Final Exam: Python in Action

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• 

  Contrast versions 2 and 3 of python and understand what is involved in migrating to the newer version
  

  identify the new features of python 3 and how these can help you build better apps
  

  recognize and apply the best practices to write robust, and easy-to-maintain python apps
  

  recognize libraries used to create desktop apps in python
  

  recognize what tkinter is and how it is used for gui development
  

  install and set up tkinter
  

  create a basic tkinter app
  

  add widgets and resize tkinter apps
  

  add, view, and modify text entry widgets in an application
  

  recognize the grid geometry manager and fix a bug in an application
  

  recognize the place geometry manager and format elements and arrange components in an application
  

  use the scrolled text widget to store text
  

  create a file picker for an app
  

  convert a pandas data frame to a tree view
  

  add a scrollbar to a tree view, remove data, and review errors when loading data
  

  introduce the menu bar widget
  

  add seaborn charts to a tkinter app
  

  open mysql on a shell and create a table
  

  connect to mysql from an app and pull data to display in tree view
  

  write out to mysql from an app
  

  trigger a function from a single-click on a tree view
  

  add an event handler for a double-click on a tree view
  

  modularize code for your app
  

  create a sign-up page for an app
  

  summarize how web requests and web servers work
  

  compare and contrast python frameworks for building web applications
  

  identify the different phases in a web2py workflow
  

  modify basic constructs of the web2py framework
  

  modify and edit the default application files
  

  identify how to update the content of the index template to create a new homepage for the app
• 

  demonstrate how to set up a controller and view, and the relationship which exists between them.
  

  recognize how to pass query parameters through a url to a web2py app
  

  compare the different scopes of request and session variables
  

  identify the steps involved in connecting a web2py app to a mysql database
  

  illustrate how to use the default web2py app interface to sign up new users
  

  recognize how to insert rows into a table using the web2py admin interface
  

  identify how to use the web2py grid to search the contents of a database table
  

  modify an existing template by using required components and extending them with your own
  

  outline how to include static resources such as images and css files to the web2py app
  

  create a new table and configure it using built-in web2py constructs
  

  outline how to incorporate a sqlform into a web2py app to enable database inserts from the ui
  

  demonstrate how to map a url to an individual row in a relational database to enable access to resources
  

  identify how to render the data retrieved from individual rows in a database in a web2py app
  

  recognize how foreign key references can be implemented when defining a table for a web2py app
  

  list the steps to allow for removal of items from a shopping cart, while also updating the product inventory
  

  outline the benefits of serverless application deployment
  

  demonstrate the default lambda configurations
  

  test a lambda function
  

  create an eventbridge trigger
  

  recognize successful and unsuccessful lambda-canary executions
  

  expose rest apis to execute lambdas
  

  accept and process query string parameters
  

  send post requests to a lambda
  

  set up the aws cli and configure a docker image
  

  create a docker image and deploy it to amazon elastic container registry (ecr)
  

  set up code to connect to twitter using tweepy
  

  create and execute a lambda function from the aws cli
  

  write out to s3 from a lambda function
  

  write emails through ses using a lambda function
  

  create a lambda function that writes data out to dynamodb