1. Setup

• Setup python environment to execute code
• Playing with python shell, using it as calculator
• Running a basic program using python script
• Some basic traits of python
• Introduction to Jupyter notebook
• Start with Python strings
• Print statement
• Obtaining documentation, dir and help
• Brief quiz / Sample problems

2. Detailed look into data types

• Strings continued..
• Integers
• List
• Dictionary
• Tuple
• File
• Mutable and immutable types
• Small quiz / Sample problems

3. Selection and Looping constructs

• Python boolean type
• Selection structure – if/else/elif
• “in” membership
• Python syntax and indentation
• For loop
• While loop

4. Functions

• Defining functions
• Local and global variables
• Arguments
• Polymorphism

5. Modules

• Creating module
• Importing and reloading modules
• Different types of imports
• dir and help
• Examining some built-in modules

6. Classes and Exception handling

• OOP introduction
• Classes and Objects
• Polymorphism – Function overriding and Operator overloading
• Inheritance

• Milestone Project 1: Solve the “FizzBuzz” problem using “if” statements.
• Milestone Project 2: Read a novel and count words.