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Python Essentials 2

Take your Python skills
beyond the basics.

Move from standalone scripts to organised applications. Develop your approach to reusable code, error handling and object-oriented programming, with PCAP as your next certification goal.

LAUNCHING FIRSTIntermediateEssentials 1 knowledge or equivalent
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your_next_program.py
# Give your ideas a little structure.

class LearningGoal:
    def next_step(self):
        return "Build with Python"

goal = LearningGoal()
print(goal.next_step())
EXAMPLE OUTPUT
Build with Python
Your starting levelIntermediate
Curriculum4 core modules
Core skillPython programming
Certification goalPCAP preparation
FROM SCRIPTS TO APPLICATIONS

Build on what you know.

As your programs grow, the way you organise them matters. Learn to separate responsibilities, reuse code and choose an approach that fits the problem.

Extend your Python foundation into multi-module applications and object-oriented modelling, with room to develop more specialised skills later.

What you’ll learn to do

  • Develop, debug and improve multi-module Python programs.
  • Model a practical problem using classes and objects.
  • Compare procedural and object-oriented approaches.
  • Handle exceptions and process information in files.
  • Use modules and packages to organise and extend applications.
  • Build a foundation for advanced and specialist Python study.

Ready for the next stage?

For learners who already understand Python fundamentals and want to build more capable programs. Bring Essentials 1 knowledge or equivalent experience before starting.

Data types & collectionsConditions & loopsFunctions
YOUR LEARNING PATH

Four modules.
More ways to build.

Extend your foundation with techniques for structuring, maintaining and extending Python programs.

Organise and reuse code through modules and packages.

  • Importing modules and selected standard-library tools
  • Creating and using packages
  • Installing and removing PyPI packages with pip

Curriculum summary based on the official course syllabus .

PUT THE IDEAS TO WORK

Small programs.
Real learning moments.

Examples of what you could practise as your skills develop. These are illustrative project ideas, not confirmed assessed course projects.

An inventory tracker

Represent items as objects and organise stock actions into reusable methods.

Classes · Methods

A resilient file reader

Read a text file and respond helpfully when the file is missing or its contents are invalid.

Files · Exceptions

A modular expense tool

Separate input, calculations and reporting into modules you can maintain independently.

Modules · Packages
YOUR ASSOCIATE CERTIFICATION MILESTONE
ASSOCIATE LEVEL

PCAP

Certified Associate Python Programmer

A Python Institute credential assessing intermediate Python skills, including multi-module programs, object-oriented techniques, exceptions and file processing.

Python Essentials 2 supports exam preparation. Course completion and passing the certification exam are separate achievements.

40questions
65 minexam time
70%passing score

For the currently listed PCAP-31-03 exam; a further 10 minutes is allocated for the NDA/tutorial. Check the current exam version before booking. Exam-voucher inclusion in the academy package is to be confirmed.

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BEFORE YOU BEGIN

Your questions, answered.

YOUR NEXT STEP

Choose your next
Python direction.

Explore our planned advanced Python, testing and data analytics pathways. Register your interest to hear when the next programmes become available.

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