Complete Python Training Course, The

Description

COMPLETE PYTHON TRAINING COURSE

• Master today's key Python development skills hands-on, with real programs and expert instruction from world-renowned authors and corporate trainers!
• Listen and learn as expert trainers describe 14,930 lines of fully functional sample Python program code in over 22 hours of detailed audio instruction
• Coverage includes control structures, functions, classes, inheritance, string manipulation, security, syntax, objects, exceptions, CGI, GUIs, XML, DB-API, networking, data structures, multimedia, Python for wireless/handhelds, and more!
• Includes the best-selling, 1,292-page Python text Python How to Program -- in print and searchable electronic version on CD-ROM

Created by leading corporate trainers Deitel & Associates, this hands-on, interactive Python training course combines Python training CD-ROM, The Python Multimedia Cyber Classroom CD-ROM, and the leading Python textbook, Python How to Program. You'll start with basic programs and syntax, then learn CGI programming, object-oriented techniques, GUIs, exception handling, regular expressions, XML programming, DB-API database integration, networking, security -- even wireless application development. With this unique combination of live code, audio commentary, and in-depth printed and online explanations, you'll master Python development faster than you ever thought possible!

• More than 22 hours of expert audio instruction walks you through 281 complete, ready-to-run programs -- 14,930 lines of live code you can load, run, and adapt!
• Test your knowledge with 615 interactive self-review questions and 370 programming exercises!
• Get fast, in-depth answers from the fully searchable copy of Python How to Program!
• Discover hundreds of tips and ideas for maximizing performance, interoperability, and reusability -- and for avoiding and troubleshooting problems!

• Start-to-finish, 1,292-page guide to development with Python!
• Covers all this: Syntax, control structures, objects, CGI, GUIs, exceptions, strings, regular expressions, file processing, XML, DB-API, wireless programming, threads, networking, security, data structures, and more!
• Includes detailed case study: a complete, multi-tier Web e-commerce application
• Contains hundreds of tips and tricks for building more robust, reliable, high-performance code
• BONUS 2nd CD-ROMpacked with Python source code, plus links to the Web's best Python resources for developers!

• New and experienced developers who want to master Python and object-oriented development quickly
• Web professionals who want to leverage Python's full power in Web, XML, and wireless applications
• Python developers who want to deepen their skills

• Windows 98/NT/2000/XP
• Internet Explorer 5.5 (included)
• Red Hat Linux 6.2 or higher
• Netscape 4.76 or higher (not included)
• 200 MB disk space/64 MB RAM
• CD-ROM drive & sound card support

Sample Content

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Computers, Internet and the World Wide Web.
2. Introduction to Python Programming.
3. Control Structures.
4. Functions.
5. Tuples, Lists, and Dictionaries.
6. Introduction to the Common Gateway Interface (CGI).
7. Object-Based Programming: Classes and Data Abstraction.
8. Object-Oriented Programming: Inheritance and Polymorphism.
9. Operator Overloading.
10. Graphical User Interface Components: Part 1.
11. Graphical User Interface Components: Part 2.
12. Exception Handling.
13. Strings Manipulation and Regular Expressions.
14. File Processing and Serialization.
15. Extensible Markup Language (XML).
16. Python XML Processing.
17. Python Database Application Programming Interface (DB-API).
18. Process Management.
19. Multithreading.
20. Networking.
21. Security.
22. Data Structures.
23. Case Study: Multi-Tier Online Bookstore.
24. Multimedia.
25. Accessibility.
26. Bonus: Introduction to XHMTL:
Part I.
27. Bonus: Introduction to XHTML:
Part II.
28. Bonus: Cascading Style Sheets™ (CSS).
29. Bonus: Introduction to PHP.
Appendix A. Operator Precedence Chart.
Appendix B. ASCII Character Set.
Appendix C. Number Systems.
Appendix D. Python Development Environments.
Appendix E. Python 2.2 Resources.
Appendix F. Career Opportunities.
Appendix G. Unicode®.

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