Learn to Program: Crafting Quality Code

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Learn to Program: Crafting Quality Code

Instructors: Jennifer Campbell

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5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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2 weeks to complete

at 10 hours a week

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5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

730 reviews

2 weeks to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

94%

Most learners liked this course

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Python Programming

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There are 5 modules in this course

Not all programs are created equal. In this course, we'll focus on writing quality code that runs correctly and efficiently. We'll design, code and validate our programs and learn how to compare programs that are addressing the same task.

What's included

7 videos10 readings1 assignment

7 videos Total 50 minutes

Palindrome: Approaching the Problem 7 minutes
Palindrome: Algorithm 1 5 minutes
Palindrome: Algorithm 2 6 minutes
Palindrome: Algorithm 3 5 minutes
The Restaurant Recommendations Problem 3 minutes
Restaurant Recommendations: Representing the Data 6 minutes
Restaurant Recommendations: Planning the Program 17 minutes

10 readings Total 100 minutes

Syllabus 10 minutes
Course Logistics 10 minutes
Resources 10 minutes
Palindrome: Approaching the Problem 10 minutes
Palindrome: Algorithm 1 10 minutes
Palindrome: Algorithm 2 10 minutes
Palindrome: Algorithm 3 10 minutes
The Restaurant Recommendations Problem 10 minutes
Restaurant Recommendations: Representing the Data 10 minutes
Restaurant Recommendations: Planning the Program 10 minutes

1 assignment Total 30 minutes

Week 1 Exercise 30 minutes

What's included

6 videos6 readings1 assignment1 peer review

6 videos Total 33 minutes

Testing Automatically Using doctest 7 minutes
Writing a '__main__' program 5 minutes
Creating Your Own Types 6 minutes
Testing Automatically Using unittest 5 minutes
Choosing Test Cases 7 minutes
Testing Functions that Mutate Values 3 minutes

6 readings Total 60 minutes

Testing Automatically Using doctest 10 minutes
Writing a '__main__' program 10 minutes
Creating Your Own Types 10 minutes
Testing Automatically Using unittest 10 minutes
Choosing Test Cases 10 minutes
Testing Functions that Mutate Values 10 minutes

1 assignment Total 30 minutes

Week 2 Exercise 30 minutes

1 peer review Total 120 minutes

Writing test cases 120 minutes

What's included

7 videos7 readings1 assignment

7 videos Total 48 minutes

Analyzing Algorithms 7 minutes
Linear Search 7 minutes
Binary Search 7 minutes
Comparing Search Algorithms 13 minutes
Bubble Sort 6 minutes
Selection Sort 4 minutes
Insertion Sort 5 minutes

7 readings Total 70 minutes

Analyzing Algorithms 10 minutes
Linear Search 10 minutes
Binary Search 10 minutes
Comparing Search Algorithms 10 minutes
Bubble Sort 10 minutes
Selection Sort 10 minutes
Insertion Sort 10 minutes

1 assignment Total 30 minutes

Week 3 Exercise 30 minutes

What's included

4 videos4 readings1 assignment

4 videos Total 32 minutes

Creating a New Type 9 minutes
Plugging Into Python Syntax 11 minutes
Writing Special Method __str__ 5 minutes
Writing Classes That Interact 7 minutes

4 readings Total 40 minutes

Creating a New Type 10 minutes
Plugging Into Python Syntax 10 minutes
Writing Special Method __str__ 10 minutes
Writing Classes That Interact 10 minutes

1 assignment Total 30 minutes

Week 4 Exercise 30 minutes

What's included

3 videos3 readings1 programming assignment

3 videos Total 14 minutes

Passing Functions as Arguments 2 minutes
Assigning Parameters Default Values 4 minutes
Dealing with Exceptional Situations 7 minutes

3 readings Total 30 minutes

Passing Functions as Arguments 10 minutes
Assigning Parameters Default Values 10 minutes
Dealing with Exceptional Situations 10 minutes

1 programming assignment Total 180 minutes

Rat Race 180 minutes

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Jennifer Campbell

University of Toronto

2 Courses 563,866 learners

Paul Gries

University of Toronto

2 Courses 563,866 learners

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Reviewed on Jun 1, 2022

Besides TDD and proper comments, there wasn't much said about quality code.The runner for the assignment is not working, which made the assignment pretty anti climactic.

Reviewed on Sep 22, 2017

its an exciting, educative and thought-provoking course, you don't just be a developer but a refined one. Thank you Coursera

Reviewed on May 3, 2017

I have started around 20 MOOCs, but it the first one which I have finished. The course is very practical and I recommend it to all who has some python experience.

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