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About the Course

This course provides an introduction to programming and the Python language. Students are introduced to core programming concepts like data structures, conditionals, loops, variables, and functions. This course includes an overview of the various tools available for writing and running Python, and gets students coding quickly. It also provides hands-on coding exercises using commonly used data structures, writing custom functions, and reading and writing to files. This course may be more robust than some other introductory python courses, as it delves deeper into certain essential programming topics....

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IN

Jun 29, 2023

All the contents are expressed direct and clear and no previous experience is needed, that's why I really enjoy this course. I would like to also understand Python comprehension lists in this course.

SB

Mar 26, 2021

Great explanations and lots of examples to follow on. The course built throughout so I had confidence in completing assignments though they were not easy. Great interaction in discussion forums.

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By Candace S A

Sep 21, 2022

I really liked this course. The teacher's delivery was deadpan, and the information was broken into small bites, but he covered things that were not covered in the first Python course I took, and he got the information across in a way (for me at least), stayed with me. I also liked the quizzes, and especially, the homework assignments. The questions in the quizzes were well-written, and the homework assignments had me tackling progressively larger challenges successfully. Yes, I got stuck for a couple of days on one function in the final homework assignment, but I finally doped it out by myself and ended up feelig as though I'd really learned something.

By Isaac S

Mar 4, 2022

This course was a great refresher to my skills as a graduate of a STEM program. I can easilly recommend this to people who are new as I could see how Python makes learning the basic concepts much easier despite mostly being refreshed on stuff I already knew.

Unless there is a need to install it on our own computers, make a practice test to teach us Jupyter notebook as the biggest hurdle other than the final was configuring Jupyter notebook in a way that I was comfortable with , I was not sure how much we would need the local install so I spent too long trying to set it up to my liking to find out we would just use it in browser from Coursera itself.

By Andrea C H

Feb 6, 2022

Great course for learing python. It's clear, concise and directly to the point. However, this means that if you struggle with a certain point in the lesson, there's not much explanation to help you. I've had to look up one or two concepts on forums for further explanations. If you're a fast learner, this will be great for you, however if you like longer and more in depth explanations you might want to find another course.

It's still a great course, the practice exercises are great and allowed me to challenge myself. If you're a fast learner and want a clear and fast paced course I would 100% recommend this one.

By Martin E

Aug 24, 2022

One of the best programming courses i've taken, very straight forward with quick information and practice to inmediately apply what's being taught. This course is quick, as it's intended for a Master of CS program for non-cs undergrads so dont expect to find all of the answers for the tests in the videos. They are challenging enough to practice the effective problem solving skills necessary for a career as a computer scientist.

By Howard P (

Apr 29, 2023

One of the best MOOCs for Python here in Coursera. I am slow and have little experience. I have taken 4 introductory courses. This course is very concrete and slow enough for me to follow. The exercise is not overwhelming and very relevant to the covered material. The staff responded in a timely manner, 4 stars for this fact alone. (Many courses do not have a timely response.)

By cosmin c

Aug 31, 2022

I give it a 5 star rating only as someone who is already fammiliar with another programming language and wants to learn python, because it really deserves it. For a new and complete beginner I dont think I can reccomend it unless you have steel nerves, an inquisitive nature and computational thinking as it gets pretty difficult on the week4 assignment.

By Xueyi X

Feb 4, 2022

I think this course is great to get started with Python. The homework is really good practice. I feel a lot more confident about docing now. However, the testing system in the homrwork is odd sometimes. The feedback from the automatic testing system isn't always useful, and it is quite hard to debug when you dont have a good feedback.

By Donna G

Apr 11, 2022

I had some basic Python knowledge going into this course, which I think made the course a bit easier, but overall, the course was really well done and provided many examples for each assignment. The help in the forums was outstanding, and the final project gave me a lot of confidence in my Python abilities.

