(detailed course outline)

Python is widely used as a cross platform scripting language for functional programming, systems programming, databases, networks, web development, and C/C++ integration. This advanced course helps developers use Python and its extensive set of modules more effectively.  Topics include:

• Lambdas, Closures, Coroutines
• List Comprehensions and Generators
• Systems Programming
• Mixins, Attributes, Functors
• Decorators and Factories
• Descriptors and MetaClasses
• Shelve and Pickle
• Relational Databases
• Network and Web Programming
• Threads and Concurrency
• Extending and Embedding Python