Online Course
Python for Everybody - Exploring Information
via Independent
Overview
Syllabus
1: Installing Python
The first task is to work through the installation steps including installing Python and text editor ...
2: Why Program?
We learn why one might want to learn to program, and look at the basic issues with learning to progr ...
3: Variables, expressions, and statements
We learn how to make variables and store data in those variables.
4: Conditional Execution
We look at how Python executes some statements and skips others.
5: Functions
Take a brief look at how Python implements the 'store and use later' programming pattern.
6: Loops and Iterations
We look at how Python repeats statements using looping structures.
7: Strings
We look at how Python stores and mnipulates textual data using string variables and functions.
8: Files
We learn how to open data files on your computer and read throught the files using Python.
9: Lists
We look at Python's simplest data structure - the list. Lists can store more than one item in a var ...
10: Dictionaries
The dictionary data structures allows us to store multiple values in an object and look up the value ...
11: Tuples
The tuple is a Python data structure that is like a simple and efficient list.
12: Regular Expressions
Regular Expressions allow us to search for patterns in strings and extract data from strings using t ...
13: Network Programming
We take a quick look at how data moves acros the network using th HyperText Transport Protocol (HTTP ...
14: Using Web Services
Web services allow a program to access data available in a different server.
15: Object-Oriented Programming
We do a quick look at how Python supports the Object-Oriented programming pattern.
16: Databases
Databases give us very fast random access to large amounts of data.
17: Data Visualization
In this section, we learn to scrape data from the network, store the data in a database and then rea ...
Taught by
Charles Severance from University of Michigan
Reviews
4.8 rating, based on 41 reviews
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Andrew completed this course, spending 4 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be medium.
Great course with really good explanations of the basics for Python programming. I would definitely recommend that anyone considering taking a programming course should take this course first. While you start from the bare bones basics as you progress through the course you are quickly introduced to some harder ideas and concepts. -
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Anonymous completed this course.
This is an awesome course. I am halfway through and really enjoying it. The way Chuck explains python, it is very clear. I have tried other free online courses on python, but this one is the best. May be, I like the way he explains :)
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Anonymous completed this course.
I would like to thank Dr. Severance very much for this fine and stimulating course on Python. His 'hands on' approach make you learn a lot of things effortlessly, in fact every 3 or 4 problems that you solve they give you a 'badge', something that you can show around to demonstrare your Python skills. It's real fun!!
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Ben is taking this course right now.
I'm currently working through the course and must say that the course itself is good, however it would be helpful to have the answers to the questions in the text book provided as well so that we can check these when completed, so we can check our understanding better. -
Gary completed this course, spending 10 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be easy.
This was a really entertaining course that really gave me a sense that I could learn to program and enjoy the process. Dr Chuck is definitely the ultimate programming instructor, there is never a dull moment here, and he includes a free copy of his textbook which perfectly complements the course. -
AnonymousVideos are superb, coach has quality knowledge.
Assignments are not good at all. There are no tests for them. Its really chunky and old style. Especially if you compare them to like Codewars.com. Also the code editor is garbage sometimes puts spaces or tabs or even whitespaces. Easier to use your own and copy paste back in. -
Mahmoud completed this course.
I loved the course very much, I'm in the middle of it but I think that I will not find any course that is more perfect, simple and straight to the point much more than this one.
thank you, thank you, thank you for making such a course available for free for us -
Anonymous
Anonymous is taking this course right now.
Great course to learn the basics of Programming with Python. The instructor is really great and you recognize that teaching is his passion. I would recommend everyone to take this course because programming is a lot of fun! Great work Dr. Chuck! ;-) -
Jiří M.
Jiří completed this course.
I've attended a few Python beginner's courses, but this one is by far the best. Last lesson - Data Visualisation is quite hard to understand, but it is meant for future reference in your own projects. Thank you very much, Dr Cuck! ;-) -
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Anonymous is taking this course right now.
I am taking this course right now . It's an awesome course !! I think if someone really wants to gain confidence in Python then you should take Andrea Neagoi Python Zero To Mastery course with this . -
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Anonymous is taking this course right now.
Wonderful teaching method.I love that man and his efforts.Who can
believe that such a nice course exist free of cost. The course is start just from scratch and teach you thoroughly. -
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Anonymous is taking this course right now.
Best python course yet. I've tried a few but this one really starts from the beginning and builds from there -
Arafat (.
Arafat completed this course, spending 12 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be easy.
It's a very fantastic course for beginners. This is very easy, simple & totally FREE course. I have love very much to learn python from this online course. -
Niloofar S.
Niloofar completed this course, spending 6 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be easy.
brilliant course and teacher ,i've really learned so much. i suggest it to anyone who wants to learn python deeply -
Anonymous
Anonymous is taking this course right now.
this course is great. It has helped me a lot. thank you very much.I will study hard and review constantly. -
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Anonymous is taking this course right now.
I am in the final two lessons and saw that I could leave a review. I have had awful experiences with programming instruction at various stages of my education - and for the first time feel like the material has clicked. Not only do I have command of useful... -
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Anonymous completed this course.
The course is awesome, and the instructor is excellent!
The slides are organized so it's easy to follow during the video. I particularly like the work sample sessions where the instructor explains the codes in detail because it helps you really understand those pieces of codes, and then we can write the codes on our own.
The second half of the course is probably a little faster than before and needs far more practice and knowledge if one wants to really dig deep. Each topic probably deserves its own course(s), but indeed this course covers all the basics that are required for one to start.
Really appreciate the time and effort the instructor put into this! Thank you! -
Barker F.
Barker completed this course, spending 4 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be easy.
This was a great class because it walks beginners through the basics of using python. The teacher, Chuck, shows you how to download and install python; how to download and install the text editor you will need for writing python programs; and how navigate your computer's operating system to actually use the software you downloaded. All this done while introducing you to both to the history of python and the online learning community.
I had a blast taking this class.
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Anonymous
Anonymous is taking this course right now.
Absolutely fantastic. Taking this course for fun and to prepare me for some college courses next semester. He lays out the information really well. Each lesson is just challenging enough to make you think about the logic but not so challenging that it feels out of reach. The only thing is that in lesson 15 you can only take the quiz once, I would love more chances to figure out which are the correct answers. -
Anonymous
Anonymous is taking this course right now.
I'm not sure if I would recommend this for someone with absolutely no programming experience but, for me, this was perfect.
I already knew the basics of Java, Javascript, even some C++ from years ago, so the transition to Python is not difficult. What I enjoy most is that he gives practical uses for everything that he teaches besides basing the course on algorithms.
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