1: set up,

in class: intros, get editor, github, virtualenv and venvwrapper working

homework: install git-completion and git-prompt

2: Python Basics

in class: everything is an object lecture, finding your way around

homework: python book exercises

3: Debugging

in class: tour of pdb

homework: python book exercises

4: Testing

in class: tour of unittest module, talk about test construction

homework: python book exercises, read about nosetest and pytest

1: sockets.

in class: lecture on socket lib, show basics 1.5h

homework: Create an echo client/server with tests (exact buffer problem)

2: protocols.

in class: lecture on protocols, show basic imap/smtp interactions

design stories for http server

homework: Create socket HTTP server with tests

3: concurrency.

in class: lecture on the problem (GIL, synchronous vs async ops)

homework: recreate the echo server using asyncchat

4: concurrency ?? maybe deployment??

in class: greenlets and coroutines ?? or perhaps deployment stack??

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1: intro to sqlalchemy

in class: lecture on dbapi2 and orms

homework: install postgresql and build sqlalchemy models and tests for flask microblog

2: dispatch and views in flask

in class: lecture on routes, views, config, and 'g'

homework: build and test views for microblog

3: templating in flask

in class: lecture on Jinja2, app context

4: Extending a flask app.

in-class

homework: using asyn technologies, add a 'chat room' to our flask app.

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project ideas:

http://sdiehl.github.io/gevent-tutorial/#chat-server