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date	w01d03
duration	50
maintainer	zwmiller
order	4
title	Optional Python Advanced

Sample Lesson Plan

Learning Objectives

Advanced Python Data Types

The students will be:

Familiar with DefaultDict
Familiar with NamedTuples
Familiar with Deques
Understand the difference between a list and a generator
Be familiar with yield vs return and the purpose of generators

Deep Copy

The students will:

Understand how the memory is assigned (roughly)
Understand why deep copy is necessary
Know how to deep copy and when it is necessary.

Pickle: Saving Objects for Later

The students will:

Know what pickling is
Understand how to dump/load an object
Be familiar with how pickle can fit into their workflow