Introduction to Python and Data Structures

3 Credits

6 Modules

Updated 12/31/2024

UNIT-01

8 Lectures

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.

UNIT-02

6 Lectures

Conditional Statements - Boolean expressions - If/Else statement - Other Conditional Expressions

UNIT-03

6 Lectures

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.

UNIT-04

4 Lectures

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

UNIT-05

7 Lectures

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

UNIT-06

7 Lectures

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