This course is designed to teach you the foundations in order to write simple programs in Python using the most common structures. No previous exposure to programming is needed. By the end of this course, you will understand the benefits of programming in IT roles; understand basic Python syntax; explore different code editors and developer environments; be able to write simple programs using Python; figure out how the building blocks of programming fit together; and combine all of this knowledge to solve a complex programming problem.

Crash Course on Python
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Crash Course on Python
This course is part of Google IT Automation with Python Professional Certificate

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Understand what Python is and why Python is relevant to automation
Write short Python scripts to perform automated actions
Understand how to use the basic Python structures: strings, lists, and dictionaries
Create your own Python objects
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Reviewed on Feb 13, 2022
This Course Was Really Helpful In Developing My Coding Skills InPython.The Exercises Helped Me To Test My Knowledge .Overall It Was AReally Good For People Like Me Who Are Just Beginning With Python.
Reviewed on Oct 20, 2020
The best online coding course I have taken. The instructor was very enthusiastic and energetic! I wish there was better help available when encountering coding problems... that is my only complaint.
Reviewed on Mar 16, 2021
I think the videos need some more information or at least when we do the practices we can get more feedback from the instruction in the forums. A better way to lean the concepts, syntax and semantics

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