PCAP™ - Python Developer Course in Nigeria

Globally recognized training program

35 hours of Instructor-led training

11-course modules designed by industry experts

Flexible learning options for individuals & groups

Prepare for the PCAP™ exam with confidence

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Overview

What you will learn

Prepares professionals for the PCAP™ exam
Develops practical skills through real case studies & hands-on activities
Covers control flow, data types, & object-oriented programming
Develops proficiency in Python modules, functions, & packages
Provides career guidance & mock exams for certification & job applications
Prepares for roles like Data Scientist, Software Engineer, & AI/ML Researcher

Learning Objectives

Upon finishing the training, you will master:

Understand core programming concepts like lexicon, syntax, semantics, literals, keywords, & basic I/O operations

Work with data types, operators, and perform string, numeric, Boolean operations, & type casting

Use conditional statements, loops, & nested structures for program control

Manage lists, tuples, dictionaries, & apply list comprehensions and string functions

Handle functions, recursion, parameters, & convert generators to lists

Use built-in modules & explore module paths for better coding efficiency

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Learners Point has a reputation for high-quality training that makes a difference in people's lives. We undertake a practical and innovative approach to working closely with businesses to improve their workforce. Our expertise is wide-ranging with ample support from our expert trainers who are globally recognized and hold a diverse set of experiences in their field of expertise. We are proud of our instructors who take ownership of our distinctive and comprehensive training methodologies, help our students imbibe those with ease, and accomplish gracefully.

We at Learners Point believe in encouraging our students to embark upon a journey of lifelong learning and self-development, with the aid of our comprehensive and distinctive courses tailored to current market trends. The manifestation of our career-oriented approach is what we assure through a pleasant professional enriched environment with cutting-edge technology, and an outstanding while highly acknowledged training staff that uses up-to-date methodologies and quality course material. With our aim to mold professionals to be future leaders, our industry expert trainers provide the best in town mentorship to our students while endowing them with the thirst for knowledge and inspiring them to strive for professional and human excellence.

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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, initialising
__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 byte array())

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

The Python Developer course in Nigeria is all about learning coding using Python. You will learn things like variables, loops, functions, and object-oriented programming. The course also includes practical activities, real examples, and mock tests to help you apply what you learn. This will prepare professionals for jobs and certification exams like PCAP™.

Our Python Developer Certification in Nigeria has a dedicated module on exceptions:

Using try-except blocks
Writing custom exceptions
Understanding exception hierarchy
Using assert and raise statements

We will offer a complete refund if you want to discontinue the course post-registration. However, a written refund request must be submitted within two days of the initial registration date. If accepted, the refund will be processed within four weeks from the withdrawal request date.

This course is ideal for professionals who want to learn Python programming and attain coding skills. Various professionals will benefit from this training, including -