System Development with Python

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Syllabus:

System Development Syllabus

Session 1

• Debugging
• Logging and the logging module

Session 2

• Testing

Session 3

• Persistence and Serialization
• Code Reviews

Session 4

Code Reviews begin

• Building Your Own Package
• Documentation

Session 5

• No SQL Databases
• Intro to Numpy / Scipy

Session 6

• Advanced Object Oriented Features of Python
• Metaclasses

Session 7

• Threading and multiprocessing

Session 8

• Datetime
• Performance and Profiling

Session 9

• :ref:wxpython

Session 10

Student Presentations

Other Topics:

These are topics that we don’t have time for in class, but you might want to look at these notes just the same:

• Working with SQL Databases
• Unicode in Python 2
• Extending Python with Complied Code
• Python Memory Management and Weak References

Assorted Notes:

Notes on other topics, or that aren’t specific to a particular lecture – or are general purpose, in any case.

Installing The SciPy Stack

Building Extensions to Python

Installing wxPython

Installing WXPython Demo