1 – AN OVERVIEW OF PYTHON
- What is python?
- An overview of Python
- What is python?
- Python Timeline
- Advantages/Disadvantages of Python
- Getting help with pydoc
2 – THE PYTHON ENVIRONMENT
- Starting Python
- Using the interpreter
- Running a Python script
- Python scripts on Unix/Windows
- Editors and IDEs
3 – GETTING STARTED
- Using variables
- Built-in functions
- Strings
- Numbers
- Converting among types
- Writing to the screen
- Command line parameters
4 – FLOW CONTROL
- About flow control
- White space
- Conditional expressions
- Relational and Boolean operators
- While loops
- Alternate loop exits
5 – SEQUENCES
- About sequences
- Lists and list methods
- Tuples
- Indexing and slicing
- Iterating through a sequence
- Sequence functions, keywords, and operators
- List comprehensions
- Generator Expressions
- Nested sequences
6 – WORKING WITH FILES
- File overview
- Opening a text file
- Reading a text file
- Writing to a text file
- Reading and writing raw (binary) data
- Converting binary data with struct
7 – DICTIONARIES AND SETS
- About dictionaries
- Creating dictionaries
- Iterating through a dictionary
- About sets
- Creating sets
- Working with sets
8 – FUNCTIONS
- Defining functions
- Parameters
- Global and local scope
- Nested functions
- Returning values
9 – SORTING
- The sorted() function
- Alternate keys
- Lambda functions
- Sorting collections
- Using operator.itemgetter()
- Reverse sorting
10 – ERRORS AND EXCEPTION HANDLING
- Syntax errors
- Exceptions
- Using try/catch/else/finally
- Handling multiple exceptions
- Ignoring exceptions
11 – MODULES AND PACKAGES
- The import statement
- Module search path
- Creating Modules
- Using packages
- Function and Module aliases
12 – CLASSES
- About o-o programming
- Defining classes
- Constructors
- Methods
- Instance data
- Properties
- Class methods and data
13 – REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
- RE syntax overview
- RE Objects
- Searching and matching
- Compilation flags
- Groups and special groups
- Replacing text
- Splitting strings
14 – THE STANDARD LIBRARY
- The sys module
- Launching external programs
- Math functions
- Random numbers
- The string module
- Reading CSV data
15 – DATES AND TIMES
- Working with dates and times
- Translating timestamps
- Parsing dates from text
- Formatting dates
- Calendar data
16 – WORKING WITH THE FILE SYSTEM
- Paths, directories, and filenames
- Checking for existence
- Permissions and other file attributes
- Walking directory trees
- Creating filters with fileinput
- Using shutil for file operations
- 17 – Advanced data handling
- Defaultdict and Counter
- Prettyprinting data structures
- Compressed archives (zip, gzip, tar, etc.)
- Persistent data
17 – ADVANCED DATA HANDLING
- Defaultdict and Counter
- Prettyprinting data structures
- Compressed archives (zip, gzip, tar, etc.)
- Persistent data
18 – NETWORK SERVICES
- Grabbing web content
- Sending email
- Using SSH for remote access
- Using FTP
19 – WRITING REAL-LIFE APPLICATIONS
- Parsing command-line options
- Detecting the current platform
- Trapping signals
- Implementing logging
- Python Timeline
- Advantages/Disadvantages of Python
- Getting help with pydoc
