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Basic concepts and elements

• Variables [2:6]
  • Variable naming [2:7.2] [2:7.3]
• Keywords [2:7.1]
• Expressions [2:5] [2:6.5]
• Statements [1:3.2] [2:6.5]
• Selection [1:3.2] [1:3.3]
• Repetition [1:4.1]
• Composition [3:8.1]
• Abstraction [3:8.3]

Built in data types and objects

• Basic data types: int, float, complex, bool, str [2:4.2]
• list [6:2]
• tuple [6:7]
• set [8:2]
• dict [7:4]
• None [3:6.3]
• type() [2:4.2]
• Iterables:
  • range [6:4.5]
  • enumerate [9:4.1]
  • zip [9:4.3]

Operators

• Assignment operator (=) [2:6.1]
• Artihmetic operators [2:5.1]
• Comparison operators [3:2.1]
• Logical operators (and, or, not) [4:2.1]
• Shortcut (augmented) assignment operator [5:2]
• Membership operator (in) [6:3.5]
• Identity operator (is) [7:2.4]
• Operator precedence [2:5.3]

Statements

• Statements [1:3.2] [2:6.5]
• Assignment statement [2:6.1] [2:6.3]
• Augmented assignment statement, shortcut assignment statement [5:2]
• pass [3:9.3]
• break [4:5.2]
• continue [6:4.3]
• assert [5:10.3]

Selection (choice)

• Selection [1:3.2] [1:3.3]
• if-else [3:3.1]
• if-elif-else [3:3.4]

Repetition (loops)

• while loops [4:3]
• for loops [6:4]
• infinite loops [4:3.5]

Functions

• Function calls [3:6]
• Built-in functions [3:7.1]
  • type() [2:4.2]
  • any(), all() [10:4.1]
  • sorted() [10:5.3]
  • min(), max() [10:5.4]
• import functions from modules/packages [3:7.2]
• Defining functions [5:3]
• Positional arguments, default arguments, keyword arguments [5:5]
• Function scope, stack trace [5:6]
• Recursion [7:6]
• Advanced function features:
  • Arbitrary number of arguments [10:4.2]
  • Positional-only arugments, keyword-only arugments [10:4.4]

Strings

• str [2:4.2]
• f-strings [2:8.3]
• str as a sequence [6:8]
• str methods [7:3.2]

Sequences

• list [6:2]
  • List indexing [6:2.2]
  • List slicing [6:2.4]
  • Nested lists [6:2.5]
  • Updating lists[6:3.1]
  • Append to lists, deleting fron lists [6:3.2]
  • List operators [6:3.4]
  • List membership operator (in) [6:3.5]
  • List methods [7:3.5]
• tuple [6:7]
• str as a sequence [6:8]
• range [6:4.5]
• List comprehension [9:5]
• Generator expressions [9:5.6]

Sets

• set [8:2]
• set operations [8:2.3]
• set methods [8:2.4]
• Frozen set frozenset [8:2.5]
• Set comprehension [9:5.4]

Dictionaries

• dict [7:4.1]
• Retrieving from dict [7:4.2]
• dict methods [7:4.4] [7:4.5]
• Dictionary comprehension [9:5.4]
• Hashing [7:5.5]

Object-Oriented Programming

• Objects
  • What is an object? [2:4.1]
  • Object identity [7:2.2]
  • Object methods [7:3.1] [8:6.1]
  • Defining objects [8:3.1]
  • Object interaction [9:2.2]
• Class [8:3.2] [8:3.4]
• Class diagram [8:3.3]
• Class constructor [8:3.5] [8:3.6]
• Class instance [8:3.2] [8:3.4]
• Instance attributes [8:3.3] [8:3.4]
• Instance methods [8:6.3]
• Dependency [9:2.3]
• Association, aggregation, composition [9:2.5] [9:2.6]
• Inheritance [10:2]
• Implementing inheritance [10:2.3]
• Method overriding [10:2.5]
• Magic methods/dunder methods [8:8]

