Explore the inner workings of Python with this intermediate-level course. It will provide you with the higher-level concepts and techniques you’ll need to be a successful data engineer.

We’ll introduce you to different number systems you’ll encounter in the field, ways to encode data, how to work with text files, and the best way to optimize data usage. By the end of this course, you’ll understand how Python works behind the scenes. This will put you well on your way to becoming a master of Python for data engineering!

This course focuses on the following:

• Building critical understanding of the inner workings of Python and basic computation.
• Introducing knowledge of basic number systems, encodings, byte objects, Unicode, and more.
• Developing simple techniques for reading and writing to files, converting between encodings, and optimizing data usage.

The Program

1. Binary and Positional Number Systems.
2. Encodings and Representing Text in a Computer.
3. Reading and Writing to Files.
4. Memory and Disk Usage.

What will you learn

• How to define how Python represents data.
• How to process text files.
• How to define encodings.
• How to optimize data usage.