Course Outline
Introduction
- Python's versatility: from data analysis to web crawling
Python Data Structures and Operations
- Integers and floats
- Strings and bytes
- Tuples and lists
- Dictionaries and ordered dictionaries
- Sets and frozensets
- Data frames (pandas)
- Conversions
Object-Oriented Programming with Python
- Inheritance
- Polymorphism
- Static classes
- Static functions
- Decorators
- Other
Data Analysis with Pandas
- Data cleaning
- Using vectorised data in pandas
- Data wrangling
- Sorting and filtering data
- Aggregate operations
- Analysing time series
Data Visualisation
- Plotting diagrams with matplotlib
- Using matplotlib within pandas
- Creating high-quality diagrams
- Visualising data in Jupyter notebooks
- Other visualisation libraries in Python
Vectorising Data in Numpy
- Creating Numpy arrays
- Common operations on matrices
- Using ufuncs
- Views and broadcasting on Numpy arrays
- Optimising performance by avoiding loops
- Optimising performance with cProfile
Processing Big Data with Python
- Building and supporting distributed applications with Python
- Data storage: Working with SQL and NoSQL databases
- Distributed processing with Hadoop and Spark
- Scaling your applications
Extending Python (and vice versa) with Other Languages
- C#
- Java
- C++
- Perl
- Others
Python Multi-Threaded Programming
- Modules
- Synchronising
- Prioritising
Data Serialization
- Python object serialisation with Pickle
UI Programming with Python
- Framework options for building GUIs in Python
- Tkinter
- PyQt
Python for Maintenance Scripting
- Raising and catching exceptions correctly
- Organising code into modules and packages
- Understanding symbol tables and accessing them in code
- Selecting a testing framework and applying TDD in Python
Python for the Web
- Packages for web processing
- Web crawling
- Parsing HTML and XML
- Automatically filling web forms
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
- Beginner to intermediate programming experience
- Knowledge of mathematics and statistics
- Familiarity with database concepts
Audience
- Developers
Testimonials (7)
Got to know a lot of new thngs.
Roland - Diehl Aviation
Course - Advanced Python - 4 Days
We covered the topics in sufficient depth, which gave us time to discuss many of them. It was comprehensive enough.
Gergo - Diehl Aviation
Course - Advanced Python - 4 Days
We got a lot of new informations about Python what we will be able to use in our daily work in the future. The exercises were really interesting and challenging enough.
Zsolt - Diehl Aviation
Course - Advanced Python - 4 Days
training was good overall, my favorite part: dashboard & pyqt
Balazs - Diehl Aviation
Course - Advanced Python - 4 Days
Plenty of examples - and the trainer willing to bend backwards to help us with topics we were weaker in.
Wei Lit Teoh - HP Singapore (Private) Ltd.
Course - Advanced Python - 4 Days
Lots of exercises
Fanny Stauffer - UCB Pharma S.A.
Course - Advanced Python - 4 Days
The trainer gave a clear and systematic teaching. He usually gave the reasoning and fundamental knowledge behind the commands. He also gave us time to do the exercises and practice.