PCAP™ - Python Developer Certification in Dubai
Globally recognised 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
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
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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)
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Operators: unary and binary, priorities and binding
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Bitwise operators: ~ & ^ | << >>
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Boolean operators: not and or
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Boolean expressions
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Relational operators ( == != > >= < <= ), building complex Boolean expressions
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Accuracy of floating-point numbers
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Basic input and output operations using the input(), print(), int(), float(), str(), len() functions
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Formatting print() output with end= and sep= arguments
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Typecasting
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Basic calculations
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Simple strings: constructing, assigning, indexing, immutability
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- •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
Learning Outcomes
Upon finishing the training, you will master:
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Master syntax, data types, operators, conditional statements & functions in Python
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Learn to write simple Python scripts tailored for Data Science applications
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Gain familiarity with essential Python packages crucial for various programming tasks
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Utilise Python to build versatile and efficient applications to address diverse needs
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Acquire the skills to tackle intricate Python programming challenges effectively
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