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Python Setup

• Setup Python Development environment
• Using Jupyter Notebooks in Visual Studio Code
• Run python in browser with pyscript
• Setup python on Linux in Windows using WSL and VS Code
• Setup Raspberry Pi zero W and run python scripts and servers 

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Python Language Skills

• Commenting in python
• Basic printing in python
• Managing Variables in python
• Getting type of variable in python
• Operations on variables in python
• 'if', 'else', 'elif' condition in python
• strings in python
• raw strings in python
• lists in python
• dictionaries in python
• Create sequences with range function in python
• 'for' loop in python
• 'while' statement for looping in python
• functions in python
• List comprehensions in python
• Create a sequence of numbers in python
• Create random numbers in python
• 'any', 'all' keywords in python
• Handling errors in python
• Read named command line inputs with argparse module
• Run external commands or other languages using python subprocess module
• Automated tests in python with unittest module
• Schedule python scripts without task scheduler or cron jobs

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Package management in python

• Install and manage python packages
• Virtual environments using 'venv'
• Using virtual environments in python projects with venv
• Install python packages offline without internet
• Install a python package from source code
• Using PyInstaller for distributing python program

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Date and Time

• Datetime library in python
• Managing time periods using ‘timedelta’ in python
• Inducing time delays in python using 'sleep' function
• Add or subtract months to date in python
• Split a time interval using pandas date_range

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File Handling

• Check if file or folder is present
• Creating a folder in python
• Reading and writing files in python
• Delete a file or folder in python
• Iterate through files inside folder

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FTP, SFTP, File Hosting

• Setup FTP server and FTP client in Windows using IIS, Filezilla server and WinSCP
• FTP server communication with ftplib python module
• Get latest file from ftp server folder using ftplib in python
• Setup SFTP server and SFTP client in Windows using OpenSSH server and WinSCP
• Setup Logging for SFTP server in windows
• SFTP server in Windows with multiple users and read-only option
• SFTP server communication with pysftp python module
• Static file hosting with directory browsing in IIS

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Application Code best practices

• Accessing application secrets with environment variables
• Sharing functions and variables across files in python
• Managing application configuration and sensitive data using a JSON file in a python script / project

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Pandas DataFrame

• pandas DataFrame Basics
• Working with excel files and pandas DataFrames
• Import pandas DataFrame from DBF file
• Getting the shape / dimension of a DataFrame
• Getting the column names of DataFrame
• Rename columns of a Pandas DataFrame
• Vertically slicing a DataFrame by column names
• Filter DataFrame rows
• Advance DataFrame filtering rows with lambda function
• Selecting a subset of DataFrame using 'iloc' function
• Selecting a subset of DataFrame using 'loc' function
• Export DataFrame as excel or csv
• Join two DataFrames on a column
• Append rows or DataFrames to a pandas DataFrame
• Convert pandas Series to dictionary and vice-versa in python
• Convert Pandas DataFrame to a list of dictionaries
• Import / Export Pandas dataframes to SQLite database

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Matplotlib for plotting

• Introduction to Matplotlib plotting library
• Styling Matplotlib plots
• Multiple Plots in a same subplot using Matplotlib
• Multiple subplots in a figure using Matplotlib
• Export a Matplotlib figure as an image or a pdf file
• Setting Figure size of matplotlib plots
• Save multiple matplotlib plots into a pdf file
• Centering the plot axes in matplotlib
• Set limits of x and y axis in matplotlib
• Set axes ticks and tick labels in matplotlib
• Control axis ticks locations using tick locators in matplotlib
• Format axis ticks using TickFormatters in matplotlib
• Positioning the legend at the bottom of a Matplotlib plot in python
• Duration Curve using Matplotlib
• Secondary axis and twin axis in python matplotlib plots

