Introduction to Python and Data Structures

The Context of Software Development - Software - Learning Programming with Python, Values and Variables - Integer and String Values - Identifiers - User Input - String Formatting, Expressions and Arithmetic - Expressions - Arithmetic Examples.

Conditional Statements - Boolean expressions - If/Else statement - Other Conditional Expressions, Iteration – Loops, Using Functions - Introduction to Using Functions - Functions and Modules, Exceptions -try, except, else, pass, raise.

Functions -1 - Function Basics - Parameter Passing - Custom Functions vs Standard Functions – Refactoring, Writing Functions -2 - Global Variables - Making Functions Reusable - Functions as Data, Objects - Using Objects - String, File Objects.

Lists- Using Lists - Building Lists - List Traversal, Tuples, Dictionaries, and Sets - Storing Aggregate Data - Enumerating the Elements of a Data Structure,

Class Design - Composition and Inheritance, classes, objects/instances, methods, inheritance, multiple inheritances, properties, decorators.

Introductions to Data Structures, algorithm complexity, arrays, Linked List, Stack, Queues, Trees and Graphs (Memory Representation and a few basic operations) .