Theory:

• Introduction to Python
• Why Program
  • What are programs
  • What is the importance of programs
  • What type of programs should you expect to create
• Hardware Architecture
  • Hardware requirements
  • Hardware optimizations
  • Pros and cons of hardware specs
  • Hardware limitations
• Python as a Language
  • What is Python
  • What is an interpreter
  • What is object-oriented programming
  • What is a dynamically typed language
• Elements of Python
  • What makes Python different
  • What are the pros and cons of Python

Practical Lab Exercises:

• Setting Up Python Environment
• Writing and Running Your First Python Program

Q&A and Review

Theory:

• Variables
  • How to create variables
  • Variable types
  • Variable scopes
• Expressions and Statements
  • Standard expression syntax
  • Standard statement syntax
  • Intermediate expression syntax

Practical Lab Exercises:

• Creating and Using Variables
• Writing Expressions and Statements

Q&A and Review

Theory:

• Control Structures
  • What is a conditional structure
  • Scopes of conditional structures
  • Conditional execution
• If Statements
  • What is an if statement
  • When to use an if statement
  • Scope and syntax
• Switch Statements
  • What is a switch statement
  • When to use a switch statement
  • Scope and syntax

Practical Lab Exercises:

• Implementing If Statements
• Using Switch Statements

Q&A and Review

Week 4: Functions

Theory:

• Functions
  • What is a function
  • Creating functions
  • Other function types
  • Scope and applicability of functions
  • Best practices

Practical Lab Exercises:

• Developing Functions
• Applying Best Practices in Function Development

Q&A and Review

Week 5: Loops and Iterations

Theory:

• Loops and Iterations
  • What is a loop
  • What is an iteration
  • Use cases of loops and iterations
• For Loops
  • What is a for loop
  • Where it applies
  • Use cases and syntax
• While Loops
  • What is a while loop
  • Differences between for and while loops
  • Where it applies
  • Syntax, break, and continue
• Iterators
  • What is an iterator
  • Iter and next methods
  • Where they apply
  • Syntax

Practical Lab Exercises:

• Implementing For Loops
• Creating While Loops
• Using Iterators

Q&A and Review

Week 6: Strings and File Handling

Theory:

• Strings
  • What are strings
  • Mutable vs immutable strings
  • Concatenating strings
  • String types and operators
  • String methods
• File Handling
  • Overview of file handling
  • Reading files
  • Writing to files
  • Closing files
  • Other file types

Practical Lab Exercises:

• Manipulating Strings
• Reading and Writing Files

Q&A and Review

Week 7: Data Structures

Theory:

• Lists
  • What is a Python list
  • How lists work
  • Lists and data types
• Dictionaries
  • What is a Python dictionary
  • How to use a dictionary
  • Popular dictionaries and their applications
• Tuples
  • What are tuples
  • How to create tuples
  • Applications of tuples
  • Modifying and organizing tuples

Practical Lab Exercises:

• Working with Lists
• Implementing Dictionaries
• Creating and Using Tuples

Q&A and Review

Week 9: Debugging and Testing

Theory:

• Debugging Techniques
  • Common debugging methods
  • Using debuggers in Python
• Testing
  • Unit testing
  • Integration testing
  • Test-driven development

Practical Lab Exercises:

• Debugging Python code
• Writing and running tests

Q&A and Review

Week 10: Advanced Topics

Theory:

• Concurrency and Parallelism
  • Introduction to concurrency
  • Using threads and multiprocessing in Python
• Data Science with Python
  • Overview of data science tools
  • Using pandas and NumPy
  • Introduction to machine learning

Practical Lab Exercises:

• Implementing concurrency in Python
• Data manipulation with pandas
• Basic machine learning tasks

Q&A and Review