PCAP™ - Python Developer Certification in Dubai

Globally recognized training program

35 hours of Instructor-led training

11-course modules designed by industry experts

Flexible learning options for individual & groups

Prepare for the PCAP™ exam with confidence

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Overview

What you will learn:

Master Python programming from fundamentals to advanced topics
Learn how to apply Python concepts and principles in practical scenarios
Gain tips to ace the Certified Associate in Python Programming (PCAP™) exam
Understand basic concepts, data types & object-oriented programming
Gain practical experience through mock tests for mastering skills

Learning objectives

Upon finishing the training, you will master:

Master syntax, data types, operators, conditional statements & functions in Python

Learn to write simple Python scripts tailored for Data Science applications

Gain familiarity with essential Python packages crucial for various programming tasks

Utilise Python to build versatile and efficient applications to address diverse needs

Acquire the skills to tackle intricate Python programming challenges effectively

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Curriculum

Fundamental concepts: interpreting and the interpreter, compilation and the compiler, language elements, lexis, syntax and semantics, Python keywords, instructions, indenting
- Literals: Boolean, integer, floating-point numbers, scientific notation, strings
- Comments
- The print() function
- The input() function
- Numeral systems (binary, octal, decimal, hexadecimal)
- Numeric operators: ** * / % // + –
- String operators: * +
- Assignments and shortcut operator

Objectives covered by the block (6 exam items)
- Operators: unary and binary, priorities and binding
- Bitwise operators: ~ & ^ | << >>
- Boolean operators: not and or
- Boolean expressions
- Relational operators ( == != > >= < <= ), building complex Boolean expressions
- Accuracy of floating-point numbers
- Basic input and output operations using the input(), print(), int(), float(), str(), len() functions
- Formatting print() output with end= and sep= arguments
- Typecasting
- Basic calculations
- Simple strings: constructing, assigning, indexing, immutability

Conditional statements: if, if-else, if-elif, if-elif-else
Multiple conditional statements
The pass instruction
Building loops: while, for, range(), in
Iterating through sequences
Expanding loops: while-else, for-else
Nesting loops and conditional statements
Controlling loop execution: break, continue

Simple lists: constructing vectors, indexing, and slicing, the len() function
Lists in detail: indexing, slicing, basic methods (append(), insert(), index()) and functions (len(), sorted(), etc.), del instruction, iterating lists with the for loop, initializing, in and not in operators, list comprehension, copying, and cloning
Lists in lists: matrices and cubes
Tuples: indexing, slicing, building, immutability
Tuples vs. lists: similarities and differences, lists inside tuples and tuples inside lists
Dictionaries: building, indexing, adding and removing keys, iterating through dictionaries as well as their keys and values, checking key existence, keys(), items(), and values() methods
Strings in detail: escaping using the \ character, quotes, and apostrophes inside strings, multi-line strings, and basic string functions

Defining and invoking your own functions and generators
Return and Yield keywords
Returning results
None keyword
Recursion
Parameters vs. arguments
Positional keyword and mixed argument passing
Default parameter values
Converting generator objects into lists using the list() function
Name scopes, name hiding (shadowing), the global keyword

Import variants; advanced qualifying for nested modules
Dir(); sys. path variable
Math: ceil(), floor(), trunc(), factorial(), hypot(), sqrt(); random: random(), seed(), choice(), sample()
Platform: platform(), machine(), processor(), system(), version(), python_implementation(), python_version_tuple()
Idea, __pycache__, __name__, public variables, __init__.py
Searching for modules/packages; nested packages vs directory tree

Except, except:-except; except:-else:, except (e1,e2)
The hierarchy of exceptions
Raise, raise ex, assert
Event classes, except E as e, arg property
Self-defined exceptions, defining and using

ASCII, UNICODE, UTF-8, codepoints, escape sequences
Ord(), chr(), literals
Indexing, slicing, immutability
Iterating through,
Concatenating, multiplying, comparing (against strings and numbers)
In, not in
.isxxx(), .join(), .split()
.sort(), sorted(), .index(), .find(), .rfind()

Instance vs class variables: declaring, initializing
__dict__ property (objects vs classes)
Private components (instance vs classes)
Name mangling
Methods: declaring, using, self parameter
Introspection: hasattr() (objects vs classes), __name__, __module__, __bases__ properties
Inheritance: single, multiple, isinstance(), overriding, not is and is operators
Inheritance: single, multiple, isinstance(), overriding, not is and is operators
Constructors: declaring and invoking
Polymorphism
__name__, __module__, __bases__ properties, __str__() method
Multiple inheritance, diamonds

List comprehension: if operator, using list comprehensions
Lambdas: defining and using lambdas, self-defined functions taking lambda as arguments; map(), filter();
Closures: meaning, defining, and using closures
I/O Operations: I/O modes, predefined streams, handles; text/binary modes
open(), errno and its values; close()
.read(), .write(), .readline(); readlines() (along with bytearray())

Defining your own classes, superclasses, subclasses, inheritance, searching for missing class components, creating objects
Class attributes: class variables and instance variables, defining, adding and removing attributes, explicit constructor invocation
Class methods: defining and using, the self-parameter meaning and usage
Inheritance and overriding, finding class/object components
Single inheritance vs. multiple inheritances
Name mangling
Invoking methods, passing and using the self-argument/parameter
The __init__ method
The role of the __str__ method
Introspection: __dict__, __name__, __module__, __bases__ properties, examining class/object structure
Writing and using constructors
Hasattr(), type(), issubclass(), isinstance(), super() functions
Using predefined exceptions and defining your own ones
The try-except-else-finally block, the raise statement, the except-as variant
Exceptions hierarchy, assigning more than one exception to one except branch
Adding your own exceptions to an existing hierarchy
Assertions
The anatomy of an exception object
Input/output basics: opening files with the open() function, stream objects, binary vs. text files, newline character translation, reading and writing files, bytearray objects
Read(), readinto(), readline(), write(), close() methods

Frequently asked questions

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Some of them are:

1. Validation of Python skills
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