Certified Software Developer Foundation (Python)

1.  Introduction to Python and Computer Programming

• Python Introduction
• Python for Computer Programming
• Let's start our Python adventure

2. Data Types, Variables, Basic Input-Output Operations, Basic Operators

• Python literals
• Operators - data manipulation tools
• Variables - data-shaped boxes

3. Boolean Values, Conditional Execution, Loops, Lists and List Processing, Logical and Bitwise Operations

• Making decisions in Python
• Python's loops
• Logic and bit operations in Python
• Lists - collections of data
• Sorting simple lists - the bubble sort algorithm
• Lists - some more details
• Lists in advanced applications

4. Functions, Tuples, Dictionaries, and Data Processing

• Writing functions in Python
• How functions communicate with their environment?
• Returning a result from a function
• Scopes in Python
• Tuples and dictionaries

5.Modules, Packages, String and List Methods, and Exceptions

• Using modules
• Some useful modules
• What is package?
• Errors - the programmer's daily bread
• The anatomy of exception
• Characters and strings vs. computers
• Python's nature of strings
• String methods
• Strings in action
• Four simple programs

6. The Object-Oriented Approach: Classes, Methods, Objects, and the Standard Objective Features; Exception Handling, and Working with Files

• Basic concepts of object programming
• A short journey from procedural to object approach
• Properties
• Methods
• Inheritance - one of object programming foundations
• Exceptions once again
• Generators and closures
• Processing files
• Working with real files