This two-part course is designed to help students with very little or no computing background learn the basics of building simple interactive applications. Our language of choice, Python, is an easy-to learn, high-level computer language that is used in many of the computational courses offered on Coursera. To make learning Python easy, we have developed a new browser-based programming environment that makes developing interactive applications in Python simple. These applications will involve windows whose contents are graphical and respond to buttons, the keyboard and the mouse.
An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 2)
An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 2)
This course is part of Fundamentals of Computing Specialization
Instructors: Joe Warren
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There are 4 modules in this course
Read mouse input, learn about list methods and dictionaries, draw images
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CG
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Reviewed on May 17, 2016
This is an excellent program; the pace is rigorous but the instruction is thorough. The peer-review component forces you to read code and learn through greater exposure. Excellent.
CG
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Reviewed on Mar 9, 2019
Fantastic course, pleasantly surprised at top quality lessons and you can really see that the instructors love to teach the course also. Would recommend to anyone interested in learning coding.
SC
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Reviewed on Jul 30, 2020
I enjoyed this course so much.Scott and Joe are really good ,funny and have invested a lot of effort in this course.I recommend this course for anyone who wants to start programming
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