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 stars67.46%
- 4 stars20%
- 3 stars5.30%
- 2 stars2.04%
- 1 star5.18%
TOP REVIEWS FROM INTRODUCTION TO PYTHON PROGRAMMING
The course content is well planned. Th assignments and discussion forums are outstanding. Would like to give 4.5/5 since I think the topics can be bit more explained thoroughly.
It;s amazing course to start your programing. The way of explaining by faculty is good . The assignments level is challengeing. Perfect course for beginners
Good refresher for anyone looking to get back into Python programming. The exercises are both well written and progressively challenging.
The course has intensive content which requires students to fully understand the previous sections in order to go to the next one. It also provides sound knowledge on the content that you learn.
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