Python PCAP: Pass Certified Associate in Python Programming

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: What is the PCAP certificate?

Lecture 2: Who is this course for?

Lecture 3: What should you already know?

Lecture 4: The necessary tools

Lecture 5: Getting started with Anaconda

Lecture 6: Online tools

Lecture 7: Ready?

Chapter 2: Modules and Packages

Lecture 1: Introduction to modules

Lecture 2: Importing modules

Lecture 3: Math module

Lecture 4: Random module

Lecture 5: Further comment: random.sample

Lecture 6: Platform module

Lecture 7: platform.python_version_tuple() vs. platform.version()

Lecture 8: Extra: PyPI repository

Lecture 9: Sample solution: Using "random"

Lecture 10: Creating your own modules

Lecture 11: Running own modules directly and indirectly

Lecture 12: Own modules: practical example

Lecture 13: Sample solution: Creating own modules

Lecture 14: Module locations: sys.path

Lecture 15: Using packages in Python

Chapter 3: Strings

Lecture 1: Internal string representation

Lecture 2: Basic string operations

Lecture 3: Searching inside strings

Lecture 4: Joining, splitting and sorting strings

Lecture 5: Sample solution: Working with strings

Lecture 6: Comparing strings

Lecture 7: Mini Project: Random password generator

Chapter 4: Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)

Lecture 1: Introduction to OOP

Lecture 2: Classes and objects

Lecture 3: Encapsulation and abstraction

Lecture 4: Instance variables

Lecture 5: Class variables

Lecture 6: Comparison: instance, class and local variables

Lecture 7: Methods

Lecture 8: Can you have a default value for the self constructor parameter?

Lecture 9: Sample solution: Deck of cards

Lecture 10: Reflection and introspection

Lecture 11: Introduction to inheritance

Lecture 12: Inheriting properties

Lecture 13: Inheriting class variables and methods

Lecture 14: Overriding properties and methods

Lecture 15: isinstance() an 'is' operator

Lecture 16: Multiple inheritance

Lecture 17: The __bases__ property

Lecture 18: Diamond problem

Lecture 19: Mini Project: Rock-paper-scissors game

Chapter 5: Exceptions

Lecture 1: Important: Exceptions in PCEP and PCAP exams

Lecture 2: (PCEP&PCAP) Introduction to exceptions

Lecture 3: Can you catch SyntaxErrors?

Lecture 4: (PCEP&PCAP) Exception hierarchy

Lecture 5: (PCEP&PCAP) Propagating exceptions

Lecture 6: (PCEP&PCAP) Assertion exceptions

Lecture 7: Try… except with else

Lecture 8: The finally keyword

Lecture 9: The raise keyword

Lecture 10: Exceptions as objects

Lecture 11: Creating your own exceptions

Chapter 6: Miscellaneous

Lecture 1: List comprehensions

Lecture 2: Lambda functions

Lecture 3: map() and filter() with lambdas

Lecture 4: Closures

Lecture 5: Introduction to file handling

Lecture 6: Text file reading basics

Lecture 7: Text file writing basics

Lecture 8: Sample solution: Counting words in files

Lecture 9: Binary file basics

Lecture 10: Reading binary files: read() vs readinto()

Lecture 11: File handling modes

Lecture 12: Predefined streams

Lecture 13: Stream errors

Lecture 14: Mini Project: To-do list

Chapter 7: Congratulations!

Lecture 1: Congratulations!

Chapter 8: Mock PCAP exam

Chapter 9: Extra

Lecture 1: Course Jupyter files

Lecture 2: Bonus lecture

Lecture 3: LinkedIn: Show your new skills!