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About the Course

This course introduces the dictionary data structure and user-defined functions. You’ll learn about local and global variables, optional and keyword parameter-passing, named functions and lambda expressions. You’ll also learn about Python’s sorted function and how to control the order in which it sorts by passing in another function as an input. For your final project, you’ll read in simulated social media data from a file, compute sentiment scores, and write out .csv files. It covers chapters 10-16 of the textbook “Fundamentals of Python Programming,” which is the accompanying text (optional and free) for this course. The course is well-suited for you if you have already taken the "Python Basics" course and want to gain further fundamental knowledge of the Python language. Together, both courses are geared towards newcomers to Python programming, those who need a refresher on Python basics, or those who may have had some exposure to Python programming but want a more in-depth exposition and vocabulary for describing and reasoning about programs. This is a follow-up to the "Python Basics" course (course 1 of the Python 3 Programming Specialization), and it is the second of five courses in the specialization....

Top reviews

AI

Aug 8, 2020

This course (and the specialization as well) is a bit more challenging than 'Python for Everybody'. I enjoyed a lot. Runestone is an amazing feature that really helped navigate through the course.

PH

Oct 27, 2025

Runestone textbook and jupter notebook is very helpful for me to improve my problem solving skills for python language. Thank you Michigan University and the dearest teachers. Go Blue!

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By Setiadi S

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Jun 28, 2020

The course is quite good, especially for the final assignment, thanks.

By Zafar

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Mar 1, 2020

the course is good for beginers wo want to start career in pyhton

By Deepali G

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Nov 9, 2022

nice course to learn python functions in a short span of time

By Veerabhadra R K

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Apr 5, 2024

Very helpful. Good teaching and Exercises are very helpful.

By Pravin B B

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Nov 9, 2022

It's good course to learn function, files and dictionaries

By Aditi K

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Oct 28, 2019

it was good ,but i would suggest please add more examples

By Ghulam M

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May 29, 2020

I am very pleased to complete this python course. Thanks

By Saaz M

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Aug 5, 2020

Good but could put in more projects and less reading

By Mustapha c

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Apr 17, 2023

very clear !

i would have liked more challenges :)

By Ashish R

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Jul 11, 2021

Everything except for the final project was good

By jorge a

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Jul 17, 2020

Great basics tricks for the Python developers

By MUKUL U

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Jun 9, 2020

should give problem-solving questions as well

By Apurv S

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Jul 11, 2020

Excellent follow up of the previous course..

By SUJAY P

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Sep 8, 2020

great .....thank you steve oney & paul sir

By Stephen S

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Jul 6, 2022

Great pacing and reinforcing of concepts.

By Shashank A

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Jul 21, 2021

course was good. but a little bit tough.

By Melvin M

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Aug 25, 2019

I enjoyed this course and learned a lot!

By Mohamed C

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May 10, 2022

Tres bonne methode d'apprentissage

By James M

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Jan 3, 2022

This course was presented very well.

By NANDAGOPAL

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Jun 11, 2020

Excellent course for beginners!....

By Pulkit G

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Jun 3, 2020

great course for python newbee's .

By Alvaro G B

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Jul 27, 2019

Quite good material and exercises.

By ABHYUDAY S

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Jun 22, 2020

Instructors are a less energetic.

By Peter C

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Jun 1, 2024

Great start for learning Python.

By Bhagyashree

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Feb 11, 2021

It was wonderful experience.