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Reports Automation

• docxtpl python library for creating automated reports as word and pdf files from templates
• Automating word files to pdf files conversion using docx2pdf python library
• Automate word to PDF conversion in python using LibreOffice
• Conditional statements, nested for loops and loop.index0 in docxtpl automated reports
• Send email with attachments in python without compromising on gmail two factor authentication
• Requests module in python
• Automate word to PDF conversion in python using LibreOffice
• HTML to PDF conversion in python with playwright

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Interactive Maps with folium

• Introduction to Folium for interactive maps
• Draw borders from GeoJSON paths in python folium maps
• Draw circles and circle markers in python folium
• Save folium map as a png image using selenium browser automation
• Draw markers in python folium maps
• Inject HTML into python folium maps
• Draw text on python folium maps using DivIcon
• Create a bubble map from excel data using python folium and pandas
• Draw Rectangle, Polyline, Polygon in python folium
• Draw heatmap on a python folium map
• Animated lines in python folium maps
• Render folium maps in python flask server

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Logging

• Logging in Python
• Logging contextual data using LoggerAdapter in Python
• Logging in python flask applications
• Simple Syslog server setup in Windows and Ubuntu
• Send logs to Syslog server in Python using SysLogHandler
• Simple and customizable Syslog server in python

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Database for data storage

• Installing and managing a PostgreSQL database
• Installing and using DBeaver for accessing and controlling different databases in one tool
• psycopg2 python module for PostgreSQL database interfacing
• Oracle Instant Client installation in Windows
• Oracle Express Edition (XE) database setup along with sqldeveloper and DBeaver in Windows
• cx_Oracle python module for Oracle database interfacing
• Interface with SQLite database in python

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Flask web development

• Flask python module introduction for creating web servers
• Extract parameters from URL in flask server
• Serve static files in flask
• jinja templates in flask
• Template inheritance in Flask jinja templates
• Macros in python flask jinja templates
• Forms with front-end and server-side validation in Flask web applications
• WTForms for better forms validation and rendering in Flask
• Sub mount a flask application under a URL prefix
• Custom Error Pages in python Flask application
• Flask Blueprints for modular MVC like web applications
• Create API endpoints in Flask
• Run a python Flask server as a windows background service using nssm
• Waitress as Flask server WSGI
• Logging in python Flask applications
• Integrate swagger and model validation to flask APIs with flask-restx
• Render folium maps in python flask server
• Implement flask server and python client for OAuth 2.0 client credentials flow
• Sessions and cookies in flask
• Generate a static website from python flask application using Frozen-Flask
• Overview of Web APIs and API security

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OAuth 2.0

• OAuth 2.0 for centralized Authorization and Authentication of users and applications
• Setup Keycloak as OAuth 2.0 server in Windows for testing and development
• Secure machine to machine communication with OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials flow
• Implement flask server and python client for OAuth 2.0 client credentials flow
• OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code flow for securing server side web applications
• Implement login with google in python flask applications
• Setup PostgreSQL database for keycloak
• Manage Users, Login screen, Password policy and Two factor authentication in keycloak
• Run Keycloak in production mode in windows with HTTPS
• Apache as reverse proxy for Keycloak
• Customize Keycloak appearance with themes

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Elasticsearch

• Elasticsearch database concepts
• Setup Elasticsearch in Windows
• Setup Kibana in windows
• heartbeat setup in windows for monitoring servers and websites
• Send data from files or syslog to Elasticsearch with Filebeat
• Winlogbeat setup for centralized Windows event logs

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Grafana

• Introduction to Grafana
• Setup Grafana in Windows
• Connect Grafana with PostgreSQL for time series visualization
• Create alerts in Grafana
• Grafana alert emails with images
• Customize Grafana alert emails
• JSON Grafana plugin to fetch API data  
• Visualize csv in Grafana with Infinity datasource
• Variables in Grafana with examples
  
• Grafana webhooks for custom alerts
• Monitor windows process with Grafana infinity datasource

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Raspberry pi

• Setup Raspberry Pi zero W and run python scripts and servers
• Control an LED with flask web server hosted on Raspberry pi
• Raspberry pi based temperature monitoring and alerting system