Come to master your coding skills: study at your own pace, use all the necessary materials and mentor’s guidance. It’s all about practice.

Course advantages

Practical tasks first: you’ll be coding using tasks, similar to those we have on projects at SoftServe
Minimum theory: we’re here to code, right? Still, in case you need to look for the answers, we’ve gathered top videos and materials which will help you out
24/7 chat with participants in Discord: your place to ask ‘omg, how do I run it?’, send stickers at night or ask mentor to help
All tasks are prepared by SoftServe Academy mentors: these people know the code, because they work with it each day

WHY SOFTSERVE ACADEMY

Mentors are high skilled experienced professionals

Opportunity to earn a certificate from SoftServe Certification Center to enhance your CV

3-days sprints to develop a habit of learning each day

2/3 of the program contain practical tasks

Teamwork, close to the one you’ll have in the real workplace

IT’S A MATCH FOR YOU IF

you’re a self-learner who knows the basics of Python or you’re Python Core graduate
you know the fundamentals of HTML/CSS and SQL.

COURSE INFORMATION

COURSE PLAN

Topic

Section / Description

Git (gitHub)

SCM definition, types, differences;
Repository configuration Basic operation: add, commit, pull, push work with branches

Introduction to Programming with Python

Core PEPs: PEP8, PEP20, PEP257;
Datatypes: primitives, list, tuple,set, dictionary;
Conditions operator;
Loops

String.
Regex.

String in python: general string, r-string, doc-string and doc-tests;
Regular expressions: re module; groups;
Meta characters;
Matching repetitions

Functions,
Decorators,
Recursion,
lambda

Functions.
Inner Functions.
Decorators

Exception handling

Multiply exceptions.
Finally block.
Logging

Python OOP

Classes and Objects.
Encapsulation.
Inheritance.
Polymorphism

With (in, out), De- and Serialization

Files.
With statement.
Data serialization.

Patterns

Creational: factory method, abstract factory, builder, prototype, singletone;
Structural: adapter, bridge, composite, decorator, facade, proxy;
Behavioral: chain, observer, visitor, state, strategy

Unittest and pytest

TestCase, testSuite, setUp, tearDown, beforeClass, afterClass, asserts

Networking (REST, SOAP, protocols, HTTP methods, status codes)

Request - Response REST, SOAP;
HTTP methods: GET, PUT, POST, DELETE;
status code: 200.., 300.., 400.., 500..

SCRUM

SDLC;
SCRUM Roles and responsibilities;
SCRUM Meetings; SCRUM Artifacts;
Abnormal termination process

Django MVC/MTV

Install Django;
Django MTV;
Creating a project (structure);
The development server;
Creating the NEW app;
Write your first view

Django ORM

Database setup;
Creating models;
Activating models;
Playing with the API(shell)

Django View/Templates

Writing more views;
Write views that actually do something;
Raising a 404 error;
Use the template system;
Removing hardcoded URLs in templates;
Namespacing URL names

Django Forms

The Forms API;
Form fields;
Form and field validation

Heroku deploy

Expected files for Python;
Python deployment flow;
Python versions and upgrades

COURSE TIMELINE

Your course will include 2 sprints per week. For each sprint, mentors recommend spending approximately 2-3 hours a day really practicing coding. Your code will be automatically checked when you submit it and during a retro session in ZOOM mentor will give detailed feedback on how each task must be approached.

THE OUTCOMES FOR YOU:

Git, GitHub
Creating Web applications using Django
Databases: concept, types, and how to work with them
Advanced Modern Python Language Topics
Soft skills and teamwork under SCRUM
Fully functional web projects.

FAQs

How does ‘early bird’ discount work?

Your date of application for marathon must be before or include the final date of ‘early bird’ price. Afterwards, you must pass the technical test, then make a payment not more than 3 days after you get sent an invoice.

What materials are used during for the course?

Each sprint includes practical tasks, videos and tests from Softserve Academy mentors and some links to external materials.

What’s the language of the course?

All of the tasks and materials are set in English. However, the communication between other participants and mentor is in Ukrainian.

What project will I be working on?

The marathon does not include tasks from one particular project. To give you a bigger chance of different tasks and gaining new skills, they are done as different projects.

Can I combine work/ studying at the university and the course?

Most of the participants combine work or studying. The format lets you choose the most comfortable time to study yourself. Just make sure to set 2-3 hours a day to code.

Can I get an offer from SoftServe after finishing the marathon?

Sure, we are interested in your career start at SoftServe. We propose to pass a free SoftServe Academy Certification after the marathon (optionally). The most successful students will be able to get an internship at SoftServe.

General information

duration

9 weeks

recurrence

18 learning sprints, two per week

format

online

Available groups for registration

Course name

Course duration

Price

Location

Registration is open

Practical Python

22.01.2024
29.03.2024

6899 (early birds 5499 till 25.12)

Online

Registration

till 17.01.2024

For those affected by the war in Ukraine, we can offer free seats on this course. In order to study for free, fill out this form, write a motivation letter and pass a technical test. The number of seats is limited. The selection will be made based on the letter and the results of the technical test.

* Service provides LLC SoftServe Technologies, Online

Example of the order-agreement is here