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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 Simeon P

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Mar 16, 2023

Good course with useful material. Not too advanced, not too simple. I liked the coding labs too.

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Jan 18, 2023

This course is wonderful because it teaches some of the most important parts of Python in hours.

By Sahana S

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Dec 8, 2022

I'm really happy for choosing this course.It helped me in learning more things about the python.

By Karla E C

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Jul 7, 2022

Finally some programming. The course was really hard in week 5 it took me 1.5 weeks to finish it

By H S

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Jun 15, 2022

Course provided thorough foundation in Python for data science, AI, and development applications

By Viktor L

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Aug 18, 2020

This course is a good starting point to get acquainted with basic NumPy and Pandas knowledge. 👍

By Dhruv I

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Jun 21, 2020

An excellent course for those looking to begin their journey in the exciting field data science!

By Tony R

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May 9, 2020

Great introduction to Python and valuable for learning how to use the language for data science.

By Maduako C S

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May 1, 2020

Had some issues grasping the syntax in the API labs, but the course was really great and helpful

By Ümit Y

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Apr 19, 2020

It is really a good course, if you don't know about python, be sure you will learn the best way.

By Rafael M F

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Apr 9, 2020

I have found some issues with widgets explaining the labs. Otherwise it was an excellent course.

By YH

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Apr 1, 2020

beginner friendly, explained pretty well! Great learning experience, ready for the next journey!

By Esteban A

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Mar 26, 2020

This course is an opportunity to enter into the world of Python in a secure way. I recommendit.

By Bob K

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Jan 13, 2020

Excellent tutorial and access to tools to try / test coding. Very good explanation of concepts.

By DUONG B N

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Sep 13, 2019

The course combines guidance via video and lab, which helps illustrate Python basics effectively

By Abdelrahman G E F

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Aug 28, 2019

very good course that covers almost of the basics that are needed in the begining of any AI path

By Ioseb M

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Sep 15, 2018

Really good course who wants to learn basic python operations and dive deeper to data tructures.

By Rajvi K

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Aug 29, 2025

it was amazing experience with coursera i had learn much more thing of python for data science.

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Jul 25, 2021

I learned so many things and thank to this course I got to apply many things I ignored before.

By Juan D P

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Mar 22, 2021

With an easy explanation, you can understand de basics of python and what you can do with this.

By Leonardo S H

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Sep 5, 2020

Excellent course, I enjoyed it and learned a lot interesting and useful stuffs. Very practical!

By Prakash G

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Apr 25, 2020

Good explaining of python basics, good enough to start. Looking forward to have more challenges

By Gayatri P

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Feb 15, 2020

Nice course with challenging quizzes and well explained lectures to learn the basics of python.

By Jorge A C C

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Dec 29, 2019

Me encanto el curso, el lenguaje de programación Python es muy potente y bastante comprensible.

By Naveed R

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Feb 28, 2025

Great course to set foundation of Data Science. Contents are very well covered in all aspects.