Topic Notes¶

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¶

Lesson 1: Introductions and Setting up your Environment¶

Lesson 2: Basic Python and Functions¶

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

Lesson 4: Dictionaries, Sets, and Files¶

Lesson 5: Exceptions, Modules, and Comprehensions¶

Lesson 6: Unit Testing and Advanced Argument Passing¶

Lesson 7: Intro to Object Oriented Programing¶

Lesson 8: Properties and Magic Methods¶

Lesson 9: Multiple Inheritance¶

Multiple Inheritance

Lesson 10: Introduction to Functional Programming¶

Py220: Advanced Python¶

Lesson 1: Functional Programming 2¶

Lesson 2: Functional Programming 3¶

Closures and Function Currying

Lesson 3: Advanced Language Constructs¶

Lesson 4: MetaProgramming¶

Metaprogramming

Lesson 5: Logging and Debugging¶

Lesson 6: Advanced Testing¶

Testing

Lesson 7: Relational Databases¶

Andy Miles’ slides

Example code on gitHub

Lesson 8: Non-Relational Databases¶

Lesson 9: Concurrency & Async Programming¶

Lesson 10: Profiling and Performance¶

Performance and Profiling