Python 3: Deep Dive (Part 2 – Iterators, Generators)

Sequences, Iterables, Iterators, Generators, Context Managers

Created by: Dr. Fred Baptiste
Software Engineer and Mathematician

What Will I Learn?

• You'll be able to leverage the concepts in this course to take your Python programming skills to the next level.
• Sequence Types and the sequence protocol
• Iterables and the iterable protocol
• Iterators and the iterator protocol
• List comprehensions and their relation to closures
• Generator functions
• Generator expressions
• Context managers
• Creating context managers using generator functions
• Using Generators as Coroutines

Requirements

• This is a relatively advanced course, so you should already be familiar with basic Python concepts, as well as some in-depth knowledge as described in the prerequisites in the course description. Please be sure you check those and make sure!
• You will need Python 3.6 or above, and a development environment of your choice (command line, PyCharm, Jupyter, etc.)

Target audience

• Python developers who want a deeper understanding of sequences, iterables, iterators, generators and context managers.