Drumbeat/p2pu/courses/python-programming

Course Details

Introductory programming course using the Python programming language.

Facilitator: Brylie Oxley

Prerequisite(s): Intro to personal computers (Linux, Macintosh, Windows).

Motivation:

When one knows how to make simple scripts it is easier to complete repetitious tasks. The more active hackers we have the faster our technology and collective culture will evolve.

Audience

Novice and intermediate computer users, scientists, teachers, and hobbiests can benefit by integrating programming into their workflow.

P2PU Source:

GNU.media research regarding Open Educational Resources and Free Software development.

Repeat: Yes

Status: New

Learning Resources

Several free books are available:

• A Byte of Python
• Dive Into Python 3
• How to Think Like a Computer Scientist.

Learning Style

Collaborative and collective knowledge sharing. Project (experience) based learning.

Learning Outcome(s)

Upon completion of the course, learners will have the following abilities and competencies:

• Creating and modifying variables
• Working with various data types:
  • strings
  • numbers
  • tuples
  • lists
  • sets
  • dictionaries
• Mulitple assignment
• Operators
• Evaluating expressions and statements
• Defining functions
  • Function parameters
• Accepting user input
• Iterating over lists, tuples, &c
• Indexing and slicing strings, lists, &c
• General debugging
• Exception handling
  • Creating custom exceptions
• Creating classes
  • Class instances
• Creating and organizing modules
  • Importing modules
• Introduction to Python standard library
  • os
  • sys
  • unittest (Video)
• Inheritance
• Comprehensions
• Linked lists
• Abstract Data Types
  • Basic Design Patterns (Video)
• Metaprogramming