Introduction
• What is Python
• History of Python
• Portability
• Performance
• Libraries
• Comparing with other Scripting Languages
• Python versions
• Jython and IronPython
Getting Started
• Using the interpreter
• Working with Source Files
• Writing Hello World
• Byte-compiled .pyc files
• Indentation
• Comments and Document strings
Data Types
• Numbers
• Strings
• Variables
• Sequences
• Lists
• Tuples
• Maps and Dictionaries
Control Flow
• if statement
• while statement
• for loop
• break statement
• exec and eval
Functions
• Defining a Function
• Function Parameters
• Default Parameter Values
• Named Parameters
• Local and Global Variables
• Call by Value
• Swap Function
• Passing Lists as parameters
• Lambda Forms
Classes
• Classes
• Objects
• Object Attributes
• Class Attributes
• Class Methods
• The __init__ method
• Dynamic Attributes
More on Classes
• Intrinsic attributes
• Inheritance
• Polymorphism
• Operator Overloading
• Creating Classes at run-time
Modules and Packages
• What is Package
• What is a Module
• importing
• Using the sys module
• The dir() function
Exception Handling
• Try-Except
• Try-Finally
• Handling Exceptions
• Raising Exceptions
• User Defined Exceptions
The Python Standard Library
• Operating System Interface Modules
• Regular Expressions
• Maths Libraries
• The sys module
• Command Line Arguments
• Threads and Processes
Input / Output
• File I/O
• Formatting
• Pickling and Unpickling |
