Python programming for C++ developers

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction to course and instructor

Lecture 2: A quick walk through the course

Lecture 3: Software Setup for Python

Lecture 4: Hello World, your first program

Chapter 2: Getting Started

Lecture 1: Ready! Set! Go!

Lecture 2: Python Shell, Literals and getting started

Lecture 3: Objects, Scalars, Data Types and some Operators

Lecture 4: Working with variables

Lecture 5: Please rate the course

Chapter 3: Working with data and numbers

Lecture 1: Arithmetic operators and precedence – Part 1

Lecture 2: Arithmetic operators and precedence – Part 2

Lecture 3: Comparison operators, Less than, Greater Than, Equal to etc

Lecture 4: Binary number and logical operators

Lecture 5: Exercise – Command line practice of numbers, operators and strings.

Chapter 4: Programs and Problem Solving

Lecture 1: Please rate the course if you haven't already

Lecture 2: Introduction to Programs and Problem Solving

Lecture 3: Introduction to Multi-line programs – the .py files

Lecture 4: Variables and naming rules

Lecture 5: Comments in Python

Lecture 6: Assignment operator and self-assignment

Lecture 7: Taking user input

Lecture 8: Type Casting – converting data types

Chapter 5: Conditions in Python

Lecture 1: Introduction to control statements and if condition

Lecture 2: Control Statement – if condition

Lecture 3: A few examples of if condition

Lecture 4: if – else , using else with conditions

Lecture 5: Homework Exercise 2

Chapter 6: Loops in Python – Control Statements continue

Lecture 1: Introduction to loops

Lecture 2: Working with While loops

Lecture 3: For loops

Lecture 4: Coding Exercises and Homework

Chapter 7: Functions in Python

Lecture 1: Introducing functions in python

Lecture 2: Creating and using functions in Python

Lecture 3: A few examples of functions

Lecture 4: Creating libraries – Using multiple .py files

Lecture 5: A multiple python files example

Lecture 6: Exercises/Homework for functions

Chapter 8: Lists in Python

Lecture 1: Introducing Lists

Lecture 2: Creating and Using Lists

Lecture 3: Accessing, Updating and Inserting list items

Lecture 4: More about Lists, Sorting, Merging, Sublists etc

Lecture 5: Lists of Lists – that is 2 dimensional lists

Lecture 6: Homework/Exercises for Lists in Python

Chapter 9: More Data Structures – Tuples, Dictionaries and Sets

Lecture 1: Section Introduction

Lecture 2: Tuples, Dictionaries and Sets

Chapter 10: Handling Files with Python

Lecture 1: Filing introduction

Lecture 2: Opening, Reading and Writing to files

Lecture 3: A few file handling examples

Lecture 4: Reading and Editing CSV files (Example)

Lecture 5: Homework/Exercises for File reading/writing

Chapter 11: Exception Handling and Recursion

Lecture 1: Section Introduction

Lecture 2: Exception Handling

Lecture 3: Recursion in Python

Lecture 4: Exercises/Homework – Recursion

Chapter 12: Graphical User Interface – Yes making windows based programs

Lecture 1: GUI Introduction

Lecture 2: Creating GUI in Python

Lecture 3: Make a GUI Game – Tic Tac Toe

Chapter 13: Classes and Objects

Lecture 1: Object Oriented Programming – Creating classes and objects

Chapter 14: Conclusion

Lecture 1: Conclusion