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Pragmatic Python Programming

This intensive four-day hands-on course takes the attendees on a learning path that goes well beyond the basics of Python programming and teaches the participants the best practices for using Python....

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$2,620 USD
Course Code WA3174
Duration 4 days
Available Formats Classroom

This intensive four-day hands-on course takes the attendees on a learning path that goes well beyond the basics of Python programming and teaches the participants the best practices for using Python. The participants are introduced to topics that are grouped into categories such as Robust Programming Techniques, Securing Data in Python, and the like. The participants will learn about the practical aspects of using high-leverage Python modules and programming techniques that will enable them to effectively apply the knowledge gained in this training to a wide range of problem domains.

Who Can Benefit

  • Developers, Software Engineers, and Data Analysts

Prerequisites

  • Participants are expected to have some Python programming experience.
  • Make sure you’ve taken WA3016 Practical Python 3 Programming (Beginner) (as a prerequisite) before you take this course.

Course Details

Outline

Chapter 1. Standing up Python Development Environment

  • Python IDEs and REPLs
  • VS Code vs PyCharm IDEs
  • VS Code: Debugging Perspective
  • PyCharm: Debugging Perspective
  • Python Package Managers
  • Core Pip Commands
  • The Requirements File
  • What are "Virtual Environments"?
  • Tools for Creating "Virtual Environments"
  • Creating Virtual Environments with the venv Tool
  • Activating and Deactivating Virtual Environments
  • Summary

Chapter 2. Beyond the Basics of Python

  • PEP8
  • Hands-On Activities
  • String Formatting and Interpolation
  • Hands-On Activities
  • Common Collection Functions and Operators
  • Raw String Literals
  • Accessing Python Lists
  • Main Python List Methods
  • Joining List Elements
  • Hands-On Activities
  • Set Operations with Sets
  • Unpacking Tuples
  • Conditional Expressions (a.k.a. Ternary Operator)
  • Enumerate
  • List Comprehension
  • Dictionary Comprehension
  • Hands-On Activities
  • Zipping Lists
  • Hands-On Activities
  • Global and Local Variable Scopes
  • Python Function Parameters: "Call By Sharing"
  • Functions: Default Parameters
  • Functions: Named Parameters
  • Dealing with Arbitrary Number of Parameters
  • Keyword Function Parameters
  • Returning Multiple Values from a Function
  • Docstrings
  • A Very Basic Docstring Example of a Simple Function
  • Hands-On Activities
  • Lambda Functions in Python
  • Examples of Using Lambdas
  • Hands-On Activities
  • Lambdas in the Sorted Function
  • Closures
  • Hands-On Activities
  • Generators
  • Where to Use Generators
  • Example of a Generator
  • Generator Expressions
  • Random Numbers
  • Regular Expressions
  • The re Object Methods
  • Using Regular Expressions Examples
  • Python Collections
  • The Counter Class
  • Counter Class Example
  • Python Object De/Serialization
  • A pickle Example
  • Profiling
  • Python Built-in Profiling Capabilities
  • Example of Code Execution Profiling
  • Summary

Chapter 3. Robust Programming Techniques

  • Defining Robust Programming
  • Assertions
  • The assert Expression in Python
  • Hands-On Activities
  • What is Unit Testing and Why Should I Care?
  • Unit Testing and Test-driven Development
  • TDD Benefits
  • Unit Testing in Python
  • Steps for Creating a Unit Test in Python
  • Running the Unit Tests
  • A Unit Test Example
  • Errors
  • The try-except-finally Construct
  • What's Wrong with this Error-Handling Code?
  • Life after an Exception
  • Assertions vs Errors (Exceptions)
  • Hands-On Activities
  • What is Logging and Why Should I Care?
  • A Simple Print Statement vs Logging
  • Logging Levels
  • The Logger Hierarchy
  • The Logging Levels
  • Setting the Logging Level
  • Configuring Logging Messages
  • Example of Using Logging
  • Logging in Python: December 9, 2021 Update
  • Hands-On Activities
  • Summary

