Advanced Python Programming
Course: PYADV
Duration: 2 Days
Level: II
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http://www.verhoef-training.com/courses/PYADV.html
Course Summary
This course delves into the advanced features and usage
of the Python Programming language, one of the most popular
and powerful dynamic languages available in the open source
community today.
This is a deep, three-day course that is intended to get
programmers from novice Python programming experience
to deep expertise, using instruction and hands-on exercises.
The instructor has over eight years of Python experience
and will use examples from real life to illustrate concepts.
Topics Covered In This Course
Deep Dive into Python Interpreter and Runtime
- The Python Language: a formal overview
- Internals of the Python Interpreter
- Python program runtime and execution
- Alternate Python interpreters
- Modules and Import Hooks
- Namespaces, Variables and Labels
- Closures and Scope
- Operators, Attribute Lookup, and Properties
- Statements, Expressions and Lambdas
Advanced Functional and OO programming in Python
- Meet the Python function
- Function properties
- Functions as strategies
- Switch maps
- Decorators and wrappers
- Proxies, memoization and currying
- Meet the Python class
- Class initialization
- Descriptors and Metaclasses
- Instance initialization and finalization
- __dict__ and __slots__
- __getattribute__ and class proxies
- Method Resolution Order (MRO)
- Evaluating Python Performance
- Performance tricks and traps
- Advanced Examples: Iterators
- Advanced Examples: Generators
- Advanced Examples: Context Managers
Modern, Scalable Python Programming
- Advanced I/O
- threading and green threads
- Synchronization primitives
- The GIL
- multiprocessing
- Generators and Coroutines
- Distributed Computing with Python
- Accessing OS services
- Idiomatic Python Applications
- SQL Access with SQLAlchemy
- XML Access with etree
- The Web: WSGI, Django and Genshi
- JSON Access with simplejson and django-piston
- Sphinx, doctest and project documentation
What You Can Expect
At the end of this course, attendees will be able to:
- Know the internals of the Python runtime and interpreter
- Leverage advanced Python programming techniques
- Utilize tools used by real-world Python engineers to improve
code quality, time-to-market, and team collaboration
- Idiomatically use and even implement powerful Python libraries
that at the cutting edge of modern Python programming
Who Should Take This Course
Aimed at developers/engineers. Attendees should already
know the basics of Python programming, ideally from the
precursor to this course.
Recommended Prerequisites
Basic background in Python programming.
Training Style
45m-1h instruction sections will be separated by 15-30m
labs, featuring hands-on examples. Final day will also
include a group project, delivered by the end of the day
to solidify concepts learned during the course.
Related Courses
| Code |
Course Title |
Duration |
Level |
|
PYTH3F |
Python Programming |
5 Days |
I |
Details |
PYTH3I |
Python Programming Introduction |
3 Days |
I |
Details |
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a certificate good for $100 toward their next public class taken
within a year.
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single student in any of our public or web-based classes.
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