• Introducing the Python scripting language: Introducing integrated development environments (IDEs), statements.
• Introducing Python’s basic data types: Variables and objects, introducing Python data types, working with strings and numbers.
• Python’s built-in functions: Obtaining Python’s built-in functions, function syntax, obtaining help and best practice.
• Introducing lists and tuples: What is a Python list, working with the list object, creating and processing a Python tuple.
• Introducing dictionaries: Introducing Python dictionaries, dictionary members.
• Conditional branching, operators and loops: What is a conditional statement, conditional statement syntax, using operators, looping through collections, syntax rules for conditional branching and looping.
• Working with Python’s standard modules: Uses of modules, ways of importing modules, some of Python’s common modules.

Note: This course is a pre-requisite for:

“This was the first time I’ve been on a course like this and was very impressed. The structure and layout of the course made perfect sense and just flowed nicely throughout the day. I came into the course with extremely low levels of knowledge on Python just through self learning and looking at scripts others have written, I know feel like I can comfortably create simple scripts and can read and understand other scripts that have been written by others.”James, South Norfolk District Council

“Excellent course, as a beginner the structure, pace, and delivery was perfect, introducing the topic in logical digestible chunks that were easily understood. The tone of the content was just right easy to read, to enable beginners to onboard on to it, it wasn’t dry or overly technical, or overkill in reading. I learned lots!” Michael, VOA

“Ed was a fantastic instructor. He was easy to understand and knowledgeable. Course was very well structured” Darragh, Scottish Water