Python for SDN Fast Track

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Introduction to Python (4 topics)

• What is PYTHON and why PYTHON is useful
• Installing Python
• The IDLE editor
• A simple PYTHON Program

Working with Email (4 topics)

• Simple emails
• HTML Emails
• Working with Attachments
• Labs

Python Basics (10 topics)

• How to run PYTHON programs on UNIX and Windows platform
• Lines and Indentation
• Multiple line Statements
• Quotation Marks
• Reserved Words in Python
• Python Suites
• Input
• Output
• Working with Files
• Labs

Python Variables (8 topics)

• Assignments
• Data Types
• Numbers
• Strings
• Lists
• Tuples
• Dictionaries
• Labs

Python Operators (9 topics)

• Arithmetic Operators
• Comparison Operators
• Assignment Operators
• Bitwise Operators
• Logical Operators
• Membership Operators
• Identity Operators
• Operator Precedence
• Labs

Conditional and Control Statements (4 topics)

• if elif else constructs
• while and for Loops
• Iteration
• Labs

Functions (6 topics)

• Creating Functions
• Def Statement
• Calling functions
• Scoping variables
• Passing arguments
• Labs

Modules (6 topics)

• What is a module
• Standard modules
• How to define and code a module
• Using import
• Argument passing and return values from a module
• Labs

Pattern Matching (10 topics)

• The re module
• How pattern matching works
• Pattern matching operators
• Pattern matching special characters
• Labs Part 1
• Pattern matching options
• Pattern substitution
• Pattern tagging
• Translation
• Labs Part 2

Python OO (6 topics)

• Why use OO
• Creating a simple class
• Inheritance
• Passing data into a class
• More complex classes
• Labs

Exceptions (6 topics)

• What are exceptions
• Default Handler
• Catch/Try/Raise Statements
• Class Based Exceptions
• What Not To Do
• Labs

Working with Databases (3 topics)

• Python and Databases
• Connecting to MySQL Database
• Working with tables /Records