Programming 101 v3

Course Program

We are going to work with a console & text editor a lot. Linux is a mandatory operating system for this course.

• Introducing basic git usage - how to install, configure and clone stuff.
• Introducing the editors we are going to work with - Sublime Text & Atom
• We will start with basic Python tasks, to get familiar with the syntax and basic Python structures
• Introducing PEP8 formatting & plugins. Getting religious about PEP8.
• Introducing Linux & the shell - basic commands. We will install and compile a lot of things!
• Introducing TDD (Test Driven Development) as a way of living & coding. Getting religious about TDD.
• Solving lots of Python problems with TDD.
• Introducing OOP concepts in Python & solving more abstract & complex problems with OOP & TDD
• Introducing Database concepts with Python and sqlite3
• Introducing teamwork problems & leveling up our git skills - working with branches, merges & pull requests.
• Solving team problems, using Git, Python's OOP and TDD
• Introducing to basic security concepts - SQL injections, hash functions & password hashing, bruteforce protection.
• Introducing Python's SQLAlchemy ORM - working with more complex database problems.
• Introducing basic web programming concepts - HTTP, HTML * CSS.
• Introducing the Flask framework for web development - implementing a web application that works with database.
• Learning how to deploy our web application - http servers & configuration.
• Intoducing to multithreading and networking with Python.