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AN INTRODUCTION TO PYTHON

• Introductory Remarks about Python
• Strengths and Weaknesses
• A Brief History of Python
• Python Versions
• Installing Python
• Environment Variables
• Executing Python from the Command Line
• IDLE
• Editing Python Files
• Getting Help
• Dynamic Types
• Python Reserved Words
• Naming Conventions

BASIC PYTHON SYNTAX

• Introduction
• Basic Syntax
• Comments
• String Values
• String Operations
• The format Method
• String Slices
• String Operators
• Numeric Data Types
• Conversions
• Simple Input and Output
• The print Function

LANGUAGE COMPONENTS

• Introduction
• Control Flow and Syntax
• Indenting
• The if Statement
• Relational Operators
• Logical Operators
• True or False
• Bit Wise Operators
• The while Loop
• break and continue
• The for Loop

COLLECTIONS

• Introduction
• Lists
• Tuples
• Sets
• Dictionaries
• Sorting Dictionaries
• Copying Collections
• Summary

FUNCTIONS

• Introduction
• Defining Your Own Functions
• Parameters
• Function Documentation
• Keyword and Optional Parameters
• Passing Collections to a Function
• Variable Number of Arguments
• Scope
• Functions
• Passing Functions to a Function
• Mapping Functions in a Dictionary
• Lambda
• Closures

MODULES

• Modules
• Standard Modules - sys
• Standard Modules - math
• Standard Modules - time
• The dir Function

EXCEPTIONS

• Errors
• Run Time Errors
• The Exception Model
• Exception Hierarchy
• Handling Multiple Exceptions
• raise
• assert
• Writing Your Own Exception Classes

INPUT AND OUTPUT

• Introduction
• Data Streams
• Creating Your Own Data Streams
• Access Modes
• Writing Data to a File
• Reading Data From a File
• Additional File Methods
• Using Pipes as Data Streams
• Handling IO Exceptions
• Working with Directories
• Metadata
• The pickle Module

CLASSES IN PYTHON

• Classes in Python
• Principles of Object Orientation
• Creating Classes
• Instance Methods
• File Organization
• Special Methods
• Class Variables
• Inheritance
• Polymorphism
• Type Identification
• Custom Exception Classes
• Class Documentation - pydoc

REGULAR EXPRESSIONS

• Introduction
• Simple Character Matches
• Special Characters
• Character Classes
• Quantifiers
• The Dot Character
• Greedy Matches
• Grouping
• Matching at Beginning or End
• Match Objects
• Substituting
• Splitting a String
• Compiling Regular Expressions
• Flags
• Class Documentation - pydoc

NETWORKING PROGRAMMING

• Introduction to Networking
• Client Server Programming
• A Simple Pair Client/Server Programs
• An Echo Client and Server
• An Evaluation Client and Server
• Python Threads
• A Threaded Client and Server
• A File Client and Server

COMMUNICATION TO ROUTERS WITH PYTHON

• Introduction
• Ways of Communicating with Routers
• The Paramiko Module
• The Ansible Module
• Establishing a Router Connection with Python
• Sending Router Commands via Python
• Reading Output from Router Commands via Python