• Section Introduction 
• Installing Python 3 on Windows
• Installing Python 3 on Linux and Mac
• Installing PyCharm IDE on Windows 
• Installing PyCharm IDE on Linux and Mac
• Running Python Code using the Python Interpreter 
• Running Python Scripts using PyCharm
• Running Python Scripts using the Command Line

Intro to Python

• Compilated Languages vs. Interpretaded Languages
• Setting the Programming Environment (Python, IDLE, PyCharm, VSCode etc)
• Running Python Scripts
• Commnents
• Variables and Constants
• Statically vs. Dynamically Typed Languages
• Python Data Types: numbers (int, float, complex), booleans, strings and data structures
• Working with Numbers
• Booleans

Operators:

• Arithmetic (+, -, *, /, //, **)
• Asignment (=, +=, -=, /=, //=, *=, **=)
• Boolean (==, !=, >, >=, <, <=)
• Identity (is, is not)
• Logical: and, or, not
• Membership: in, not in

• Casting
• Writing Idiomatic Python Code

• Intro to Strings
• Get User Input
• Type Casting
• String Indexing and Operations
• String Slicing
• String Formatting: f-strings, format(), print()
• String Methods

• If Elif and Else Statements
• For Loops
• Ranges In-depth
• For and Continue Statement
• For and Break Statement
• While Loops
• While and continue Statement
• While and break Statement

• Intro to Lists
• List Operations
• List Methods: Append, Extend, Insert, Copy, Clear, Pop, Index, Count, Sort, Max, Min and Sum
• String to List and List to String: Split and Join Methods
• List Comprehension

• Intro to Tuples
• Tuple Operations
• Tuple Methods
• Tuples vs. Lists

• Intro to Sets
• Set Methods Part 1: Add, Clear, Copy, Remove, Discard, Pop
• Set Methods Part 2: Difference, Symmetric Difference, Union, Intersection
• Fronzensets

• Intro to Dictionaries
• Working with Dictionaries
• Dictionary Operations and Methods
• Dictionary Comprehension

• Intro to Functions
• The return Keyword
• Functions Arguments: Positional, Default, Keyword, *args and **kwargs
• Scopes and Namespaces
• One More Detail about Scope and Namespace
• Lambda Expressions
• The Special Constant None

• Opening and Reading Files
• More about Path
• Reading Files: Tell, Seek and Cursors
• The With Keyword
• Reading Files into a List
• Writing to Text Files
• Assignment: File Processing
• Assignment Answer: File Processing

• Intro to Object Oriented Programming
• Defining Classes and Objects
• The __init__ Method
• The __del__ Method
• Instance Attributes and Class Attributes
• Magic Methods

• Intro to Exceptions
• Exceptions Handling: Try…Except…Else…Finally 
• Code Debugging

• Intro to Python Modules
• Importing Modules
• Manage External Modules with Pip
• Install External Modules in PyCharm in Venv
• Custom Modules. __name__ and “__main___”

• System-specific Parameters and Functions: The Sys Module 
• Script’s Arguments: sys.argv
• Operating System Interfaces: The Os Module 
• Project: File Renaming Automation Using Sys and Os Modules
• High-level File Operations: The Shutil Module
• Running System Commands: The Os Module
• Running System Commands: The Subprocess Module
• The Random Module

• Decimal Arithmetic and Decimal Module: Solving the Float Problem
• The Decimal Module: Contexts and Methods

• Intro to CSV
• Reading CSV Files
• Writing CSV Files
• Using Custom Delimiters
• Using CSV Dialects

• Setup the Environment. Installing OpenPyXL
• Excel Basics
• Reading Excel Files
• Reading Data in a Cell Range
• Writing Excel Files
• Creating New Excel Files
• Using Excel Formulas
• Sheets Operations
• Working with Styles

• • Intro to Jupyter Notebooks. Installing Jupyter Notebook
  • Jupyter Notebook Usage
  • Intro to Pandas. Installing Pandas
  • Pandas Series
  • Pandas DataFrames I. Working with Columns
  • Pandas DataFrames I. Working with Rows
  • Pandas DataFrames  II. Filtering Data
  • Reading and Analyzing CSV Files with Pandas
  • Reading Excel Files. Groupby and Other Useful Operations
  • Reading and Analyzing HTML Pages with Pandas
  • Working with Missing Data

• Intro to Python Visualization Libraries
• Installing Plotly
• Creating Scatter Plots
• Creating Line Charts
• Creating Basic Bar Charts
• Creating Grouped and Stacked Bar Charts
• Creating Pie Charts
• Creating Histograms
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• Intro to SQLite
• When to Use SQLite
• Connecting to a SQLite DB and Creating Tables with Python
• Inserting with Python
• Selecting with Python 
• Parameterized SQL Statements 
• Updating with Python
• Deleting with Python

• Intro to Web Scraping using Requests and BeautifulSoup
• Setup the Environment. Installing Requests and BeautifulSoup
• Diving into Requests HTTP Library
• Diving into BeautifulSoup Library
• Project: Real-World Web Scraping (Requests, BeautifulSoup and OpenPyXL)

• Python Parallel Processing Theory

• Multithreading vs. Multiprocessing 
• Multithreading and Multiprocessing: Pros and Cons
• Implementing Multiprocessing in Python
• Implementing Multithreading in Python
• Sharing Data Between Processes using Value
• Sharing Data Between Processes using Array
• Implementing Multiprocessing Locks

• Section Introduction
• Download and Install the Required Software: GNS3, VirtualBox, Linux, Cisco Images
• Where do I get Cisco IOS  Images
• Just a  few Words about Windows Installation
• How to Install GNS3 VM on Windows 
• How to run Cisco IOU images on GNS3 VM on Windows
• How to connect to images running in GNS3 from Windows
• Bytes Objects, Encoding and Decoding
• Serial Communication Basics. Connecting to a Console Port
• Open a Serial Connection to a Cisco Device Console Port
• Configure Cisco Devices using Serial Connections
• Telnet Protocol Basics. Configure and Connect to Cisco Devices
• Connecting to Cisco Networking Devices with Telnet from Python
• Getpass Module
• Network Automation using Telnet. Configure Multiple Cisco Devices
• Intro to Paramiko
• Bonus: Enable SSH on Cisco Devices
• Running a Command on a Cisco Device using Paramiko(SSH)
• Running a Command on Linux using Paramiko(SSH)
• Configure Loopback and OSPF on a Cisco Router using Paramiko(SSH)
• Secure Copying Files to Linux with SCP and Paramiko from Python
• Intro to Netmiko
• Connecting and Running a Command on a Cisco Networking Device
• Netmiko prompt. Enable & Global Config Mode
• Running Multiple Commands on a Cisco Networking Device
• Configure a Cisco Networking Device from a File
• Configure Multiple Cisco Networking Devices from Multiple Files
• Configure Backup using Netmiko
• Improvement of the Configuration Backup Script
• Netmiko and Linux
• Troubleshooting Netmiko
• Assignment: Check Interface Status and Enable it if it’s Disabled
• Assignment Answer Check Interface Status and Enable it if it’s Disabled