Geared for experienced Python programmers, Next Level Python is a comprehensive, hands-on Python training series that thoroughly explores intermediate to advanced level topics and skills. This comprehensive, practical skills immersion program provides an in-depth exploration of working with the programming language, not an academic overview of syntax and grammar.
Course Topics Covered (detailed sessions, lessons and labs are listed below):
Throughout the course students will be led through a series of progressively advanced topics, where each topic consists of lecture, group discussion, comprehensive hands-on lab exercises, and lab review. This course is “skills-centric”, designed to train attendees in essential, advanced Python and web development skills, coupling the most current, effective techniques with the soundest coding practices.
Working within in an engaging, hands-on learning environment, guided by our expert Python instructor, attendees will learn to:
This course is appropriate for advanced users, system administrators and web site administrators who want to use Python to support their server installations, as well as anyone else who wants to automate or simplify common tasks with the use of Python scripts.
Students should have basic development experience in any programming language, along with a working, user-level knowledge of Unix/Linux, Mac, or Windows.
Please note that this list of topics is based on our standard course offering, evolved from typical industry uses and trends. We’ll work with you to tune this course and level of coverage to target the skills you need most. Topics, agenda and labs may adjust during live delivery based on audience needs and skill-level.
Session: Python basics
· Using variables
· Builtin functions
· Strings
· Numbers
· Converting among types
· Writing to the screen
· Command line parameters
Session: Conditionals and loops
· About flow control
· White space
· Conditional expressions
· Relational and Boolean operators
· While loops
· Alternate loop exits
Session: Array types
· Lists and list methods
· Tuples
· Indexing and slicing
· Nested arrays
· Iterating over an array
· Array functions,keywords, and operators
· List comprehensions
Session: Reading and writing files
· File overview
· Opening a text file
· Reading a text file
· Writing to a text file
· Working with binary data
Session: Mapping types
· Creating dictionaries
· Manipulating dictionary elements
· Iterating through a dictionary
· Creating sets
· Adding and deleting set members
· Set operations (intersection, union, etc.)
Session: Functions, modules, and packages
· Defining functions
· Parameters and return values
· Variable scope
· Creating modules
· Using import
· Organizing modules into packages
Session: Classes
· Defining classes
· Constructors
· Methods
· Instance data
· Properties
· Class methods and data
Session: Errors and Exception Handling
· Syntax errors
· Exceptions
· Using try/catch/else/finally
· Handling multiple exceptions
· Ignoring exceptions
Session: Python C modules
· Python Modules in C
· Python-C Interface
· Compiling modules
· Installing modules
Session: DataBase Access
· Python DB API (PEP-249)
· Installing drivers (MS-SQL)
· Querying data
· Updating data
· Transaction Overview
Session: SQLAlchemy Overview
· Object-Relational Mapping
· SQLAlchemy Overview
· Basic Mapping
· Relational Mapping Overview
Session: Swagger
· What is swagger?
· Swagger is language-neutral
· The Swagger Editor
· Describing APIs
· Creating a spec
Session: Flask basics
· Setting up flask
· Flask configuration
· Quick MVC example
· Quick REST example
Session: Practical Flask
· App layout
· Flask extensions
· Blueprints
· Working with databases
Session: Flask-Swagger
· Using flask-restful-swagger
· Extracting the API spect
· Swagger decorators
· Real-life issues
Session: Angular Integration Basics
· Angular Overview
· Angular Services
· REST vs. WebSocket
· Integrating Angular apps
Session: OAuth Integration
· OAuth Overview
· OAuth vs. OpenID
· OAuth 1 vs. OAuth 2
· JWT – JSON Web Tokens
· Integrating OAuth 2
Session: Reactive Python Overview
· Reactive Programming Overview
· Working with MQs
· Asynchronous responses
· RxPy: Reactive Python
Session: Django Overview
· Architecture Overview
· MVC in Django
· Installation Requirements
· Hello, Django!
Session: Templates
· Templates
· Template Engines
· Variables
· Tags
· Filters
Session: Forms
· Form Basics
· Form API
· Forms vs. Models
· Rendering
· UI Validation
Session: Basic ORM with Django
· ORM and Django Models
· Mapping Fields
· Primary Keys
· Data type conversion
· Meta options
· Database Queries
Session: ORM Relationships with Django
· One-to-One Relationships
· One-to-Many Relationships
· Many-to-Mnay Relationships
Session: Relationships and Inheritance
· Inheritance mapping models
· Single Table Inheritance
· Abstract-class table
· Table-per-concrete-class
· Meta Inheritance options
Session: Advanced Django
· File Uploads
· Generating CSV files
· Generating PDF files
Session: Internationalization
· I18N and L10N
· getText and ugetText
· Lazy translation
· Pluralization
Session: Authentication
· Authentication
· Authorization
· Django Auth* Annotations
· Integrating back-end Authentication
Session: Security
· Security in Django
· Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
· Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF/XSRF)
· SQL Injection
· Click-jacking
· SSL
Each student will receive a Student Guide with course notes, code samples, software tutorials, diagrams and related reference materials and links. Our courses also include step by step hands-on lab instructions and code samples, clearly illustrated for users to complete hands-on work in class, and to revisit to review or refresh skills at any time. Students will also receive the course set up files and project code needed for the hands on work.
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