Throughout the last decades, Python has grown to become one of the most widely used programming languages in the world. Its versatility is impressive. You can find Python programs in an incredibly wide range of domains: from data analysis to system and network management, to web and even game development...

Throughout this training, we'll also discover that programming in Python can be fun and elegant, and significantly less frustrating than in some other languages.

During the course:

• we familiarize ourselves with the common syntax and structures of the Python language;
• we gain insight into the common approaches and philosophy behind programming in Python;
• we build several functional applications.

• Introduction
  • What is Python? How is it used? Strengths and weaknesses ...
  • How a Python program is executed
  • Program architecture: modules and imports
• Building blocks of a basic Python program
  • Expressions, statements, modules
  • Variables, object types, dynamic typing
• Python object types (data structures) and their methods
  • Numerical types
  • strings
  • Collections: lists, dictionaries, tuples, sets
• Syntax of program structures
  • Selection: if / elif / else
  • Iteration: while, for, comprehensions
  • Functions: concepts, scope, arguments, lambdas
• Python & OO: working with classes and methods (basics)
• Modules and Packages
  • The import mechanism
  • The Python Standard Library
  • Installing and using third party packages
• Exception handling

Live classroom training delivered by an instructor, with plenty of room for practical exercises.

Delivered as a live, interactive training: available in-person or online, or in a hybrid format. Training can be implemented in English, Dutch, or French.

Basic knowledge of general programming concepts is recommended (see course Programming fundamentals).

This course is intended for anyone who wants to use Python for scripting, data analysis, building (web) applications, developing games, communication with databases, testing, etc.