Python: The Next Level

What you’ll learn and how you can apply it

By the end of this live, online course, you’ll understand:

• The most important building blocks for Python frameworks
• How the most popular Python libraries work… and how to build your own

And you’ll be able to:

• Write more powerful Python code, packaged in ways more easily reusable by other developers
• Create your own decorators, enabling patterns of code reuse that literally cannot be captured in any other way
• Use higher-level abstractions to produce reusable code and reduce complexity and errors

This live event is for you because...

• You’re a web developer ready to extend your favorite framework’s abstractions, even build on top of them
• You’re a QA engineer who is sick and tired of repetitive testing code, and wants to automate at a higher level
• You’re a data scientist ready to create expressive analysis tools, empowering you and your teammates
• You’re a tech lead or engineering manager who wants to improve code reuse and organization in your team
• You want to improve your Python knowledge to ace an interview or land that dream job
• You’re a software engineer who cares about robust, reliable, and maintainable code… and wants to see a wider positive impact from your coding efforts

Prerequisites

• Complete the Python Labs Prep
• You will need to have access to a computer.

Recommended Preparation:

To fully participate in this hands-on class, install either Python 3 (3.6+ or later); or Python 2.7. Python 3 is recommended. You will be able to do the programming exercises in either version. Since almost everything in the course applies to both versions, the class will be taught primarily using 3, pointing out where 2.7 is different as we go along. (Note that Python 3.x safely installs alongside Python 2, with no conflict; for example, the interpreter is named "python3" instead of "python".)

You can use any Python-aware IDE or editor; Pycharm is one good choice. You should also be able to open a Python interactive interpreter on the command line, and run simple programs ("python3 helloworld.py") either on the command line or in your IDE. On Windows, you will need to set your system path: http://goo.gl/LJJT4Z

Links:

• Install Python (3 or 2): https://www.python.org/downloads/
• Pycharm: https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/download/

Recommended Preparation:

• Introduction to Python
• Intermediate Python: Introduction (first two videos)

Further Learning:

Python Cookbook, 3rd edition

Become Fluent in Python - learning path

Oriole - Magically Crafting your Own Python Syntax

Oriole - Power of Special Methods