Python Scripting: Files, Inheritance, and Databases

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Python Scripting: Files, Inheritance, and Databases

This course is part of Python Scripting for DevOps Specialization

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

21 reviews

Beginner level

Recommended experience

1 week to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Develop computer programs that utilize classes and objects to solve business and mathematical problems

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16 assignments

Taught in English

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There are 4 modules in this course

This course is the third course in a series that aims to prepare you for a role working as a programmer. In this course, you will be introduced to the three main concepts in programming: Files, Inheritance and external libaries. Labs will allow the students to apply the material in the lectures in simple computer programs designed to re-enforce the material in the lesson.

In this module, we look at how we can persist data to files so that it will exist beyond a single execution of a program. We will look at how we can write data to files in both text and binary formats. We follow-up with ways to read that data back into the state of an executing program.

What's included

4 videos3 readings4 assignments1 programming assignment1 discussion prompt

4 videos Total 14 minutes

File Handling 4 minutes
Text Files 3 minutes
Binary Files 4 minutes
Programming Assignment Solution Video 2 minutes

3 readings Total 45 minutes

File Handling Reading 15 minutes
Text Files Reading 15 minutes
Binary Files Reading 15 minutes

4 assignments Total 65 minutes

Practice File Handling Quiz 10 minutes
Practice Text Files Quiz 10 minutes
Practice Binary Files Quiz 15 minutes
Module 1 Graded Quiz 30 minutes

1 programming assignment Total 60 minutes

File Input and Output Programming Assignment 60 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 15 minutes

Module 1 Discussion Prompt 15 minutes

In this module, we look at how to implement the is-a relationships we modeled earlier in our UML diagrams through the use of Inheritance. Inheritance provides additional ways to abstract code in taxonomies where base classes share code with specialized versions of the classes. We will add a discussion about exceptions work in Visual Basic now that we can discuss inheritance.

What's included

4 videos3 readings4 assignments1 programming assignment1 discussion prompt

4 videos Total 19 minutes

Inheritance in Python Classes 4 minutes
Exception Handling 4 minutes
Inheritance 3 minutes
Inheritance Programming Assignment Solution Video 7 minutes

3 readings Total 45 minutes

Inheritance in Python Classes Reading 15 minutes
Exception Handling Reading 15 minutes
Inheritance Reading 15 minutes

4 assignments Total 75 minutes

Practice Inheritance in Python Classes Quiz 15 minutes
Practice Exception Handling Quiz 15 minutes
Practice Inheritance Quiz 15 minutes
Module 2 Graded Quiz 30 minutes

1 programming assignment Total 60 minutes

Inheritance Programming Assignment 60 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 15 minutes

Inheritance Discussion Prompt 15 minutes

In this module, we extend our scripting tool chest by looking at libraries available for Python to access a database.

What's included

3 videos3 readings4 assignments1 discussion prompt

3 videos Total 13 minutes

Python Database Libraries 5 minutes
Querying Data from a Database 4 minutes
Mutating Data in a Database 4 minutes

3 readings Total 45 minutes

Python Database Libraries Reading 15 minutes
Querying Data from a Database Reading 15 minutes
Mutating Data in a Database Reading 15 minutes

4 assignments Total 95 minutes

Practice Python Database Libraries Quiz 15 minutes
Practice Querying Data from a Database Quiz 15 minutes
Practice Mutating Data in a Database Quiz 15 minutes
Module 3 Graded Quiz 50 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 15 minutes

Module 3 Discussion Prompt 15 minutes

In this module, we continue our exploration of tools available in Python scripting to solve information technology problems. We will explore libraries for plotting data, processing lists of data quickly and analyzing, cleaning, exploring, and manipulating data.

What's included

3 videos3 readings4 assignments1 discussion prompt

3 videos Total 9 minutes

NumPy Library 4 minutes
Pandas Library 3 minutes
Matplotlib library 2 minutes

3 readings Total 45 minutes

NumPy Library Reading 15 minutes
Pandas Library Reading 15 minutes
Matplotlib Library Reading 15 minutes

4 assignments Total 110 minutes

Practice NumPy Library Quiz 30 minutes
Practice Pandas Library Quiz 15 minutes
Practice Matplotlib Library Quiz 15 minutes
Module Graded Quiz 50 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 15 minutes

Module Discussion Prompt 15 minutes

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