Python Programming Level 2: Advanced Programming Techniques

Overview In this Python training course, students already familiar with Python programming will learn advanced Python techniques. Class Prerequisites Experience in the following is required for this Python class: Basic Python programming experience. In particular, you should be very comfortable with: • Working with strings. • Working with lists, tuples and dictionaries. • Loops and conditionals. • Writing your own functions. _ Experience in the following would be useful for this Python class: Some exposure to HTML, XML, JSON, and SQL. COURSE OUTLINE Classes and Objects Defining Classes The __init__ method Keyword Arguments Methods Instance Methods Adding Arguments to Instance Methods The __str__ method Static Methods Class Methods Properties The Property Decorator The Setter Method Validation via the Setter Method Inheritance The DRY Principle Revisited Single Inheritance Sub-Classing Classes from Python Packages Overriding Methods Calling the Parent Method with super() Multiple Inheritance Method Resolution Order The Importance of the Standard Library High-Level Modules Lower-Level Modules Knowing How to Navigate in the Standard Library Dates and Times datetime Objects Interacting with the OS OS Information Using pathlib Listing All Hidden Files in Your Home Directory Using the subprocess Module Collections Counters defaultdict ChainMap Becoming Pythonic Using List Comprehensions Set and Dictionary Comprehensions Comprehensions and Multiple Lists Default Dictionary Iterators Itertools One, and Back Again Generators Regular Expressions Software Development Debugging Automated Testing Test Categorization Test Coverage Writing Tests in Python with Unit Testing Writing a Test with pytest _