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Welcome to the Python Coding Workshop!

The Curriculum

This Coding Workshop covers the fundamentals of the Python Programming Language, and is intended to be taught over 3 Days with 2 Hours of Lessons per day. The topics are as follows:

S/N	Topic	Sub-Topic
1	Intro to Python and IDLE	Using print and input functions
		Accessing IDLE
2	Operations	Basic Arithmetic (+, -, *, /, //, %, **)
		Order and Operations (BODMAS/PEMDAS)
3	Variables & Assignment	Box Analogy
		Assignment Statements (=, +=, -=, *=, /= …)
4	Types	int, float, bool, str, None
		Type Casting
5	Conditionals	if Statement
		else Statement
		elif Statement and Control Flow
6	Functions	Defining Functions
		return Statement and lambda Functions
		Functions as Objects (e.g. map, filter, etc.)
7	Loops	for Loop
		while Loop
8	Modules	math Library
		random Library

Additionally, the following topics will not be covered in the workshop, but we encourage students use the notes as a starting point to learn about them, as they are very important.

9	Arrays / Lists	Storage, Append and Remove
		Indexing (and String Indexing)
10	Exceptions and Error Handling	Exceptions
		try, except, else and finally Statements
11	External Systems	Accessing the Command Line
		pip
		PyPI and numpy
		Docs (+ Debugger)

Session Details

Day	Duration	Topics Covered
Day 1	2 Hours	Topics 1 - 3
Day 2	2 Hours	Topics 4 - 5
Day 3	2 Hours	Topics 6 - 8

Lesson Plan

Lesson 1

In lesson 1, we will be covering the following topics:

1. Intro to Python and IDLE (Expected Time: 30 minutes)
2. Operations (Expected Time: 40 minutes)
3. Variables and Assignments (Expected Time: 50 minutes)

Lesson 2

4. Types (Expected Time: 60 minutes)
5. Conditionals (Expected Time: 60 minutes)

Lesson 3

6. Functions (Expected Time: 45 minutes)
7. Loops (Expected Time: 45 minutes)
8. Modules and Packages (Expected Time: 30 minutes)

For your future learning

9. Arrays and Lists (Expected Time: 65 minutes)
10. Exceptions (Expected Time: 25 minutes)
11. External Systems - Going Forward (Expected Time: 55 minutes)