Intermediate Python
Faculty
Alex Dainiak
Associate Professor at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
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Overview
The course builds on the foundations of Python and basic programming culture to introduce Python as a versatile scripting and multi-paradigm programming language. The course content is thus focused on two directions that are pursued simultaneously while the course progresses.
Firstly, we reinforce the grasp of core Python language features like functional programming utilities, classes, and operator overloading.
Secondly, we introduce the most basic and useful tools from the vast Python’s library: working with files, downloading and scraping data from the web, plotting beautiful graphs.
Learning highlights
- By the end of the course the students will be able to use Python as a versatile scripting language, work with file system, and perform some automation tasks.
- The students will also be familiar with some modern concepts of functional and object-oriented programming, that will allow them to take more advanced courses devoted to software design with the use of these paradigms.
Course outline
4 classes
Session 1
Recap of Python fundamentals: collections, basic iteration, working with iPython. Debugging
Session 2
Python in context: common IDEs, modules, typical non-interactive workflow
Session 3
Object-oriented thinking. Standard data types as objects. Writing our own class
Session 4
Classes continued. Operator overloading. Designing our own collection class
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Prerequisites
This course is one of three in a wholistic series.
Students that have already taken MSL-111 and those with prior experience with HTML, CSS, and Javascript building simple web pages will be good candidates for this module.
Alex was born in Moscow in 1985. His first encounter with programming happened in 1998 at a Pascal circle and that was love at first sight (or, better said, first line of code).
Alex teaches math and programming since graduating from the Moscow State University.
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Intermediate Python
by Alex Dainiak
Total hours
45 Hours
Dates
Jan 28 - Feb 15, 2019
Fee for single course
€1500
Fee for degree students
€750
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FAQ
Will I receive a certificate after completion?
Yes. Upon completion of the course, you will receive a certificate signed by the director of the program your course belonged to.
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Can I get a discount?
Yes. The easiest way to enroll in a course at a discounted price is to register for multiple courses. Registering for multiple courses will reduce the cost per individual course. Please ask the Admissions Office for more information about the other kinds of discounts we offer and what you can do to receive one.