Python Training Course

Lead Academy

The python is a popular training course, ideal for anyone who is looking to kickstart their career as a python developer, as well as professionals who want to test their existing skills and knowledge. If you want to gain an in-depth understanding of python, then this program is perfect for you.

Our online courses come with lifetime access with no time limit for completion. Each course is fully accessible from a tablet, mobile or laptop, as long as there is a secure internet connection.

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Course Syllabus:

We have divided the python course into 4 user-friendly courses modules, covering all fundamental areas of python to provide learners with the relevant skills and industry knowledge to take their career to the next level.

This comprehensive python course includes the following modules:

How IT Works

• How IT Works

Python Basics

• What is Python? Installation and first Execution
• Variables, Creating and Running External Script, Interactive Shell
• Comments
• Types of Variables
• Math Operators
• Exercise: adding VAT to products
• Semicolon and ENTER – assigning multiple values to variables at once
• Assignment operators
• Playing with Strings (Slicing, adding and having fun)

Functions and Libraries Basics

• Importing libraries, what are functions – basics
• Taking data from user and type conversion (casting)

Conditional statements

• Comparison (Relational) Operators
• EXERCISE: Simple Calculator
• Values different than 0
• Logical Operators

Loops

• Loop while
• EXERCISE: Adding numbers taken from the user
• Loop for
• Instruction break and continue
• EXERCISE: Guess the number

Lists

• What are Lists? Basic operations on lists
• Checking if element is ‘in’ or ‘not in’ the list
• Operating on lists with Functions

Advanced Types

• Tuples – what does immutable mean?
• Dictionaries
• Sets
• Operations on sets
• Nested types
• Processing nested types using loops
• Extracting (Iterating Through) values from nested dictionaries
• EXERCISE: Dynamic dictionary with definitions

Transformations

• List comprehensions
• Generator Expressions
• Dictionary Comprehensions
• Set Comprehension

Functions - Basics

• What are functions? How to create a function? Why should we use functions?
• Multiple parameters in function (passing more arguments)
• Returning values from function

Functions - Advanced

• Multi module application | How to import your own module?
• enum – what it is and why you should use it?
• Default Arguments
• Named (keyword) and unnamed (positional) arguments
• EXERCISE – checking if value is in container
• Local vs Global Variables – scope – lifetime of variables
• Mutable vs immutable objects
• Shallow vs Deep copy of object

Random Numbers

• Random events – choice vs choices function
• Shuffle – shuffling cards in ‘war’ game
• EXERCISE | GAME | Drawing random chests colours with random rewards
• EXERCISE | GAME | Drawing approximate value to a certain value

Working With Files in Python and Exceptions

• Exceptions, try, finally block
• Opening the file using: with… as…:
• Reading the content of file – read vs readlines, splitting lines, encoding
• seek and tell – changing and reading the position of last operation in file
• Append – Adding Text at the end of file
• A+, R+, W+ – two function file opening modes

JSON

• What is JSON? Why do we use it? What problems does JSON solve?
• Loading data from JSON file to Python
• Pretty Printer – loading/saving pretty and sorted JSON

API

• What is public API? Where to find them? stackoverflow API
• Opening websites from Python code – webbrowser module
• Getting records from last week – datetime module
• EXERCISE: Cat facts
• EXERCISE: random CAT images by breed

API - header authorization - POST % DELETE

• Authorization through header – settings
• EXERCISE: CAT system – introduction
• POST – adding a cat to favourite list
• DELETE – removing a cat from favourite list

Visual Studio Code - Installation and Setting

• VSC – Downloading and installing
• Linter – what is linting – how to use it, settings in .vscode
• Auto Save – making sure your file is saved after each change
• Snippets and pass keyword
• Automatic code formatting
• Debugging mode – how to professionally debug your code?

Visual Studio Code - Useful Extensions

• Icons theme
• Bracket Pair Colorizer – improving readability of your code
• Python Preview – watching the code execution while writing it
• Python Quick Print
• Code Spell Checker
• What is Object Oriented Programming?

OOP - Object Oriented Programming

• Creating your first method – what is “self”?
• __init__ – sending arguments to class for initialization
• EXERCISE: Create rockets that can move up
• Document String – docstring
• __str__ – dunder method representing text of object
• EXERCISE: Organizing more than one class – Rocket Board
• EXERCISE: Counting distance between rockets
• Static Methods
• __len__
• class / static variables – creating USER with unique ids
• EXERCISE: Bank Account – withdraw/deposit money
• How to properly handle returned values from methods?
• Inheritance and method overriding – super()
• EXERCISE: Inheritance on practical example – result
• EXERCISE: playing with cube, square and rectangle
• Inheritance vs association – when to use which?

Generator functions

• Generator functions – yield keyword
• send method – how to send a value into a generator?

Certificate of Achievement

Endorsed Certificate from Quality Licence Scheme

After successfully passing the MCQ exam you will be eligible to obtain the Endorsed Certificate by Quality Licence Scheme. The Quality Licence Scheme is a brand of the Skills and Education Group, a leading national awarding organisation for providing high-quality vocational qualifications across a wide range of industries. It will give you a competitive advantage in your career, making you stand out from all other applicants and employees. There is a Quality Licence Scheme endorsement fee to obtain an endorsed certificate which is £65 and will be charged separately for each course.

Certificate of Achievement from Lead Academy

After successfully passing the MCQ exam, you will be eligible to order your certificate of achievement as proof of your new skill. The certificate of achievement is an official credential that confirms that you successfully finished a course with Lead Academy. You/your employer can verify your certificate through our website. Certificate can be obtained in PDF version and will be charged separately for each course, at a cost of £12, and there is an additional fee to obtain a printed copy certificate which is £35.

This comprehensive python course is suitable for anyone looking to improve their job prospects or aspiring to accelerate their career in this sector and want to gain in-depth knowledge of python.

This python course is felicitous for those, who want to be the best in their jobs.

Whether you are completely new to the field or are an aspiring professional, the python course will help open doors to a wide range of professions within your chosen field, helping you to stand out to employers with up to date skills that can be used to enhance your CV.

• There are no academic entry requirements for this python course, and it is open to students of all academic backgrounds.
• As long as you are aged seventeen or over and have a basic grasp of English, numeracy and ICT, you will be eligible to enrol.

This python course opens a brand new door for you to enter the relevant job market and also provides you with the chance to accumulate in-depth knowledge at the side of needed skills to become flourishing in no time. You will also be able to add your new skills to your CV, enhance your career and become more competitive in your chosen industry.

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