Name: Using Python to Interact with the Operating System
Brand: Google
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 4.7 (1555 reviews)

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About this course

This course is designed to explore how to execute Python locally and organize and use code across different Python files. Learners will learn how to read and write different types of files, use subprocesses and input streams, create Bash scripts, and use regular expressions. This course also covers automatic testing and explains how to set up a developer environment on a personal machine.

We’ll kick off by exploring how to execute Python locally, and organize and use code across different Python files. We'll then learn how to read and write different types of files, and use subprocesses and input streams. We'll also dive into Bash scripting and regular expressions -- both very powerful tools for anyone working with systems. We'll even touch on automatic testing, which allows us to automate how we check if our code is correct. To finish, we’ll put all this together by using the tools that we’ve acquired to process data and generate automatic reports. We’ll also explain how to set up your own developer environment in your machine. This is a key step in being able to write and deploy powerful automation tools.

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5.0Reviewed Oct 15, 2021

Perfect! Windows users might face some difficulties at start. I recommend everyone to install Ubuntu on VM. It will help you a lot. Thanks for sharing your valuable knowledge with us!!!

5.0Reviewed Jul 8, 2020

It is a wonderful course, I've learned a lot within the classes, and I am ready to use this knowledge to develop my own projects. It a little bit extensive, but to accomplish it is rewarding.

5.0Reviewed Mar 1, 2021

the course is great, the material is great, the instructor is great, I love Roger because he teaches me in a very light way to deliver the content, plus I love his joke, thanks, Roger!

5.0Reviewed Oct 8, 2020

Generally good course, but comparing to the Crash course on Python reading materials were simply links to Python docs till the very end. Nonetheless, I learned so much here. Thank you!

4.0Reviewed Dec 28, 2022

Most of this courses tests were boring because they basically made you copy code line for line without any thinking. The actual content of the course was very insightful though and I learnt lots.

5.0Reviewed Nov 19, 2020

Great course! I had some previous knowledge, but this was perfect to fill in the gaps. Also, unit testing was completely new to me and will be very useful in future projects. Thanks for making this!

5.0Reviewed Sep 21, 2021

Very good course, learned a lot and really boost me confidence in writing bash files and operating in Linux environment. Not to mention the regular expression part is very fun and practical

4.0Reviewed Apr 28, 2020

there were many problems in the final project submission. it didnt read that i have opened the webpage html in the other chrome window... over all it is a good course. intermediate level

5.0Reviewed Jun 28, 2023

Wow, I am very happy to take this course. It enhanced my Automation skills and I am seeing more opportunities to apply these concepts, which are really helpful. Thanks, Google and Coursera

5.0Reviewed Mar 12, 2021

It is hard writing code in command line. But good exposure and worth it! Although not applicable to my current work but it really open my eyes to what can be done with python and bash

4.0Reviewed Jan 23, 2021

Course content and teaching / materials were great. However the final 2 labs had confusing/gaps in instructions marring the whole experience slightly - they can be easily fixed ...

5.0Reviewed Sep 12, 2020

I learned a lot from the course. Contents and teaching are great. Assessments are challenging so you will learn a lot from them because you need to do the practice of your own before taking it.