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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

BA

Nov 6, 2019

The course met all my expectations and went beyond. The instructors' explanations were easy to understand and the innovative method of having a digital textbook was undoubtedly convenient.

SK

Nov 3, 2020

no doubt this is the best course n Coursera , but you have to raise the difficulty level of the assessments so that we can execute the project even more faster without cracking our heads.

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By MEDABALIMI V

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Apr 15, 2020

good teaching

By Jesus E M B

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Oct 9, 2019

It is easy.

By ANISH K

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Jul 12, 2020

wonderfull

By julia5258027@gmail.com

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Feb 27, 2019

Too simple

By Taraksa R

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Jun 27, 2020

very good

By George S

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Apr 2, 2019

very good

By Alejandro O

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Mar 27, 2019

I love it

By Amir S

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Sep 5, 2020

Perfect

By albuquerque j

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Jun 7, 2020

💯💯🙌

By Sarvar I

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Apr 10, 2024

Best

By Kharat P c

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Aug 31, 2020

good

By Vineetha B

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Jul 12, 2020

good

By Keerthivasan R

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Mar 26, 2019

good

By Jami T

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Feb 18, 2025

The teaching and Runestone textbook are wonderful, but I had a lot of trouble getting the Jupiter notebook to work properly.

By Mohammad H

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Dec 3, 2020

The course was very good, but the lack of support and the staff not answering our questions is unacceptable.

By Hussam A

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Nov 1, 2024

they ask you to do some things in the assiment that you didnt learn in the course

By Jeffrey B

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May 27, 2020

Some more coverage on csv files especially practice would have been nice

By Asif S

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Aug 23, 2020

csv, break and continue were not so clear

By Jessica M

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Apr 10, 2023

no son tan claros en sus explicaciones

By Amsebrid

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Oct 30, 2020

this course is challenging

By Weerachai Y

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Jun 20, 2020

thanks

By Riya B

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Aug 17, 2020

tough

By Mohd S

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May 9, 2022

Good

By D d g

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Aug 27, 2020

Good

By Alexander M

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Sep 4, 2025

Rubbish - lots of textbook stuff with no videos of explanation, bypassed some assessments and when I went back the instructions did not make sense.