This course provides an introduction to programming and the Python language. Students are introduced to core programming concepts like data structures, conditionals, loops, variables, and functions. This course includes an overview of the various tools available for writing and running Python, and gets students coding quickly. It also provides hands-on coding exercises using commonly used data structures, writing custom functions, and reading and writing to files. This course may be more robust than some other introductory python courses, as it delves deeper into certain essential programming topics.
This course is part of the Introduction to Programming with Python and Java Specialization
About this Course
High school or college math.
Minimal prior programming exposure may be helpful but not needed (e.g. Computational Thinking for Problem Solving).
What you will learn
Identify core aspects of programming and features of the Python language
Understand and apply core programming concepts like data structures, conditionals, loops, variables, and functions
Use different tools for writing and running Python code
Design and write fully-functional Python programs using commonly used data structures, custom functions, and reading and writing to files
Skills you will gain
- Python Tools
- Python Syntax And Semantics
- Programming Principles
- Python Programming
- Computer Programming
High school or college math.
Minimal prior programming exposure may be helpful but not needed (e.g. Computational Thinking for Problem Solving).
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Module 1 : Course Introduction, Intro to Programming and The Python Language, Variables, Conditionals, Jupyter Notebook, and IDLE
Module 2 : Intro to Lists, Loops, and Functions
Module 3 : More with Lists, Strings, Tuples, Sets, and PyCharm
Module 4 : Dictionaries and Files
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- 5 stars67.47%
- 4 stars19.95%
- 3 stars5.32%
- 2 stars2.05%
- 1 star5.19%
TOP REVIEWS FROM INTRODUCTION TO PYTHON PROGRAMMING
Great quality course. The assignments are challenging, so make sure you've have some exposure to the basics of Python before attempting this course.
Final assignment on creating own bank is interesting and practical. Wish that the assignment explained things better though I managed to figure things out after struggling with it a little bit.
It's been a pretty good and thorough class to review various topics in Python. And the assignments are pretty interesting and debuging friendly.
Very helpful for beginners to get hands-on experience.
Most assessments are challenging for people without coding background but incorporate most key concepts!
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