Learn fundamentals of Python programming with state-of-the-art hardware

Module 1: Knowing the fundamentals: Gear up, set up your Python environment, choose the IDE, and learn to fancy print

• Interpreters and Compilers
• Local Environment Setup
• Industrial applications with Python
• Installations
• Setting up Environment Path
• Modes of programming
• Getting Help
• Python IDEs
• Print function- your first program with end and sep
• Escape characters

Module 2: Getting familiar: Understanding the Terminologies

• Python tokens
• Variables and assignments
• Expressions
• Indentation
• Comments
• User inputs and int function
• Booleans
• Numeric datatypes
• Strings
• Sequence datatypes; Lists, sets, tuples, and dictionaries
• Built-in functions for data type conversions.
• Assignments

Module 3: Operators in Python: Data manipulations using operators

• Arithmetic operators
• Comparison operators
• Logical operators
• Bitwise operators
• Identity operators
• Membership Operators
• Operators Precedence
• Practice problem-solving with mathematical operators

Module 4: Decision-making and Loops in Python: Repeat your piece of code using loops and learn to terminate using jump statements. Print patterns using nested loops.

• Python if, if-else, else-if, nested-if
• Python Loops (for, and while)
• Patterns using nested loops.
• Python break, continue and pass statements.
• Assessments

Module 5: Understanding string data type.

• Defining strings; Properties of strings
• Indexing and traversing a string
• String Manipulations using Loops.
• Slicing operation
• Operators with Strings
• Immutability property
• Built-in String functions
• Counting number of vowels, upper- and lower-case characters in a string
• Converting string into a list of elements
• Palindrome check using string functions.
• Comparison between string and sequence data types

Module 6:  Sequence data types: List, Tuples, Set, and Dictionaries: Put together a collection of data, access and manipulate them using different data structures and create a lottery system!

• List creation, Indexing, Slicing, and accessing the list elements
• List Operations and built-in functions
• Menu-driven database with CRUD options
• Define Tuples and discuss their properties.
• Built-in functions in tuples
• Defining Sets, properties, advanced operations
• Lottery project using Sets operations.
• Creating a dictionary, built-in functions
• Creating a nested dictionary to make an employee database.
• Pretty printing with json
• Learn to update your movie dictionary.
• Case study to compare the data types.

Module 7: Create the perfect virtual canvas using Turtle and learn the use of loops and data types to make visually appealing projects.

• Familiarizing with the Turtle environment, objects, and screen
• Learn to draw polygons and color them.
• Use loops to create concentric circles and a rainbow -benzene
• Learn to create delays with traffic lights!

Module 8: Built-in modules: Hassle-free use of built-in modules 

• Understanding the concept of modules and how to import them
• Using Multiple Modules
• Random number generation using Random module
• Creating random circles with random sizes with random module
• Dice game, and password cracking
• Math module for basic mathematical operations
• Alarm using datetime and playsound

Module 9: Functions: Organize your code using functions.

• User-defined and built-in functions
• Function definition and call
• Function Arguments
• Types of user-defined functions
• Passing function to a Function
• Types of arguments
• Scope of the Variables
• Passing sequence datatypes to a function
• Controlling turtle objects with the keyboard using functions
• Rock, paper, scissor game

Module 10: File Handling: Data storage and handling with files 

• Accessing files; basic read and write methods using various modes.
• Create a quiz project using file access methods.
• Renaming files using OS module
• Create a soccer project by modifying and deleting files

Module 11: Introduction to Micro Python: Effective communication with microcontrollers

• REPL mode
• RGB displays in mpython LED
• Understand OLED modes and methods.
• Drawing polygons and emojis on OLED
• Make your text scroll!
• Play your favorite tune with mpython buzzer
• “Silence please” with sound sensor
• Simulate a piano with touchpad
• Protect your mpython board with a touchpad-generated passcode
• Understand interrupts and ISR
• Horizontal ball game with accelerometer

Module 12: Integrating Cruiser hardware (Weeebot) with mpython board

• Firmware installation
• Light up the WeeeBot RGB LEDs using buttons
• Distance measurement using ultrasonic sensor and display on OLED
• Displaying border pixels of OLED
• Understanding bitmaps making scrolling displays
• Black vs White with line following sensors
• Autonomous car
• Line following Robot
• Cliff detection
• Obstacle avoidance with ultra-sonic sensor

Projects and Assessments: Test your skills