Introduction to Python Programming
Course Duration: 12 weeks
Prerequisites: None
- Week 1: Introduction to Python
- Overview of Python and its uses in different fields
- Setting up the development environment (installing Python, Jupyter Notebook, or an IDE like PyCharm/VSCode)
- Writing and running your first Python program
- Basic syntax and structure of a Python program
- Week 2: Data Types and Variables
- Understanding and using basic data types: integers, floats, strings, and booleans
- Variable assignment and naming conventions
- Type conversion and checking data types
- Basic operations
- Week 3: Control Structures
- Writing conditional statements: if, elif, and else
- Working with loops: for and while
- Using break and continue statements
- Introduction to list comprehensions for efficient loops
- Week 4: Functions and Modules
- Defining and calling functions
- Understanding function parameters and return values
- Scope and lifetime of variables within functions
- Importing and using standard modules
- Week 5: Data Structures
- Lists: creation, accessing elements, and list methods
- Tuples: understanding immutability and when to use tuples
- Dictionaries: working with key-value pairs and dictionary methods
- Sets: properties, operations, and common methods
- Week 6: File Handling
- Reading from and writing to text files
- Working with different file formats (e.g., CSV)
- Exception handling for file operations
- Using context managers (the with statement) for file handling
- Week 7: Basics of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
- Introduction to OOP concepts: classes and objects
- Defining classes and methods
- Encapsulation and data hiding with private attributes
- Difference between class variables and instance variables
- Week 8: Error Handling and Debugging
- Understanding errors and exceptions
- Using try, except, finally, and else blocks for error handling
- Debugging techniques and using Python’s built-in debugger (pdb)
- Writing code that handles errors gracefully
- Week 9: Working with APIs
- Introduction to APIs and JSON format
- Using the requests library to interact with APIs
- Parsing JSON data and extracting information
- Basic ethical considerations in accessing online data
- Week 10: Introduction to Testing
- Writing basic tests with Python’s unittest framework
- Concepts of assertions and testing edge cases
- Setting up simple test cases and running them
- Introduction to code quality and using linters (e.g., Pylint)
- Week 11: Final Project Preparation
- Overview of final project requirements
- Project brainstorming and planning
- Introduction to collaborative coding (using version control like Git)
- Week 12: Final Project Presentations
- Students present their final projects
- Peer review and feedback
- Course review and Q&A session
- Assessment:
- Quizzes: Weekly quizzes to reinforce understanding (20%)
- Assignments: Practical coding tasks to build hands-on skills (30%)
- Final Project: Comprehensive project demonstrating learned concepts (50%)
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