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Job Ready Python

Job Ready Python

Get ready to take on Python with a practical and job-focused guide


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Published
November 2021
Publisher
Wiley
Chapters
32

About the course

Job Ready Python offers readers a straightforward and elegant approach to learning Python that emphasizes hands-on and employable skills you can apply to real-world environments immediately.

Based on the renowned mthree Global Academy and Software Guild training program, this book will get you up to speed in the basics of Python, loops and data structures, object-oriented programming, and data processing. You’ll also get:

  • Thorough discussions of Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) scripting in Python
  • Explorations of databases, including MySQL, and MongoDB—all commonly used database platforms in the field
  • Simple, step-by-step approaches to dealing with dates and times, CSV files, and JSON files

Ideal for Python newbies looking to make a transition to an exciting new career, Job Ready Pythonn also belongs on the bookshelves of Python developers hoping to brush up on the fundamentals with an authoritative and practical new handbook.

Authors

Haythem Balti

Haythem Balti

Haythem Balti, PhD, is the associate dean at Wiley’s mthree academy. He has created courses used by thousands of Software Guild and mthree alumni to learn Go, Java, Python, and other development and data science skills.

Kimberley A. Weiss

Kimberley A. Weiss

Kimberley A. Weissis a veteran course developer, specializing in Computer Science courses since 2002. She was an assistant professor in Computer Science for over ten years before deciding to focus exclusively on course design. She has worked with multiple universities as well as corporate training settings to develop interactive instructional content appropriate for the target learners and course goals.

Course Outline

Chapter 1: Setting Up a Python Programming Environment
Chapter 2: Understanding Programming Basics
Chapter 3: Exploring Basic Python Syntax
Chapter 4: Working with Basic Python Data Types
Chapter 5: Using Python Control Statements
Chapter 6: Pulling It All Together: Income Tax Calculator
Chapter 7: Controlling Program Flow with Loops
Chapter 8: Understanding Basic Data Structures: Lists
Chapter 9: Understanding Basic Data Structures: Tuples
Chapter 10: Diving Deeper into Data Structures: Dictionaries
Chapter 11: Diving Deeper into Data Structures: Sets
Chapter 12: Pulling It All Together: Prompting for an Address
Chapter 13: Organizing with Functions
Chapter 14: Incorporating Object-Oriented Programming
Chapter 15: Including Inheritance
Chapter 16: Pulling It All Together: Building a Burger Shop
Chapter 17: Working with Dates and Times
Chapter 18: Processing Text Files
Chapter 19: Processing CSV Files
Chapter 20: Processing JSON Files
Chapter 21: Using Lambdas
Chapter 22: Handling Exceptions
Chapter 23: Pulling It All Together: Word Analysis in Python
Chapter 24: Extracting, Transforming, and Loading with ETL Scripting
Chapter 25: Improving ETL Scripting
Chapter 26: Appendix A: Flowcharts
Chapter 27: Appendix B: Creating Pseudocode
Chapter 28: Appendix C: Installing MySQL
Chapter 29: Appendix D: Installing Vinyl DB
Chapter 30: Appendix E: Installing MongoDB
Chapter 31: Appendix F: Importing to MongoDB
Chapter 32: Index

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Course details

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Published
November 2021
Publisher
Wiley
Chapters
32

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