• Introduction to Software Programming
  • Hardware vs Software
  • Computer Programming Languages– High and Low Level
  • Proprietary Software vs Open Source
  • Compiled vs Interpreted Languages
  • Which category does Python fall under?

• Data Analytics Introduction
  • The Scope and Importance of Analytics.
  • Why Python for Analytics.

• Python Overview
  • Introduction and History of Python
  • Library & Different Python Libraries 
  • Various Python Distribution Vendors & Text Editors
  • Demo

MODULE-2: INSTALLATION AND GETTING STARTED

• Setting up Programming Environment
  • Installing Python (Anaconda 3) for Windows and OS X (Mac) Operating Systems
  • Introduction to Python IDE - Jupyter Notebook

• Running First Python Program
  • Syntax and Symantec Errors
  • Python File Extensions
  • Writing your first Python Program
  • Saving and Opening Programs
  • Running Python Program
  • Exercise

MODULE-3: MATH AND VARIABLES

• Operators and Order of Operations
• Introduction to Variables
• Naming and Using Variables
• Using Comments
• Exercise

MODULE-4: DATA TYPES

• Introduction to Data Types
• Strings and Numbers
• Expressions
• Creating and Working with Strings
• Concatenating Strings
• Converting Strings to Numbers
• Accepting Input from Users
• Programming Best Practices
• Exercise

MODULE-5: CONDITIONAL STATEMENTS

• IF Statements
• IF-ELSE Statements
• IF and ELIF Statements
• Multiple IF Conditions
• CASE Statement
• Exercise

MODULE-6: LOOPS

• Introduction to Loops
• WHILE and FOR Loops
• Nested Loops
• Break and Continue
• Avoiding Infinite Loops
• Exercise

MODULE-7: INTRODUCTION TO DATA STRUCTURES

• Introduction to Data Structures
• Python Lists
• List indexing
• Python Dictionaries
• Exercise

MODULE-8: DATA STRUCTURES-2

• Introduction to Data Structures
• Python Sets
• Python Tuples
• Mutable and Immutable Data Types
• Exercise

MODULE-9: FUNCTIONS

• Introduction to Functions
• Defining a Function
• Returning values from a function
• Local and Global Variables
• Modules, Importing Functions from Modules
• Exercise

MODULE-10: WORKING WITH FILES

• Introduction to Files
• File Types: Text, Pipe Delimited and Comma Separated
• Creating, Opening, Closing, Reading and Writing to a File
• Exercise

MODULE-11: OBJECT ORIENTED PRINCIPLES

• Introduction to Object Oriented Programming Concepts
• Classes
• Objects (Instantiating Classes)
• Inheritance ((Parent and Child classes)
• Exercise

MODULE-12: ERRORS AND EXCEPTIONS HANDLING

• Exception Handling
• Different Types of Python Exceptions
• The Exception Hierarchy
• Handling Exceptions
• Try / Except Block
• Exercise

Classes: 22-25 Hours