Python Expert Coding

1. Variables & Data Types

1.1 Identify and use variables in Python and assign appropriate data types
1.2 Convert between data types
1.3 Identify and use Operators

2. Selection/Branching – If Statements

2.1 Identify and build If statements
2.2 Identify and build complex if statements
2.3 Identify and use If statements that contain compound conditionals

3. Iteration – Loops

3.1 Identify and build while loops
3.2 Identify and build for loops
3.3 Identify and build nested loops
3.4 Identify and build loops that use complex compound conditionals
3.5 Identify and use loop controls

4. Collections

4.1 Identify and use lists
4.2 Identify and use tuples
4.3 Identify and use dictionaries

5. Structure and document code appropriately

5.1 Use whitespace and indentation
5.2 Document code
5.3 Code review

6. Error handling

6.1 Understand the different types of errors and causes
6.2 Understand code testing and create tests
6.3 Identify and build code that handles errors and exceptions

7. Modularity

7.1 Understand modularity and identify when to use
7.2 Identify and build functions
7.3 Identify and build functions that take or return data

8. Input and Output

8.1 Identify and build code that performs console input operations
8.2 Identify and build code that performs console output operations
8.3 Identify and build code that performs file input operations