File handling

• Files [8:9]
• Opening and reading text files [6:5.6] [7:5.1] [8:9.2]
• Opening text files with context manager (with statement) [7:5.3] [8:9.4]
• Opening and writing to text files [8:9.4]
• Binary files [8:9.3]
• JSON files [9:6]
• Pickle files [10:7.1]
• CSV files [10:7.3]
• File methods, file handling modules [8:9.6]
• Libraries for handling other files [10:7.9]

Exception handling

• Exception handling [7:7]
• Exception instances [9:9.1]
• Built-in exceptions [9:9.2]
• User-defined exceptions [10.9.2]
• Order of exceptions [10.9.1]

Modules and packages

• Modules [8:4.1]
  • Custom modules [8:4.2]
  • Importing modules [8:4.3]
  • Module search path [8:4.5]
• __name__ [8:4.4]
• Packages [9:8]
  • Running packages [9:8.3]
  • Namespace packages [9:8.4]
  • Regular packages [9:8.5]

Functional programming

• Lambda functions [10:5]
• Higher-order functions [10:6]
  • map [10:6.3]
  • filter [10:6.5]

Python modules

• math [3:7.2]
• random [3:9.5]
• pprint [7:5.3]

Command line arguments

• Reading command line arguments (sys.argv) [9:6.5]

Development Practice and Tips

• Flowcharts [1:4.1]
• Test as you code [3:9.1]
• Commenting [3:10.1]
• Avoiding infinite loops [4:3.6]
• Debugging [4:8]
• Debugging functions [5:10.1]
• Refactoring [5:4.1]
• Top down algorithm design [5:4.6]
• Input validation, code robustness [8:9.6]

Software testing

• assert statement [5:10.3]
• Test Driven Development [6:9.1]
• Breakpoints [6:9.3]
• Python debugger (pdb) [6:9.3]
• Input validation, Code robustness, Look Before You Leap (LBYL), Easier to Ask for Forgiveness than for Permission (EAFP) [8:9.6]
• Unit testing [10:8]

Style guides

• PEP-8 style guide [4:9]
• PEP-8 for comments [3:10.4]
• PEP-8 for functions [5:7]
  • Docstrings [5:7.3]
• PEP-8 for sequences [6:10]

Exercises and applied problem solving

• Subscripts from/to linear indices: [2:10]
• Selection (Biggest number, leap year validator, thermostat program) [3:4]
• While loops (Square root estimator, Newton’s Method) [4:4]
• While loops with break:
  • Solutions for Newton’s Method [4:5.6]
  • Prime numbers [4:6]
• Refactoring exercise [5:4]
• List (Increment integers in list) [6:3.3]
• For loops exercise (Pretty patterns) [6:4.6] [6:4.7]
• List and loops (The smallest number, smallest number divisible by 7, triangle list, cumulative sum, Fibonacci Sequence, Suffixes) [6:5]
• Strings (Palindromes, Replace string with blanks) [6:8]
• String methods
  • Palindromes revisited [7:3.3]
  • Caesar Cipher [7:3.4]
• List methods (Parenthesis checking) [7:3.6]
• Dictionaries (Employee Database, Translation Lookup Table) [7:5]
• Sets (Find overlapping words in Frozen) [8:2.6]
• Recursion (Factorials, Fibonacci sequence) [7:6]
• Exception Handling (list of fruts, opening a file) [7:7.5]
• File Manipulation
  • Text files (Reading and Writing) [8:9.5]
  • JSON files [9:6.4]
  • Pickle and CSV files [10:7]
• Object-oriented Programming
  • Car class and attributes [8:3.7]
  • Car methods [8:6.4]
  • Dependency (Driver uses Car) [9:2.4]
  • Aggregation (Car has Wheels) [9:2.7]
  • Inheritance (BattleCar) [10:2.4]
  • Method overriding (BoosterCar) [10:2.7]
  • Magic methods/Dunder methods [8:8.1]
• Input validation [8:10.5]
• enumerate (Get word positions) [9:4.2]
• zip (Concatenate feature labels) [9:4.4]
• List comprehension [9:5.2] [9:5.3]
• Set comprehension [9:5.5]
• Functional programming
  • Lambda functions [10:5]
  • map [10:6.4]
  • filter [10:6.5]