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About the Course

This course will introduce you to the wonderful world of Python programming! We'll learn about the essential elements of programming and how to construct basic Python programs. We will cover expressions, variables, functions, logic, and conditionals, which are foundational concepts in computer programming. We will also teach you how to use Python modules, which enable you to benefit from the vast array of functionality that is already a part of the Python language. These concepts and skills will help you to begin to think like a computer programmer and to understand how to go about writing Python programs. By the end of the course, you will be able to write short Python programs that are able to accomplish real, practical tasks. This course is the foundation for building expertise in Python programming. As the first course in a specialization, it provides the necessary building blocks for you to succeed at learning to write more complex Python programs. This course uses Python 3. While many Python programs continue to use Python 2, Python 3 is the future of the Python programming language. This first course will use a Python 3 version of the CodeSkulptor development environment, which is specifically designed to help beginning programmers learn quickly. CodeSkulptor runs within any modern web browser and does not require you to install any software, allowing you to start writing and running small programs immediately. In the later courses in this specialization, we will help you to move to more sophisticated desktop development environments....

Top reviews

RS

Apr 27, 2021

A really good course good material and lectures. However, I find that sometimes that too much guidance given, and it has sort of made the course less challanging. nevertheless a good foundation course

JW

Apr 25, 2018

I really enjoyed this course, but I would highly recommend taking something along the lines of Codecademy prior to this one. It will help to get you versed in some of the more basic things in Python.

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By Hugh R

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Jun 29, 2021

It was a very informative course and I look forward to doing the next three courses in the specialization.

By Musta

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May 15, 2018

good culture with clear examples. the first step to learn python or any other programming language.

thanks!

By Bhaskari k

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Apr 14, 2020

The best course, this helped me a lot in learning python.The teaching faculty is also so good.

THANK YOU.

By Elekanyani M

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Jul 18, 2020

This was not easy, my recomandations is that you should start with python for everybody before this one

By Zhiyuan W

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Oct 10, 2019

The teachers are really kind and helpful. The tools they use is fairly carefully designed. Good course.

By Anu

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Jul 8, 2019

The professors did a great job explaining basic concepts in a way that even non-programmers understand.

By Jesús E

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Jun 24, 2020

Nice and clear explanations.

Good problems and also good external tools to initiate Python programming

By wen y

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Nov 29, 2019

Very interesting and helpful! The final project is really combined the knowledge from those 4 weeks.

By April E M

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Sep 21, 2023

Python is very difficult for me to understand and I finally understood a bit thanks to this course.

By Ray W

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Jan 27, 2019

Love it! Each programming tips were short and convenient, but most importantly, easy to understand.

By Ashay T

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Dec 11, 2017

The assignments were well designed and a good refresher even for people familiar with the language.

By Azamat R

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Jun 28, 2020

This is amazing course. I spent a whole week learning all these codings. It helps me a lot. Thanks

By Asutosh B

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Sep 18, 2018

Very well structured course and explained everything clearly. Practice questions are very helpful.

By Lucia C

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Sep 10, 2018

This course is great! Very good structure, excellent didactic and instructors! I had a lot of fun!

By Ashish G C L

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Feb 21, 2018

I recommend this course for those who want to learn python scripting from basic to advanced level.

By John O O

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Aug 12, 2018

It's an amazing course to understand the fundamentals of Python scripting! Extremely recommended!

By Edgar I C H

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Mar 12, 2018

This is a very useful, entertaining and well structured introductory course for Python beginners.

By Jana T

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Mar 22, 2022

Vielen Dank Euch beiden! Es hat super viel Spaß gemacht! Und der Kurs ist richtig gut aufgebaut!

By Anand R

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Oct 7, 2018

Good mix of concetps and practice. Especially loved the extra problem sets to reinforce learning

By Harshit S

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Nov 27, 2017

Learned quite practical applications of programming through this course which was really helpful

By Rajan S

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Feb 2, 2022

I have completed one of the best courses. Thank You Coursera for giving me this valuable course

By Mohammad S A

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Aug 19, 2020

Really friendly teachers , worth watching . Just need to improve video quality , otherwise okay

By Robert G

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Sep 7, 2021

exercises are helpful to learning. final project was a good challenge for beginner like myself

By MITTAPELLI R K

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Aug 30, 2020

I will recommend this course for all who want to learn python from basics to a standard level.

By Atul K

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Aug 29, 2020

A very nicely structured course with lots of hands on practice exercises it is a great course.