Chapter 4. Using Operating System Functionality in Python

  • Interfacing with OS-Level Functionality in Python
  • The os Module
  • Interfacing with Files and Directories (1 of 2)
  • Interfacing with Files and Directories (2 of 2)
  • The os.path Module
  • Process Management
  • System Information
  • The sys Module Overview (1 of 2)
  • The sys Module Overview (2 of 2)
  • Summary

Chapter 5. Object Inspection and Dynamic Code Creation

  • Object Inspection
  • Object Inspection Example
  • AST, Compile, and Exec
  • Why is It Possible?
  • Example of Dynamic Code Creation and Execution
  • The eval Function
  • Summary

Chapter 6. Introduction to NumPy

  • What is NumPy?
  • The First Take on NumPy Arrays
  • The ndarray Data Structure
  • Understanding Axes
  • Indexing Elements in a NumPy Array
  • Re-Shaping
  • Commonly Used Array Metrics
  • Commonly Used Aggregate Functions
  • Sorting Arrays
  • Vectorization
  • Vectorization Visually
  • Broadcasting
  • Broadcasting Visually
  • Filtering
  • Array Arithmetic Operations
  • Reductions: Finding the Sum of Elements by Axis
  • Array Slicing
  • 2-D Array Slicing
  • The Linear Algebra Functions
  • Summary

Chapter 7. Introduction to pandas

  • What is pandas?
  • The Series Object
  • Accessing Values and Indexes in Series
  • The DataFrame Object
  • The DataFrame's Value Proposition
  • Creating a pandas DataFrame
  • Getting DataFrame Metrics
  • Accessing DataFrame Columns
  • Accessing DataFrame Rows
  • Accessing DataFrame Cells
  • Using iloc
  • Using loc
  • Examples of Using loc
  • Filtering Rows
  • DataFrames are Mutable via Object Reference!
  • Deleting Rows and Columns
  • Adding a New Column to a DataFrame
  • Appending / Concatenating DataFrame and Series Objects
  • Example of Appending / Concatenating DataFrames
  • Getting Descriptive Statistics of DataFrame Columns
  • Getting Descriptive Statistics of DataFrames
  • Sorting DataFrames
  • Reading From CSV Files
  • Writing to a CSV File
  • Simple Plotting with pandas
  • A Plotting Example
  • The pyplot Module
  • Summary

Chapter 8. Data Visualization in Python

  • Why Do I Need Data Visualization?
  • Data Visualization in Python
  • Getting Started with matplotlib
  • A Basic Plot
  • Scatter Plots
  • Figures
  • Saving Figures to a File
  • Seaborn
  • Getting Started with seaborn
  • Histograms and KDE
  • Plotting Bivariate Distributions
  • Scatter Plots in seaborn
  • Pair plots in seaborn
  • Heatmaps
  • A Seaborn Scatterplot with Varying Point Sizes and Hues
  • Summary

Chapter 9. Securing Data with Python

  • States of Digital Data
  • Protecting Sensitive Data at Rest
  • Hashing
  • Secure Hashes in Python
  • Salting
  • An Example of Creating a Secure Hash in Python
  • Hands-On Activities
  • Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication (HMAC)
  • An HMAC Example
  • Key Stretching (Derivation)
  • Key Stretching in Python
  • The scrypt Function
  • Hands-On Activities
  • Symmetric and Asymmetric (Public) Key Encryption
  • Using the openssl Tool
  • Summary

Lab Exercises

  • Lab 1. Learning the CoLab Jupyter Notebook Environment
  • Lab 2. Standing Up Python Development Environments
  • Lab 3. Beyond the Basics of Python
  • Lab 4. Robust Programming
  • Lab 5. Using Operating System Functionality in Python
  • Lab 6. Object Inspection and Dynamic Code Creation and Execution
  • Lab 7. Programming with NumPy
  • Lab 8. Programming with pandas
  • Lab 9. Data Visualization using the seaborn-pandas Link
  • Lab 10. Securing Data with Python
  • Lab 11. Data Encryption with the openssl Tool (for Review)
  • Lab 12. Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication Project
  • Lab 13. The Logging Project
  • Lab 14. The pandas Project
  • Lab 15. The Dynamic Object Creation Project