Course materials & problems for HackBulgaria's Programming 101 with Python. Starting November 2015.

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Course Program

Week 1

• Installing Linux - basic shell commands.
• Python tooling on Linux
• PEP8
• Text Editors - vim, sublime, atom, etc..
• Solving Python problems in order to get familiar with the language

Week 2

• Getting familiar with Python syntax and basic language & data structures
• Building console applications.

Week 3

• Source control systems - working with git and GitHub
• Take a look at other languages: Java, Ruby, Node, JS, etc...

Week 4

• Introduction to Python OOP concepts
• Introduction to unittests
• Introduction to TDD

Week 5

• Working in teams with git and GitHub - branches, merges, pull requests
• Building large console applications with bigger class hierarchy

Week 6

• Working with Graphs
• Finding the shortest path in Graphs

Week 7

• pip
• virtualenv

Week 8

• Working with SQL databases - sqlite3
• CRUD operations
• JOIN

Week 9

• SQL and Python

Week 10

• Basic security concepts
  • Hashing
  • SQL Injection
  • Hiding passwords from input
  • Bruteforce protections
• Working with legacy code

Week 11

• ORM vs. SQL
• SQLAlchemy

Week 12

• World Wide Web
  • HTTP
  • Servers
  • DNS
  • Other internet protocols
  • JSON

Week 13

• Advanced Python
  • Iterators
  • Generators
  • Decorators
  • With blocks

Week 14

• Django
  • Building MVC website
  • Building REST APIs
  • Testing Django code

Week 15

• Deployment
• Project live cycle
• Continuous integration

Week 16

• Building large applications within groups