Python Programming Masterclass with Comparison to SAS® Software

Kirk Paul Lafler is a globally recognized data scientist, consultant, educator, programmer, author, and speaker with more than 40 years of experience delivering practical, real-world analytics training. His expertise spans SAS, SQL, Python, R, databases, big data, AI, machine learning, and cloud technologies. Known for transforming complexity into clarity, Kirk helps learners build confidence and proficiency through hands-on, applied instruction.

Kirk Paul Lafler - Python, AI, SQL, & SAS Trainer

Python and SAS Masterclass - learn two powerful languages in one course.

Iowa Department of Education

<h3><strong>Course Description:</strong></h3><p>As general-purpose programming languages used by millions of users, developers, programmers, data analysts, and educators around the world, Python and SAS offer clear syntax, scalability, versatility, and powerful libraries / procedures that add tremendous value for anyone to incorporate into their skill sets. Python’s and SAS&#x27; use cases include programming, analytics, data science, web development, web scraping, text processing, image recognition, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and Internet of Things. What seems to be propelling Python’s  and SAS&#x27; dominance is that they are relatively easy to learn, and consist of a large and growing user community. This course is designed for beginners who have never used Python and/or SAS before, as well as programmers of other languages who want to enhance their skill set and career opportunities by learning powerful Python and SAS programming techniques.</p><p></p><h3><strong>Course Topics:</strong></h3><p>▪ Introduction to Python and SAS as programming languages.</p><p>▪ How to develop powerful Python applications using Spyder and SAS applications using SAS Studio – both powerful Integrated Development Environments (IDEs).</p><p>▪ Essential Python and SAS keywords, operators, statements, and expressions to fully understand what you’re coding and why.</p><p>▪ Understand the building blocks of basic programs, how to use Python and SAS as a programming language, and how to debug programs for accuracy and correctness.</p><p>▪ Introduction to program control flow using statements, conditions, operators, and loops (if, elif, else, in, not in, for, while, step through, break, continue, search).</p><p>▪ Call functions, specify parameters and arguments, and debug with functions.</p><p>▪ Open, read, and write different data file types (text, CSV, XLSX, SAS7BDAT, JSON), process data files, search a file, print data to a text file, and debug a data file.</p><p>▪ Introduction to strings, determine the length of strings, traverse strings, compare strings, parse strings, slice strings, and format strings.</p><p>▪ Introduction to lists and tuples, iterate over a list, create a list, add items to a list, sort a list, delete items from a list, and nested lists.</p><p>▪ Introduction to Dictionaries and Sets, add items to a dictionary and set, change values in a dictionary and set, remove items from a dictionary and set, and construct subsets.</p><p>▪ Introduction to dates, times, and timezones; and use functions in Python and SAS.</p><p>▪ Introduction to Object-oriented Programming, classes as types, object lifecycle, instances, and inheritance.</p><p>▪ Construct Python and SAS program code to access and open data files, conduct exploratory data analysis, perform data cleaning and data transformation, apply logic with comparison and logical operators, use functions as powerful building blocks, identify the most frequent value in a list, produce descriptive statistics, create subsets, sort data, append / concatenate data, transpose data structures, merge / join data, create output files, and produce reports.</p><p></p><h3><strong>I﻿nstructor Bio:</strong></h3><p>Kirk Paul Lafler is a SAS, SQL, RDBMS, Excel, and Python educator, developer, programmer, consultant, and data analyst; and works as an adjunct professor at San Diego State University; an advisor and adjunct professor at the University of California San Diego Extension; and an educator teaching SAS, SQL, Python, Excel, and cloud-based technology courses, workshops, and webinars to users virtually around the world. Kirk has nearly 50 years of programming experience and specializes in SAS software, SQL, RDBMS technologies (Oracle, SQL-Server, Teradata, DB2), Python, and other languages and productivity tools. As an author, Kirk’s most recent books include Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) By Example (PB&amp;J Press. Summer 2023), Python ETL By Example (PB&amp;J Press, Spring 2024), PROC SQL: Beyond the Basics Using SAS, Third Edition (SAS Press. 2019), and other books along with numerous papers and articles on a variety of SAS, SQL, and Python topics. Kirk is actively involved with international, regional, and local SAS, SQL, and Python user groups and conferences as an Invited speaker, educator, keynote, and section leader; and is the recipient of 27 “Best” contributed paper, hands-on workshop (HOW), and poster awards.</p><h3><strong>                                                                        L﻿inkedIn Profile:</strong></h3><p>                                                                          https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirkpaullafler/</p><p></p><h3><strong>Course Date:</strong>
</h3><p>Tuesday, May 23, 2023</p><h3><strong>Training Location: </strong></h3><p>Iowa Department of Education, 400 E. 14th St., Des Moines, IA 50319, USA.</p><h3><strong>Intended Audience: </strong></h3><p>Programmers, Data Analysts, Data Scientists, Statisticians, and Others wanting to learn Python and SAS programming techniques.</p><h3><strong>Prerequisites: </strong></h3><p>No previous Python or SAS programming experience required.</p><h3><strong>Delivery Method: </strong></h3><p>Instructor-led with Python and SAS code examples.</p><h3><strong>Course Length: </strong></h3><p>7 Hours (8:30 AM – 4:30 PM with 1 hour for Lunch).</p><h3><strong>Course Material: </strong></h3><p>Course Notes will be provided to each attendee as a PDF document.  Python and SAS code are provided to each attendee.</p><h3><strong>Q﻿uestions: </strong></h3><p>Contact Kirk Paul Lafler, KirkLafler@cs.com</p><p></p><p>S﻿AS is the registered trademark of SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA.</p>

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