Python for Engineering Students

This course is tailored for engineering students in India, specifically aligning with the curriculum set forth by JNTUH University."

CS311PC: Python Programming 

B.Tech. II Year I Sem. L T P C: 2 0 0 2

Prerequisites: A course on “Programming for Problem Solving using C”.

Course Objectives:

• Learn Syntax and Semantics and create Functions in Python.
• Handle Strings and Files in Python.
• Understand Lists, Dictionaries, and Regular expressions in Python.
• Implement Object Oriented Programming concepts in Python.
• Build Web Services and introduction to Network and Database Programming in Python.

Course Outcomes:

• Examine Python syntax and semantics and be fluent in the use of Python flow control and functions.
• Demonstrate proficiency in handling Strings and File Systems.
• Create, run and manipulate Python Programs using core data structures like Lists, Dictionaries and use Regular Expressions.
• Interpret the concepts of Object-Oriented Programming as used in Python.
• Implement exemplary applications related to Network Programming, Web Services, and Databases in Python.

Course Syllabus:

UNIT - I

Python Basics, Objects- Python Objects, Standard Types, Other Built-in Types, Internal Types,Standard Type Operators, Standard Type Built-in Functions, Categorizing the Standard Types, Unsupported Types

Numbers - Introduction to Numbers, Integers, Floating Point Real Numbers, Complex Numbers,Operators,

Built-in Functions, Related Modules Sequences - Strings, Lists, and Tuples, Mapping and Set Types

UNIT - II

FILES: File Objects, File Built-in Function [ open() ], File Built-in Methods, File Built-in Attributes, Standard Files, Command-line Arguments, File System, File Execution, Persistent Storage Modules, Related Modules

Exceptions: Exceptions in Python, Detecting and Handling Exceptions, Context Management, *Exceptions as Strings, Raising Exceptions, Assertions, Standard Exceptions, *Creating Exceptions, Why Exceptions (Now)?, Why Exceptions at All?, Exceptions and the sys Module, Related Modules

Modules: Modules and Files, Namespaces, Importing Modules, Importing Module Attributes, Module Built-in Functions, Packages, Other Features of Modules

UNIT - III

Regular Expressions: Introduction, Special Symbols and Characters, Res and Python

Multithreaded Programming: Introduction, Threads and Processes, Python, Threads, and the Global Interpreter Lock, Thread Module, Threading Module, Related Modules

UNIT - IV

GUI Programming: Introduction, Tkinter and Python Programming, Brief Tour of Other GUIs, Related Modules and Other GUIs

WEB Programming: Introduction, Wed Surfing with Python, Creating Simple Web Clients, Advanced, Web Clients, CGI-Helping Servers Process Client Data, Building CGI Application, Advanced CGI, Web (HTTP) Servers

Textbook:

1. Core Python Programming, Wesley J. Chun, Second Edition, Pearson.

Reference Books:

• Think Python, Allen Downey, Green Tea Press
• Introduction to Python, Kenneth A. Lambert, Cengage
• Python Programming: A Modern Approach, Vamsi Kurama, Pearson
• Learning Python, Mark Lutz, O’Really.