Zero to Hero in Python Programming

Core Python

Introduction to Python

• Origin of Python
• Introduction to Python
• Applications of Python
• Features and Versions of Python
• Languages used in Python Development

Python Basics

• Interactive Mode vs. Script Mode
• Interpreter vs. Compiler
• Scripting vs. Programming Languages
• Why Learn Python?
• Python Indentation
• Comments and Quotations
• Identifiers and Keywords
• Variables:
  • Assigning values in different ways
  • Print(), type(), and id()
• User Input Handling
• Working with Input Functions
• Python Data Types
• Type Conversions and eval()

Assignment - 1

Data Structures in Python

• Introduction to Data Structures

String Data Structure

• Definition and Creation Methods
• String Indexing & Slicing
• Concatenation & Multiplication
• String Methods (capitalize, title, count, replace, upper, lower, etc.)
• String Immutability
• String Sorting & Reversal
• String Length & Searching Methods
• String Validations (isdigit(), isalpha(), isalnum(), etc.)

List Data Structure

• Creating Lists (Homogeneous & Heterogeneous)
• Indexing & Slicing
• List Operations (Concatenation, Multiplication, Unpacking, Sorting, etc.)
• Range and xrange Functions
• List Methods (insert, append, pop, remove, clear, etc.)

Tuple Data Structure

• Creating & Working with Tuples
• Tuple Indexing & Slicing
• Tuple Operations (Concatenation, Multiplication, Sorting, etc.)
• Tuple Immutability & Nested Tuples

Set Data Structure

• Creating & Modifying Sets
• Normal Sets vs. Frozen Sets
• Set Operations (Union, Intersection, Difference, etc.)
• Set Conversion Methods

Dictionary Data Structure

• Dictionary Creation & Operations
• Key-Value Pair Management
• Dictionary Methods (keys(), values(), pop(), popitem(), etc.)
• Conversion between Data Structures

Assignment - 2

Operators in Python

• Arithmetic, Logical, Assignment, Comparison, Bitwise, Identity, Membership Operators

Functions & Arguments

• Defining & Calling Functions
• Named, Keyword, Default & Positional Arguments
• `*args` and `**kwargs`
• Nested Functions & Variable-Length Arguments

Lambda Functions

• Lambda Expressions
• Filter, Map, and Reduce Functions

Control Statements & Looping

• If, If-Else, Elif Statements
• Membership Testing for Various Data Structures
• For & While Loops
• Break, Continue, and Pass Statements
• Iterating Over Data Structures

Assignment - 3

Advanced Python

File Handling

• File Creation, Opening, Reading, Writing, and Appending
• Modes of Operations
• Seek & Tell Methods
• File Handling Real-Time Scenarios

Object-Oriented Programming (OOPs)

• Class & Object
• Instance & Class Variables
• Constructor & Data Hiding
• Method Overloading & Overriding
• Abstraction, Inheritance, Polymorphism, Encapsulation

Modules & Exception Handling

• Python Modules & Importing Methods
• Standard & User-Defined Modules
• Exception Handling (try-except, finally, assert)

Logging in Python

• Creating and Storing Logs
• Log Levels (DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL)

Iterators, Generators & Decorators

• Yield Keyword
• Difference between Yield & Return
• Function Decoration

Unit Testing in Python

• `unittest` Module
• Assert Functions

Regular Expressions

• Regex Basics & Methods (findall, search, match, etc.)
• Web Scraping Techniques

Command Line Arguments & Database Handling

• Reading Command Line Inputs
• Connecting Python with Databases
• Executing SQL Commands in Python
• Fetching & Updating Data

End of Course

• Real-time Case Studies
• Project Implementation
• Interview Preparation