IT Professional Curricula Software Development Solution Area Generic Languages Python Fundamentals
Python is a lot more than a scripting language, and can be used to create OOP applications using classes, or using a functional paradigm. This course covers some of the ways Python programs can execute. You'll learn about building your own custom functions and classes, and documentation and file handling.
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Modules and Functions - start the course
- create and import a module at the Python REPL
- define a function in Python
- describe the difference in operation between Python scripts, programs and modules
- run a module as a script using the __name__ == __main__ syntax in Python
- create a main function that takes command line arguments in Python
Classes - describe the relationship between classes and types in Python
- create a class definition and describe the structure in Python
- write a class initializer method in Python
- write and use class instance methods in Python
- write and use static methods in Python
- use inheritance and describe the semantics in Python
- describe class properties in Python
- describe how inheritance affects properties in Python
- write a class that implements operator overloading in Python
Documenting Code - write docstrings in Python
- write comments in Python
- describe best practice for documenting Python code as set out in PEP 8
Files - read text files in Python
- write data in Python
- write large files in Python
- read binary data in Python
- write binary data in Python
Practice: Creating Classes - write a Python class to represent a vector
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