Fundamentals of Programming using Python 3

As part of this course, one will learn the basics of Python Programming to get into Big Data. Depending upon the feedback we might add additional modules over a period of time.

Setup Python Environment

• Install Python and Pip
• Install Pycharm along with JDK
• Install Jupyter Notebook

Basic Programming Constructs

• Python CLI
• Getting Help
• Data types in Python
• Operators in Python
• Conditional Statements
• Looping Constructs
• Errors and Exceptions

All about Functions

• Pre-defined Functions
• Defining Functions
• Return Statement
• Lambda Functions

Overview of Collections and Tuples

• Read data from files into a collection
• Collections – list, set and dict – group of homogeneous elements
• Basic Operations on Collections
• Tuples – a group of heterogeneous elements
• Develop data processing applications (using loops over collections)

Manipulating Collections using Map Reduce APIs

• Define problem statements
• Develop myFilter, myMap and myReduce APIs
• Understanding existing packages and APIs
• Developing Solutions using Map Reduce APIs

After the training, one can learn Big Data technologies such as Spark, Kafka etc.