Python Django Training and Certification

• Define Reserved Keywords and Command Line Arguments
• Describe how to Get User Input from Keyboard
• Describe Flow Control and Sequences
• Practice Working with Files
• Define and Describe Dictionaries and Sets

Topics:

• Lists
• Tuples
• Indexing and Slicing
• Iterating through a sequence
• Functions for all sequences
• Using enumerate()
• Operators and keywords for sequences
• The xrange()function
• List comprehensions
• Generator expressions
• Dictionaries and sets.
• Working with files
• Modes of opening a file
• File attributes
• File methods

Hands-On:

• List - properties, related operations
• Tuple - properties, related operations, comparison with list
• Dictionary - properties, related operations, comparison with list
• Set - properties, related operations, comparison with dictionary

• Explain Functions and various forms of Function Arguments
• Explain Standard Library
• Define Modules
• Describe Zip Archives and Packaging

Topics:

• Functions
• Function Parameters
• Global variables
• Variable scope and Returning Values
• Sorting
• Alternate Keys
• Lambda Functions
• Sorting collections of collections
• Sorting dictionaries
• Sorting lists in place
• Errors and Exception Handling
• Handling multiple exceptions
• The standard exception hierarchy using Modules
• The Import statement
• Module search path
• Package installation waysModule Aliases and Regular Expressions

Hands-On / Demo:

• Functions - syntax, arguments, keyword arguments, return values
• Lambda - features, syntax, options, comparison with functions
• Sorting - sequences, dictionaries, limitations of sorting
• Errors and exceptions - types of issues, remediation
• Packages and module - modules, import options, sys path

• Implement Regular Expression and its Basic Functions
• Use Classes, Objects, and Attributes
• Develop applications based on Object Oriented Programming and Methods

Topics:

• The sys Module
• Interpreter information
• STDIO
• Launching external programs
• Paths
• Directories and filenames
• Walking directory trees
• Math Function
• Random Numbers
• Dates and Times
• Zipped Archives
• Introduction to Python Classes
• Defining Classes
• Initializes
• Instance methods
• Properties
• Class methods and data
• Static methods
• Private methods and Inheritance

Hands-On:

• Regular expressions - regex library, search/match object, findall, sub, compile
• Classes - classes and objects, access modifiers, instance and class members
• OOPS paradigm - Inheritance, Polymorphism and Encapsulation in Python

• Debug python scripts using pdb
• Debug python scripts using IDE
• Classify Errors
• Develop Unit Tests
• Create project Skeletons
• Implement Database using SQLite
• Perform CRUD operations on SQLite database

Topics:

• Debugging
• Dealing with errors
• Using unit tests
• Project Skeleton
• Required packages
• Creating the Skeleton
• Project Directory
• Final Directory Structure
• Testing your set up
• Using the skeleton
• Creating a database with SQLite 3
• CRUD operations
• Creating a database object.

Hands-On:

• Debugging - debugging options, logging, troubleshooting
• Unit testing - TDD, unittest library, assertions, automated testing
• Project skeleton - industry standard, configurations, sharable libraries
• RDBMS - Python for RDBMS, PEP 49, CRUD operations on Sqlite

• Explain Web Framework 
• Explain MVC pattern
• Create a basic Django app
• Create Views
• Use HTTP request and response objects
• Use URLConf 

Topics:

• Web development
• Introduction to Django Web Framework
• Features of Django
• Installing Django
• MVC model
• HTTP concepts
• Views
• URL Mapping

Hands-On/Demo:

• Create a simple View using Django

• Explain the Django Template System
• Load Template Files
• Render Templates
• Create Forms
• Process Form Data
• Customize Form Field Validation

Topics:

• Django Template Language
• Utilities of Templates
• Creating Template Objects
• Tags, Variables and Filters
• Rendering Templates
• Template Inheritance
• Form Handling
• Form validation and Error Messages
• Form Display

Hands-On/Demo:

• Create a Form that accepts personal data from a user

• Define Database Models
• Use Model Fields
• Populate a Database, CRUD
• Use QuerySets for data retrieval
• Use jQuery and AJAX with Django to create Dynamic websites

Topics:

• Django Models
• Model Fields
• Model Inheritance
• CRUD on DB
• Primary keys and the Model
• Dynamic Webpages
• Toggle Hidden Content
• jQuery and AJAX integration

Hands-On/Demo:

• Adding a Like button to a webpage

• Explain Data Serialization
• Use Django’s REST Framework
• Use Serializers and Deserializers
• Use Model Serializers
• Use REST APIs

Topics:

• Serialization and Deserialization
• Django REST Framework
• Serializer class
• Model Serializers
• REST APIs

Hands-On/Demo:

• Creating a REST API

• Explain XML and JSON file formats 
• Explain XML-RPC
• Parse data stored in both XML and JSON formats
• Stores data in XML and JSON formats

Topics:

• XML-RPC
• XML, parsing object to XML and back
• JSON, parsing object to JSON and back

Hands-On/Demo:

• Parse data stored in XML/JSON format to native Python type and vice-versa