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About the Course

Kickstart your Python journey with this beginner-friendly, self-paced course taught by an expert. Python is one of the most popular programming languages, and the demand for individuals with Python skills continues to grow. This course takes you from zero to programming in Python in a matter of hours—no prior programming experience is necessary! You’ll begin with Python basics, including data types, expressions, variables, and string operations. You will explore essential data structures such as lists, tuples, dictionaries, and sets, learning how to create, access, and manipulate them. Next, you will delve into logic concepts like conditions and branching, learning how to use loops and functions, along with important programming principles like exception handling and object-oriented programming. As you progress, you will gain practical experience reading from and writing to files and working with common file formats. You’ll also use powerful Python libraries like NumPy and Pandas for data manipulation and analysis. The course also covers APIs and web scraping, teaching you how to interact with REST APIs using libraries like requests and extract data from websites using BeautifulSoup. You will practice and apply what you learn through hands-on labs using Jupyter Notebooks. By the end of this course, you’ll feel comfortable creating basic programs, working with data, and automating real-world tasks using Python. This course is suitable for individuals interested in pursuing careers in Data Science, Data Analytics, Software Development, Data Engineering, AI, and DevOps and a variety of other technology-related roles....

Top reviews

May 17, 2020

It is a good course if you have previous knowledge in python, in my case I did not have too much expertise in Programming and it was very difficult the las 2 weeks (4 and 5). However i learned a lot.

Dec 11, 2019

All the basics for Data Science with Python. You wont be a master programmer after this class but you will understand the basics and computer logic in regards to data handling and cloud management.

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By Gisela Z

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Apr 16, 2019

It's a good course but there are too many minor mistakes in the course material.

By Heba J

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Mar 20, 2019

There are many basic things to be taught with python. Whats taught is ok though.

By Vishnu K

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Aug 7, 2025

It is easy at beginning and advanced level of learning which was helpful for me

By Raynan W

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Mar 14, 2023

It was alright but the parts about webscaping and api calls felt kind of rushed

By A Y

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Sep 3, 2021

The flow of the course is really fast and not really descriptive for beginners.

By Ajinkya U

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Jun 22, 2020

A good and informative course with Python foundation and Data Science concepts.

By Mohammad M

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Jul 9, 2025

Course is quite good. But I think the video explanation can get a bit improved

By Brennan W

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Oct 28, 2022

Good intro to Python for beginners. Course should be renamed "Python Basics".

By Seosamh O

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Oct 6, 2022

Good background course, useful labs to test out various language capabilities

By Mohammad R I B

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Aug 3, 2022

All topics of Pandas and Numpy are not covered. The lectures on API are brief.

By Matheus M d S

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Apr 2, 2020

I think it should have more exercises and they should be a bit more difficult.

By Ramy K

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Mar 8, 2020

This course was a nice introduction to some of the tools used in data science.

By Ankit M

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Jul 20, 2019

Good explanation, however could have elaborated more on a few important topics

By Saurav G

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Aug 10, 2022

This course is best for anyone to start career in data science using Python..

By Gifty L A

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May 16, 2022

This is a great course to start your journey in Data Science or related field

By Atul K

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Jul 26, 2020

Very Well designed course. Learned lot of concepts in a short period of time.

By Eric S

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Jun 8, 2020

Quite a bit of this course was repeat for me, but none the less a good intro.

By SAMIR B

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Feb 5, 2020

This is a great course and a section of Watson architechture can be included.

By Prathamesh G

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Dec 26, 2019

The course gave me a good hang of Python as a scripting tool for Data science

By Karan K

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Jan 16, 2023

This course was too useful.I have learnt many more things here.it was agreat

By LUIS G P A

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Oct 24, 2022

I would like more exmaples and in some cases the explanation in more detail

By Monica N

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Apr 8, 2022

The course is awesome, except for some times when the lab is not responsive

By Mark K

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Feb 13, 2022

Transcripts could be better formatted. Some final exam questions have bugs.

By 이현수

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Jan 24, 2022

Clear step-by-step explanation. Lack of clearance of the narration from TTS.

By Marina M

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Jul 16, 2021

It was harder than I expected for a beginner, but I am glad I pulled it off.