Python: programming fundamentals

This course is run on demand: in a virtual classroom or at your premises, on dates that suit you. Ask us for the next dates or a quote for your team.

Python is the language of data, AI and automation. This course starts from scratch and makes you independent in writing useful scripts: processing files, handling data, calling an API. Every concept is applied straight away in practical exercises.

• Write and run Python programs
• Use variables, conditions, loops and functions
• Work with lists, dictionaries and files
• Use libraries and handle errors
• Automate a real task end to end

• Programming beginners
• Analysts and technicians who want to automate their tasks
• Future data analysts and developers

Comfortable using a computer. No programming experience required.

1. Day 1

   First steps

   • –Installing Python and an editor
   • –Variables, types and operations
   • –Conditions and loops

2. Day 2

   Structuring your code

   • –Lists, tuples, dictionaries, sets
   • –Functions and parameters
   • –Modules and project organisation

3. Day 3

   Files and data

   • –Reading and writing text, CSV and Excel files
   • –Error handling
   • –Introduction to object-oriented programming

4. Day 4

   Automating

   • –Useful libraries and virtual environments
   • –Calling a web API
   • –Mini-project: automating a real task

70% progressive exercises and a final mini-project. Groups of up to 10 participants, in a virtual classroom or at your premises, with a practitioner trainer. For 30 days after the course, you can email your questions to the trainer.

• Corrected, annotated exercises
• Python syntax cheat sheet
• Mini-project source code

Initial assessment, hands-on exercises and a final quiz. Certificate of attendance; Onarcle certificate of achievement from a 70% score on the final quiz.

Public course price per participant, materials included. In-company (up to 10 participants, programme tailored to your needs): €5,490 excl. VAT per group. 10% discount from 3 participants from the same organisation. If your employer or a funding body will pay, contact us and we will find the right arrangement.