

• Python Dictionary –

• operations on dictionary
• applications of dictionary
• examples using dictionary

• Python Functions

• Functions without return value
• Functions with Return value
• Calling  functions from the same file
• Calling  functions from a different file
• Functions which return more than one values

• Python – Various types of functions
  • functions with parameters
  • functions  without parameters
  • functions with default arguments
  • functions with keyword arguments
  • functions with positional arguments
  • Documentation string
  • Special method (__doc__)

• local scope and global scope in functions
  • How to create global variables
  • How to create local variables
  • Examples of local and global variables using functions