An Introduction to Python

• Introduction
• A Brief History of Python
• Python Versions
• Installing Python
• Environment Variables
• Executing Python from the Command Line
• Editing Python Files
• Python Documentation
• Getting Help
• Dynamic Types
• Python Reserved Word
• IDE

Basic Python Syntax

• Basic Syntax
• Comments
• String Values
• String Methods
• The format Method
• String Operators
• Numeric Data Types
• Conversion Functions
• Simple Output
• Simple Input
• The % Method
• The print Function

Language Components

• Indenting Requirements
• The if Statement
• Relational , Logical Operators, Bit Wise,  membership, assigning  Operators
• The while Loop
• break and continue pass
• The for Loop

Collections

• Introduction
• Lists
• Tuples
• Sets
• Dictionaries
• List comprehensions
• Dictionary comprehension
• Sorting Dictionaries
• Copying Collections
• Nested dictionary

Functions

• Introduction
• Defining Your Own Functions
• Parameters
• Keyword and Optional Parameters
• Passing Collections to a Function
• Variable Number of Argument
• Scope
• Functions – “First Class Citizens”
• Passing Functions to a Function
• Arrays in python
• Map
• Filter
• Lambda functions
• Special Variables

Modules

• Modules
• Standard Modules – math
• Standard Modules -time
• The dir Function

Exceptions

• Errors
• Runtime Errors
• The Exception Model
• Exception Hierarchy
• Handling Multiple Exceptions
• Raise
• assert

Input and Output

• Introduction
• Data Streams
• Creating Your Own Data Streams
• Access Modes
• Writing Data to a File

• Reading Data From a File
• Additional File Methods
• Using Pipes as Data Streams
• Handling IO Exceptions
• Working with Directories
• Metadata
• The pickle Module
• Tree, Dictionary

Classes in Python

• Classes in Python
• Principles of Object Orientation
• Creating Classes
• Instance Methods
• Special Methods
• Class Variables
• Inheritance
• Polymorphism

Regular Expressions

• Introduction
• Simple Character Matches
• Special Characters
• The Dot Character
• Grouping
• Matching at Beginning or End
• Match Objects
• Substituting
• Splitting a String

• There is no pre-requisite for this course. Prior exposure to object-oriented programming concept is beneficial.

• Understand python and its application in the real world
• Set up and run python programs
• Learn python language syntax & semantics
• Hands on exercises on various python modules

Ganesh Kannan has more than 15 years of IT experience in Software testing, test Consulting, Project and Change management. He has worked for Investment Banks like Barclays Capital and IT services firm like Zensar Technologies. He has managed the testing tools and process function for a top tier investment bank and have managed large off-shore testing teams. He possess extensive project management and consulting experience in delivering IT applications and spearheads the classroom Fundamentals of software testing in Singapore.