By Ashkilzz 1

Apr 21, 2022

This course was perfect in every way for me as a beginner from scatch. I truly feel i have learnt a lot since my first day. Concise concepts and productive learning environment. Creditable Quality teaching as well. In a nutshell, this free to learn course for the 4 weeks of time was worth it.

THANK YOU!!

By Shaoyi L

Apr 20, 2022

This is the most useful Python course I have learned. The instructor explains the core knowledges breifly in a easy-to-understand way with the most typical examples. It is not like other course which have very long videos and distracts you with many unnecessary topics. I can't help in keeping learning it.

By Mohammad M M

Feb 19, 2023

A world-class course with a fantastic teacher. Main distinguishing feature was the difficult assignment task. I was initially having a lot of problems with functions but after watching the course and clearing the assignment, functions is no longer a difficulty for me. Way to go Coursera and Upenn!

By Mark T

Dec 23, 2022

I thoroughly enjoyed this course. This course did an excellent job of outlining the fundamentals of programming and provided exercises to test the learning objectives. The exercises were appropriately challenging. The lecture material was interesting and perfectly instructive.

By Steven S

Nov 12, 2022

Generally very good. All material was well organised, well presented and excellent. I would add some content on high level concepts such as variable scope as well as opinions on coding best practices. A followup course for more advanced concepts/use cases would be even better!

By Judith B

Mar 5, 2023

Relatively fast, but well-explained and good practice exercises. I feel that I now have a solid grasp on the basics of Python. It did help to have a very basic idea of what programming is - e.g. to know about variables, loops etc., because this is not explained in depth.

By Derek C

May 10, 2023

There was very good instruction, the material was challenging and informative. I would have liked being able to interact with other students more for assistance and ideas. Using the internet for additional help and information was key to passing the final assignment.

By Zhong H P

May 2, 2022

Video lectures are concise but comprehensive (most 1-2min or shorter, rarely >10min).

Coding assessments are difficult but perfectly do-able and are grounded in real-life applications. TAs provide useful hints and assistance in discussion forums that can help if stuck.

By Kipp M

Jul 4, 2022

This course was very well put together. The lessons and quizzes are though out and provide great opportunites for learning. The assessments are challenging at times, but rewarding once completed. I feel much better prepared with these Python techniques to continue.

By Timothy W

Aug 9, 2022

Not a bad course. It is a little sparse in the beginning but the exercises were challenging and good. I would take py4e before starting this as py4e is truly for absolute beginners. This feels like a step harder. You can def do this as an absolute beginner though.

By Sofia J M

Feb 21, 2024

The course is great! Each topic is well explained. Examples, exercises and exams are very helpful to make sure we are understanding. The only thing I didn't feel comfortable with was the last assignment on module 4. I found it very complex.

By 陳澐子

Jul 4, 2021

It is a good course, it provides a few good homework for me to practice. Then the course gave you some hint for the homework, but it did not give you too much clues. In that way, it would help you to solve the problem by yourself.

By Sarvesh M

Jan 16, 2022

For a person from a completely non-CS background, it was very easy to pick up Python programming from this course. It's very well structured, and the last assignment is the challenge that you need to test your knowledge.

By Javier B

Aug 30, 2021

Really surprised of course methodology. This is not a old-fashioned theoretical course. Lessons are well sum-up, and practical exercises and quizzes are not that simple. Finally, homeworks are challenging. So, thank you.

By 马瑞程

Jan 30, 2024

This introduction is really easy to understand. The attached codes benefit me by helping me try the actual function and relative retail introduced in videos. Overall, this course is highly recommended for tyros.

By Yiing Y

Jan 7, 2023

It's very good course to learn Python Programing. The assignments are challenging, and hints given are really helpful to solve the problems. Get to learn a lot and practice what I've learned from the class.

By Haoyu Z

Mar 14, 2021

This course is overall comprehensive and one of the best tools to lead new Python users to the right way. The content gives proper attention to theories while providing efficient practices. Nice taking it!