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Certificates: Design Thinking" certificate
Certificate "PCEP™ - Certified Entry-Level Python Programmer" -
Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeiten mit Abschlusspräsentationen
Certified Entry-Level Python Programmer (PCEP™) (in englischer Sprache) -
Teaching Times: Full-timeMonday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
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Language of Instruction: German
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Duration: 5 Weeks
Design Thinking
Introduction to Design Thinking (approx. 1.5 days)
Design Thinking process at a glance
The most important rules and phases of Design Thinking
Practice-oriented approaches and applications
Digital tools and AI in the innovation process
Phase 1: Research (approx. 0.5 days)
Methods of user-centered research
Interview techniques and needs analysis
AI-supported research and information processing
Phase 2: Synthesis (approx. 0.5 days)
Analysis and structuring of findings
Development of problem definitions and personas
Visualization and clustering of results
Phase 3: Ideation (approx. 0.5 days)
Creative techniques for developing ideas
Methods for finding and evaluating solutions
Use of generative AI in the ideation process
Phase 4: Prototyping (approx. 0.5 days)
Development of initial solution approaches and mockups
Introduction to rapid prototyping and click dummies
Digital tools for the visualization of concepts
Phase 5: Testing (approx. 0.5 days)
Methods for carrying out tests and feedback rounds
Analysis and optimization of solution approaches
Iterative work and agile further development
Project work (approx. 1 day)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Programming with Python
Python basics (approx. 1 day)
History, concepts
Usage and areas of application
syntax
Lexis, semantics
PEP-8 conventions
Interpreter vs. compiler
Numeral systems: binary, octal, hexadecimal
Scientific Notation
First steps with Python (approx. 5 days)
Numbers
Strings
Date and time
Standard input and output
Numeric operators
Comparison, logical and bitwise operators
Data type conversion
list, tuple, dict, set
List functions and methods
Branching and loops (if, for, while)
Member operators
String basics: escaping, multiline strings
Prioritizing and binding operators
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Functions (approx. 5 days)
Define your own functions
Variables
Parameters and arguments
Return values
Recursion
Namespaces
Functional programming
Parameter types: positional, keyword, mixed
Default values
Shadowing and global keyword
None and return without value
Troubleshooting (approx. 0.5 days)
Basics of error handling with try and except
Typical error types and exception hierarchy
Error propagation and program interruptions
Structuring the except blocks
Object-oriented programming (approx. 4.5 days)
Python classes
Methods
Immutable objects
Data class
Inheritance
Project work, certification preparation and certification exam "PCEP™ - Certified Entry-Level Python Programmer" in English (approx. 4 days)
Changes are possible, the course content is updated regularly.
After the course, you will have a compact, basic knowledge of programming with Python. You will be confident in using the programming language with its classes, libraries and functions.
The course also teaches the design thinking approach, which can be used to develop innovative and user-centered solutions for complex challenges. You will learn about the principles and the structured, iterative process of design thinking and find out how practice-oriented tools, digital tools and artificial intelligence support creative and interdisciplinary innovation processes.
IT apprentices, IT specialists, programmers and specialists with relevant professional experience.
The versatility of Python makes employees with the relevant skills attractive in numerous industries and companies. People with programming skills in Python are particularly sought after in web development, machine learning and data analysis.
With the "PCEP™ - Certified Entry-Level Python Programmer" certificate, you can provide meaningful proof of your new qualification and improve your career opportunities.
Didactic concept
Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).
You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.
Virtual classroom alfaview®
Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.
The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).