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About the Course

This course introduces the basics of Python 3, including conditional execution and iteration as control structures, and strings and lists as data structures. You'll program an on-screen Turtle to draw pretty pictures. You'll also learn to draw reference diagrams as a way to reason about program executions, which will help to build up your debugging skills. The course has no prerequisites. It will cover Chapters 1-9 of the textbook "Fundamentals of Python Programming," which is the accompanying text (optional and free) for this course. The course is for you if you're a newcomer to Python programming, if you need a refresher on Python basics, or if you 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 the first of five courses in the Python 3 Programming Specialization....

Top reviews

DK

Dec 7, 2020

The course was very comprehensive and easy to understand. The instructors made sure that they are giving the information in a way that won't make me confused. Thank you so much for this great course!

NR

Oct 17, 2019

It's a must join course for the people who want to deep dive into the world of Python. I really loving this course very much. I wanna explore more hence opting for other parts of this specialization.

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By Shravan B

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Jul 8, 2020

Concepts are well explained and easy to understand. You get regular practice through the textbook which helps you get a grasp of things. A good course for beginners to get started.

By VC O

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Sep 7, 2020

I just want to say that I personally like the strategy used in organizing this online lectures; the assignments, course materials, etc, everything seems very well prepared. Kudos!

By Christy H

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Aug 22, 2020

this course gave a good couple of options for learning python, which is videos and the interactive textbook. i only used interactive textbook which helped me a lot. pretty good.

By Michael L

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Jun 19, 2020

Good course. Enjoyable. Could have used more opportunities to practice, and sometimes techniques and instructions were used without explanation or with incomplete explanations

By Fred A

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Nov 6, 2019

Good introduction to Python, somewhat slow at the beginning if you're an experienced programmer. The interactive environment is a very efficient way to learn by doing, kudos!!!

By AMIRUL H

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Apr 6, 2020

The course is awesome. It helped me a lot. It covered almost every aspects. Python is the first programming language that i learned. it is interesting, it made me think a lot.

By Sivananda R

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Feb 28, 2020

Glacial pacing at the beginning but everything is covered in exhaustive detail. The reading material and online textbook are wonderful and the professors are engaging.

By Mykhailiuk Y

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Mar 28, 2020

It's a good course with interesting videos and tests, but there are some troubles with Runestone(like if i write a right code, but system say no).

Thank you for this.

By Anne H

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Apr 29, 2020

Easy to follow, good explaining and material. However, i found it to be a bit too slow and hoped to go through the material faster and cover more during this course.

By Keslo

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Jan 4, 2022

The course content is okay. It felt like a regular class on campus. I think the instructors need to be less scripted. Also I can say I don't like turtle at all.

By SACHIN R

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May 7, 2022

Course was great, i learned a ton of new things and in a whole new perspective.Things tha i learned were:

1. Phython basics

2. Turtle graphics

3. Image processing

By Tarek T

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Nov 22, 2020

Assessments ask much more difficult questions than we are taught. On that note however, that did help me learn a bit more than the lectures and readings alone.

By Brian K

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Jun 13, 2020

Sometimes, I got the correct answer, but the system would tell me it was wrong because I did it in an unfamiliar way — slightly bothering. Overall great class!

By Christopher S

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Mar 21, 2022

Overall a decent course, though a little too easy if you have Python experience. Worthwhile to review some basic concepts and the interactive tool is helpful.

By Arielle

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Jul 13, 2020

Super, super basic python course. Very slow pace. It is taught assuming you have never programmed before. This would be a great course for absolute beginners.

By AYUSH C

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Jul 30, 2020

speed was quite slow and the creator missed some of the topics which were meant to be covered. but still, the course was a good one for medium pace learners

By Oren L

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Dec 9, 2020

The textbook was amazing! Unfortunately, between subpar image quality, poor voice pickup, and uninspired teaching, the videos were almost entirely useless.

By Yash S Y

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Dec 12, 2021

Really good course as i am not a CS student its really helped me to understand the basics of python and fundamentals.Last but not the least its was fun :)

By farwa s

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Mar 13, 2023

The course has been super exciting as I have learned lot new methods to be applied on different data types, which can very helpful in daily life routine.

By THEJAS H S

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May 18, 2020

It was wonderful ,as I am beginner to this course, it was very useful for me.I had a great experience and had learnt many things and able to write codes.

By Antony R D

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Jul 26, 2020

The instructors were good and their knowledge of teaching is tremendous. They thaught right from the beginning and as a result I ended this with 100 %.

By Brannon C

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May 12, 2020

Really helpful as I'm just learning to program and need help understanding the basic of python programming before moving into more complex concepts.

By Neil D

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May 26, 2020

The problems in final exam were challenging. I love such challenging problems. Would've been better if practiced more of such challenges problems.

By Amir L

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May 23, 2019

Excellent course for beginners who need something to give them confidence with programming. I wish there were more project like assignments though

By Amir Z

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May 4, 2019

The assessment tool has got problems with spaces, so the output may be correct but still shows as if i typed something wrong like not used .format