Python for Data Science
Python has become the go-to programming language for data science. On our two day course you will learn how to use it for next level data analysis that will give you a competitive edge.
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Course Overview
2 day course
Certificate of Attendance
Live Online, Private
Python is one of the most searched topics on Stack Overflow. Due to its flexibility and the range of applications that Python can be used for, it's fast becoming the most sought after language in any developer's portfolio.
This two day course will start from the very beginning of installing Python 3, setting up your development environment and writing your first lines of code. However, by the end you will have a great understanding of Python and experience in working with data.
Through project based learning you will gain practical experience in working with all the general concepts of the python language, as well as retrieving, processing and visualising data.
Our Python for Data Science course is delivered as a scheduled live online class. We also offer it as a private training session that can be delivered virtually or at a location of your choice in South Africa.
What you'll learn
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
Describe why we use progamming in Python Syntax
Collect data from various sources
Visualise data
Enable Python libraries
Clean and prepare data
Course agenda
Introduction
- Python History
- Users of Python
- Installing Python
- Installing IDE
Datatypes
- Numbers
- Sequences
- File
- Tuples
- Dictionaries
Logic
- If Statement
- If Else Statement
- Switch Statement
Loops
- While Loop
- Do... While Loop
- For Loop
- Foreach Loop
Functions
- Declarations
- Variable Scope
- Passing Values
Objects
- OO Programming
- Class declaration
- Methods & Properties
Data Science Intro
- Why Python for Data Science
- Popular packages
- Use cases
- Popular Libraries
- Panda
- Numpy
- SeaBorn
- Stats
- Matplotlib
- Scikit-learn
Working with data
- Reading & Writing to different data sources
- Cleaning data
- Visualisation
- Data Transformation
- Automation
APIs
- Connecting to an API
- Public BigQuery APIs
- Google Analytics API
Who it's for
If you want to take your first steps in becoming a Python developer or want to get into the growing industry of Data Science. This course is run over two consecutive days.
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