Duration: 3 days

Prerequisites: Basic knowledge about how to use a computer (installing software applications

Objectives

• Learning Programming fundamentals
• Getting familiar with the Python’s programming language
• Getting used to designing and implementing nontrivial or complex programs

Content

1. Introduction to programming
   • History of Python
   • Compilation and interpretation
   • Machine language
   • Development tools (Pycharm IDE)
   • Using the python console
   • Reading the documentation and finding answers online
2. Programming ABCs
   • Instructions
   • Expressions
   • Variables
   • Conditional structures [if clause, if-else clause, if-elif-else clause]
   • Iterative structures [for and while loops]
3. Functions
   • Functional decomposition
   • Recursive functions
   • Function prototype (or signature)
   • Distinguishing parameters and arguments
   • Return value
4. Complex types and containers
   • Lists
   • Tuples
   • Dictionary
   • Set
5. Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
   • Classes
   • Objects
   • Constructor, attributes and methods
   • Inheritance
   • Encapsulation
   • Polymorphism and composition
6. Handling errors and exceptions
   • Try-except
   • Try-except-else
   • Try-except-finally
   • Exception aliasing
   • Create your custom exception
7. Going further with extra topics
   • Graphical User Interface (GUI)
   • Libraries (Turtle, requests)
   • Virtual environments