PCPP1 Certification Course in Australia

The PCPP1 credential proves advanced, professional grade Python, covering areas few other certifications touch, such as metaclasses, GUI development, socket programming and PEP conventions. Holders remain relatively rare, which is an advantage when you compete for senior roles.

With Logitrain the official PCPP-32-101 exam fee is included, you keep the digital course material, and every course carries our price beat guarantee. Train in person in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, or live online across Australia. As a Pearson VUE test venue, Logitrain lets you sit the exam at our test centre, any other Pearson VUE centre, or online.

PCPP1 has a genuine prerequisite. You need the PCAP credential, or to hold it before you certify at the professional level.

Complete the PCAP Certified Associate Python Programmer course first, and come in confident with object oriented programming, modules, files and exceptions.

Candidates can achieve this certification by passing the following exam.

• PCPP-32-101, Certified Professional Python Programmer 1

You can book and sit the exam within three months of finishing your course. Sit it at the Logitrain test centre, at any other Pearson VUE test centre, or online through Pearson VUE online proctoring from a private space.

Exam format: 45 single-select and multiple-select items, 65 minutes, with a passing score of 70 percent.

This course includes the full PCPP-32-101 course material in digital format, yours to keep for revision before the exam.

• Apply advanced object oriented programming techniques in Python
• Work with class and static methods, properties and decorators
• Understand and use metaclasses and abstract base classes
• Implement custom serialization and object persistence
• Build graphical user interfaces with tkinter
• Handle events, widgets and layouts in desktop applications
• Program network communication using sockets
• Work with advanced file, directory and stream processing
• Communicate with the operating system and environment
• Process dates, times and structured data formats
• Apply PEP 8 and PEP 257 professional coding conventions
• Write maintainable, well documented, production grade Python

This course is likely to add to the employment related skills of the participants. The skills developed are likely to be used in the course of being an employee or working in a business.

• Intermediate to senior Python developers
• Software engineers and architects validating advanced skills
• PCAP holders progressing to the professional level
• Developers building desktop or networked applications
• Technical leads who set Python coding standards

• Advanced object oriented programming concepts
• Class and instance data revisited
• Static and class methods
• Properties and managed attributes
• Decorators for functions and methods
• Decorators for classes
• Abstract classes and abstract base classes
• Encapsulation and name mangling
• Method resolution order in multiple inheritance
• Composition versus inheritance
• Metaclasses and how classes are created
• Special and magic methods
• Object persistence with pickle and shelve
• Custom serialization with the JSON module
• Working with the tkinter GUI framework
• Windows, widgets and geometry managers
• Events, callbacks and the event loop
• Building a complete desktop application
• Introduction to network programming
• Sockets and client server communication
• Working with protocols and data transfer
• Advanced file processing and file objects
• Working with directories and the file system
• Reading and writing structured formats
• Communicating with the program environment
• Accessing command line arguments and environment variables
• Processing dates and times
• The PEP 8 style guide
• The PEP 257 docstring conventions
• Writing maintainable, documented modules
• Code quality, refactoring and professional best practice

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Got a team to train? Logitrain can deliver the PCPP1 Certified Professional Python Programmer course in house at your premises anywhere in Australia, with the same trainer, course material, mock test and included official exam as the public courses. It suits teams who want everyone trained together on dates that suit the business.

What is the PCPP1 certification?

PCPP1, Certified Professional Python Programmer 1, is the professional level credential from the OpenEDG Python Institute, covering advanced object oriented programming, GUIs, network programming and professional coding standards.

Is the exam included in the course fee?

Yes. The official PCPP-32-101 exam fee is included, and you can sit the exam within three months of finishing the course.

Do I need PCAP before PCPP1?

Yes. PCAP is a genuine prerequisite for the professional level, so complete the PCAP course first.

Which exam version does this course cover?

The course prepares you for the current PCPP-32-101 exam.

How long is the PCPP1 course?

Two days full time, or two weeks part time across evenings or weekends.

Where can I sit the exam?

PCPP1 is a Pearson VUE exam. You can sit it at the Logitrain test centre, any other Pearson VUE centre, or online through Pearson VUE proctoring.

Is PCPP1 worth it for experienced developers?

Yes. It validates advanced Python that few other certifications cover, and holders are relatively rare, which helps when competing for senior roles.