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Intro to Python: Fall 2017
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.. :ref:`syllabus`

:ref:`first_quarter`

:ref:`second_quarter`

.. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1

    syllabus

.. _first_quarter:

Intro To Python:  Fall 2017
===========================

Orientation: Sept 27
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:ref:`orientation`

Week 1: Oct 3
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:ref:`session_1_01`

Week 2: October 10
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:ref:`session_1_02`

:ref:`notes_session02`

Week 3: October 17
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:ref:`session_1_03`

:ref:`notes_session03`

Week 4: October 24
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:ref:`session_1_04`

:ref:`notes_session04`


Week 5: October 31
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:ref:`session_1_05`

:ref:`notes_session05`


Week 6: November 7
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:ref:`session_1_06`

:ref:`notes_session06`


Week 7: November 14
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:ref:`session_1_07`

:ref:`notes_session07`

**November 21: Thanksgiving week -- no class**

Week 8: November 28
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:ref:`session_1_08`

:ref:`notes_session08`


Week 9: December 5
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:ref:`session_1_09`

:ref:`notes_session09`


Week 10: December 12
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:ref:`session_1_10`

:ref:`notes_session10`

.. _second_quarter:

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Advanced Python: Winter 2017
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Overview
========

In the second quarter, we will dig a bit more into the more advanced features of Python, and then get into a bit of the ecosystem -- working with databases, debugging and logging, etc.

Fluent Python
.............

`Fluent Python <http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920032519.do>`_, by Luciano Ramalho, is an excellent book about the more advanced features of Python. We highly recommend you get it, and we will be referencing it throughout the class.

Individual Project
------------------

In addition to weekly exercises, you will also complete an individual project of your choosing. More detail here: :ref:`individual_project`


Week 1: Jan 9 -- Iterators and Generators, Packaging
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:ref:`session_2_01`


.. :ref:`iterators_generators`

.. :ref:`packaging`

.. Homework: make an proper package of mailroom:
.. :ref:`exercise_mailroom_package`

Week 2: Jan 16
..............

:ref:`session_2_02`

:ref:`notes_session12`

.. * Code Reviews

.. * Closures and Currying

.. :ref:`decorators`


Week 3: Jan 23
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:ref:`session_2_03`

:ref:`notes_session13`

.. :ref:`context_managers`

.. * Itertools

.. * Functools


Week 4: Jan 30 -- Advanced Testing
..................................

:ref:`session_2_04`

:ref:`notes_session14`


.. * ``unittest``

.. * Linting

.. * Coverage

.. * Fixtures

.. * Mocking

.. * Hypothesis Testing


Week 5: Feb 6 -- Debugging and Logging
......................................

.. Chris out of town

:ref:`session_2_05`

:ref:`notes_session15`


.. * Logging module

.. * Syslog

.. * Debugging techniques

.. * pdb/ipdb

Week 6: Feb 13 -- Metaprogramming
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:ref:`session_2_06`

:ref:`notes_session16`


.. * Metprogramming tools

.. * Class Decorators

.. * Metaclasses


Week 7: Feb 20 -- Relational Databases
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.. maria out of town

:ref:`session_2_07`

:ref:`notes_session17`


.. * SQL
.. * ORMs
.. * Normalization
.. * Schema
.. * Sqlite
.. * Postgresql

Week 8: Feb 27 -- Object/Document, Key/Value and Graph Databases
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:ref:`session_2_08`

:ref:`notes_session18`


.. * Persistence and Serialization: pickle, json, csv, ...
.. * Schema vs “Schemaless”
.. * No-Sql
.. * Mongo
.. * Redis
.. * Neo4j

Week 9: Mar 6 -- Concurrency & Async Programming
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:ref:`session_2_09`

:ref:`notes_session19`


.. * Concurrency
.. * Threading and Multiprocessing
.. * Message Queues
.. * Coroutines
.. * Async
.. * Celery

Week 10: Mar 13 -- Profiling & Performance
..........................................

.. Chris out of town.

:ref:`session_2_10`

:ref:`notes_session20`

.. * Timing
.. * Profiling
.. * PyPy
.. * Cython


Lightning Talks
===============

:ref:`lightning_talks`


Supplemental Materials
======================

:ref:`installing_python`

:ref:`setting_up_dev_environment`

References:
===========

:ref:`references`

Indices and tables
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.. * :ref:`genindex`

* :ref:`search`