• Language Fundamentals
• Functions
• Data Structures
• Defining and Using Packages
• Additional Techniques

Object-Oriented Programming

• Essential Concepts
• Defining and Using a Class
• Class-Wide Members

Additional Object-Oriented Techniques

• A Closer Look at Attributes
• Implementing Special Methods
• Inheritance

XML Processing

• XML Essentials
• Reading XML Data in Python
• Locating Content using XPath
• Updating XML Data in Python
• Using the Lxml Library

Functional Programming

• Functional Programming in Python
• Higher Order Functions
• Additional Techniques

Web Processing

• Python Web Servers
• Python Rest Services
• Python Web Sockets

Decorators

• Getting Started with Decorators
• Additional Decorator Techniques
• Parameterized Decorators

Asynchronous Processing in Python

• Getting Started with Asynchrony in Python
• Creating Tasks to Run in Different Threads
• Additional Task Techniques

Getting Started with Python Data Science and NumPy

• Introduction to Python Data Science
• NumPy Arrays
• Manipulating Array Elements
• Manipulating Array Shape

NumPy Techniques

• NumPy Universal Functions
• Aggregations
• Broadcasting
• Manipulating Arrays using Boolean Logic
• Additional Techniques

Getting Started with Pandas

• Introduction to Pandas
• Creating a Series
• Using a Series
• Creating a DataFrame
• Using a DataFrame

Pandas Techniques

• Universal Functions
• Merging and Joining Datasets
• A Closer Look at Joins

Working with Time Series Data

• Introduction to Time Series Data
• Indexing and Plotting Time Series Data
• Testing Data for Stationarity
• Making Data Stationary
• Forecasting Time Series Data
• Scaling Back the ARIMA Results

Introduction to Big Data

• Setting the Scene
• Introduction to Hadoop
• Hadoop Components

Getting Started with PySpark

• Introduction to Spark
• Spark Architecture
• Application Execution
• Using the Python Spark Shell

Using the PySpark API

• Essential Concepts
• Creating an RDD
• Working with RDDs

RDD Operations

• RDD Transformations
• RDD Transformations on Key-Value Pairs
• Actions
• Caching
• Spark Jobs - The Big Picture