Essentials of Python
CREDIT DISTRIBUTION, ELIGIBILITY AND PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
Course title Credits Credit distribution of the course Eligibility Pre-requisite of
& Lecture Tutorial Practical/ criteria the course
Code Practice (if any)
Essentials of 2 0 0 2 Class XII NA
Python
Learning Objectives
The Learning Objectives of this course are as follows:
To introduce programming concepts using python
To use python programming to solve problems of different domains
Learning outcomes
The Learning Outcomes of this course are as follows:
After studying this course, students will be able to understand the
basics of programming language
After studying this course, students will be able to develop, document and
debug modular python programs
After studying this course, students will be able to apply suitable
programmimg constructs and built in data structures to solve a problem
SYLLABUS
Unit I (12
hours)
Introduction
What can Python do? Why Python? Python Syntax compared to other programming
languages, Python Installation.
The print statement, Comments, Python Data Structures & Data Types, String
Operations in Python, Simple Input & Output, Simple Output Formatting, Operators in
python
Python Program Flow
Indentation, The If statement and its’ related statement, An example with if and it’s
related statement, The while loop, The for loop, The range statement, Break &Continue,
Assert, Examples for looping
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Functions& Modules
Create your own functions, Functions Parameters, Variable Arguments, Scope of a Function,
Function Documentations, Lambda Functions& map, n Exercise with functions, Create a
Module, Standard Modules
Unit 2 (16 hours)
Exceptions Handling
Errors, Exception handling with try, handling Multiple Exceptions, Writing your own
Exception
File Handling
File handling Modes, Reading Files, Writing& Appending to Files, Handling File Exceptions,
The with statement
Classes In Python
New Style Classes, Creating Classes, Instance Methods, Inheritance, Polymorphism,
Exception Classes & Custom Exceptions
Generators and iterators
Iterators, Generators, The Functions any and all, With Statement, Data Compression
Unit 3 (16 hours)
Data Structures
List Comprehensions, Nested List Comprehensions, Dictionary Comprehensions.
Functions, Default Parameters, Variable Arguments, Specialized Sorts
Collections
namedtuple(), deque, ChainMap, Counter, OrderedDict, defaultdict, UserDict, UserList,
UserString
Writing GUIs in Python (Tkinter)
Introduction, Components and Events, An Example GUI, The root Component, Adding
a Button, Entry Widgets, Text Widgets, Check buttons
Python SQL Database Access
Introduction, Installation, DB Connection, Creating DB Table, INSERT, READ,
UPDATE, DELETE operations, COMMIT & ROLLBACK operation, handling Errors
Network Programming
Introduction, A Daytime Server, Clients and Servers, The Client Program, The
Server Program
Date and Time
Sleep, Program execution time, more methods on date/time
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Unit 4 (16 hours)
Filter, Map, Reduce, Decorators, Frozen set, Collections
Regular Expression
Split, Working with special characters, date, emails, Quantifiers, Match and find
all, character sequence and substitute, Search method
Threads ESSENTIAL
Class and threads, Multi-threading, Synchronization, Treads Life cycle, use cases
Accessing API ESSENTIAL
Introduction, Facebook Messenger, Openweather
DJANGO
Django Overview, Django Installation, Creating a Project, Usage of Project in depth
Discussion, Creating an Application, Understanding Folder Structure, Creating a Hello
World Page, Database and Views, Static Files and Forms, API and Security
Essential/recommended readings
"Starting Out with Python plus My Programming Lab with Pearson eText --
Access Card Package (3rd Edition) Tony Gaddis ISBN-13: 978-0133862256".
Python Crash Course: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to
Programming (2nd Edition).
Head-First Python: A Brain-Friendly Guide (2nd Edition) by Paul Barry.
Learn Python the Hard Way: 3rd Edition by Zed A. Shaw.
Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science (3rd Edition) by
John M. Zelle.
Python Cookbook: Recipes for Mastering Python 3 (3rd Edition) by Brian Jones and
David Beazley
https://docs.djangoproject.com/
Introduction to Programming using Python by Y. Daniel Liang. Publisher Pearson
Taneja, S., Kumar, N. Python Programming- A modular Approach,
Pearson Education India, 2018.
Balaguruswamy E., Introduction to Computing and Problem Solving using
Python, 2 nd edition, McGraw Hill Education, 2018
Examination scheme and mode:
Evaluation scheme and mode will be as per the guidelines notified by the University of Delhi.
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