PCAP – Certified Associate in Python Programming

According to the Python Institute, PCAP – Certified Associate in Python Programming certification is a professional credential that measures your ability to accomplish coding tasks related to the basics of programming in the Python language and the fundamental notions and techniques used in object-oriented programming. 

Python Programming Associate certification shows that the individual is familiar with general computer programming concepts like conditional execution, loops, Python programming language syntax, semantics, and the runtime environment, as well as with general coding techniques and object-oriented programming. 

Becoming PCAP certified ensures that the individual is fully acquainted with all the primary means provided by Python 3 to enable her/him to start her/his own studies, and to open a path to the developer’s career.

Topics Covered

• Control and Evaluations
  • Basic concepts: interpreting and the interpreter, compilation and the compiler, language elements, lexis, syntax and semantics, Python keywords, instructions, indenting.
  • literals: Boolean, integer, floating-point numbers, scientific notation, strings.
  • operators: unary and binary, priorities and binding.
  • numeric operators: ** * / % // + –
  • bitwise operators: ~ & ^ | <<>>
  • string operators: * +
  • Boolean operators: not and or
  • relational operators ( == != >>= <<= ), building complex Boolean expressions
  • assignments and shortcut operators.
  • accuracy of floating-point numbers.
  • basic input and output: input(), print(), int(), float(), str()functions
  • formatting print()output with end= and sep= arguments
  • conditional statements: if, if-else, if-elif, if-elif-else
  • the pass instruction
  • simple lists: constructing vectors, indexing and slicing, the len()function
  • simple strings: constructing, assigning, indexing, slicing comparing, immutability
  • building loops: while, for, range(), in, iterating through sequences
  • expanding loops: while-else, for-else, nesting loops and conditional statements
  • controlling loop execution: break, continue
• Data Aggregates
• Functions and Modules
• Classes, Objects, and Exceptions

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