Advanced Python Development
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4 days practical workshop for up to 12 people.
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This course aims to extend and solidify your Python experience by exploring structural techniques and common Python APIs. You'll learn how to write OO and functional code, implement GUIs, create Web sites backed up by relational databases, implement multithreaded code, and more.
Layout
Lectures with practical exercises
Training Course Objectives
- Functional Python programming
- GUI development using Python
- Logging
- Regular expressions
- XML manipulation
- Multithreading
- Networking
- Web and database development using Django
- Integrating with the C programming language
Who it is for
Python developers who wish to develop their knowledge
Training Course Prerequisites
- The course assumes you are happy with core Python concepts and syntax
- Approx. 6 months Python experience
Chapters
Chapter 1 Recal Essential Python Features
- Modules and packages
- Built-in functions
- Algorithms and data structures
- Object-oriented Python
Chapter 2 Functional Development
- Overview of functional programming
- Iterators
- Generator expressions
- List comprehensions
- Built-in functions
- Using the itertools module
Chapter 3 Curses Programming
- Overview of the curses module
- Starting and ending a curses app
- Windows and pads
- Displaying text
- User input
Chapter 4 GUI Programming
- Overview of GUI APIs
- Creating GUIs using Tkinter
- Creating GUIs using JPython
Chapter 5 Effective Logging
- Logging essentials
- Handlers and formatters
- Configuration
- Blocking handlers
- Adapters
- Filters
- File rotation
- Additional techniques
Chapter 6 Regular Expressions
- Overview
- Using the match function
- Using the search function
- Search and replace
- Regular expression modifiers
- Regular expression patterns
- Special characters
- Multiplicity
- Greedy vs. non-greedy repetition
Chapter 7 XML Processing
- Overview of SAX
- Processing XML data using SAX
- Overview of DOM
- Processing XML data using DOM
Chapter 8 Multithreading
- Threading essentials
- Starting a new thread
- Using the threading module
- Synchronizing threads
- Specifying thread priorities
Chapter 9 Networking
- Socket concepts
- Creating sockets
- Sending data over a socket
- Listening for connections
- Receiving data over a socket
- Non-blocking sockets
- Sending emails
Chapter 10 Getting Started with Django
- Overview of Django
- Installing Django
- Writing a simple Django app
- Defining a simple model
- QuerySets
- Implementing simple views
- Using simple templates
Chapter 11 Going Further with Django
- Migrations
- Raw SQL
- Transactions
- Aggregations
- Generating CSV and PDF content
- Security
Chapter 12 Python Extension Programming in C
- Overview of the Python extension module
- C functions
- Method mapping table
- Initialization
- Building and installing extensions
- Importing extensions
- Passing parameters to functions
- Receiving return values