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Topic Notes
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These are assorted notes about particular python topics used in the Python certificate program.

Arranged in order of the lessons:

See the Canvas or EdX instance for your class for the full lesson descriptions.

Py210: Introduction to Python
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Lesson 1: Introductions and Setting up your Environment
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    Class_introduction
    EnvironmentOverview
    IPythonIntroduction
    Py2vsPy3
    Git
    GitWorkflow
    Submitting_to_github

Lesson 2: Basic Python and Functions
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    BasicPython
    Functions
    Recursion

Lesson 3: Booleans, Sequences, Iteration, and Strings
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    Booleans
    Sequences
    Iteration
    Strings

Lesson 4: Dictionaries, Sets, and Files
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    DictsAndSets
    Files
    DictionaryAsSwitch


Lesson 5: Exceptions, Modules, and Comprehensions
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    NamingThings
    Modules
    Documentation
    Exceptions
    Comprehensions
    CollectionsModule

Lesson 6: Unit Testing and Advanced Argument Passing
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    Testing
    AdvancedArgumentPassing
    MoreOnMutability

Lesson 7: Intro to Object Oriented Programing
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    ObjectOrientationOverview
    PythonClasses
    SubclassingAndInheritance

Lesson 8: Properties and Magic Methods
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    Properties
    StaticAndClassMethods
    SpecialMethodsAndProtocols

Lesson 9: Multiple Inheritance
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    MultipleInheritance

Lesson 10: Introduction to Functional Programming
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    OO_vs_functional
    Lambda
    MapFilterReduce
    IPythonParallel


Py220: Advanced Python
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Lesson 1: Functional Programming 2
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    Lambda
    IteratorsAndGenerators

Lesson 2: Functional Programming 3
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    Closures

Lesson 3: Advanced Language Constructs
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    Decorators
    ContextManagers
    Recursion

Lesson 4: MetaProgramming
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    MetaProgramming

Lesson 5: Logging and Debugging
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    Logging
    Debugging

Lesson 6: Advanced Testing
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    Testing_advanced

Lesson 7: Relational Databases
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`Andy Miles' slides <https://gitpitch.com/milesak60/rdbms-slides#/>`_

`Example code on gitHub <https://github.com/milesak60/RDBMS-example>`_


Lesson 8: Non-Relational Databases
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    NoSQL
    GraphDatabases

Lesson 9: Concurrency & Async Programming
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    Concurrency
    ThreadingMultiprocessing
    Coroutines
    Async

Lesson 10: Profiling and Performance
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    Profiling


Assorted Additional Topics
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    :maxdepth: 1

    Pep8
    CodeReviews
    Packaging
    PersistanceAndSerialization
    Unicode