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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Python for Data Science, AI & Development by IBM

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About the Course

Kickstart your learning of Python with this beginner-friendly self-paced course taught by an expert. Python is one of the most popular languages in the programming and data science world and demand for individuals who have the ability to apply Python has never been higher. This introduction to Python course will take you from zero to programming in Python in a matter of hours—no prior programming experience necessary! You will learn about Python basics and the different data types. You will familiarize yourself with Python Data structures like List and Tuples, as well as logic concepts like conditions and branching. You will use Python libraries such as Pandas, Numpy & Beautiful Soup. You’ll also use Python to perform tasks such as data collection and web scraping with APIs. You will practice and apply what you learn through hands-on labs using Jupyter Notebooks. By the end of this course, you’ll feel comfortable creating basic programs, working with data, and automating real-world tasks using Python. This course is suitable for anyone who wants to learn Data Science, Data Analytics, Software Development, Data Engineering, AI, and DevOps as well as a number of other job roles....

Top reviews

DR

Sep 27, 2024

This course was really helpful in make me understand all the topics of Python from scratch, including the slightly advanced topics, of APIs, for my level as a freshman just getting settled in college.

MA

May 16, 2020

The syllabus of the course takes you in a roller-coaster ride.

From basic level to advance level and you won't feel any trouble nor hesitate a bit.

It's easy, it's vast, and it's really usefull.

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By Joshua O

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Apr 6, 2024

This program is not very beginner friendly! The lectures are to short, the problems they give you are incompetent to what they teach. This program will give you the bare minimum and then expect you to solve this mid-level problems during the lab.

By Daniel N

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Oct 18, 2021

Only useful if you have supplemental material on the given subjects or some prior grounding in Python. Subjects in weeks 4 & 5 especially were rushed. Occasional syntax or possibly deprecation issues in the lab led to inability to execute code.

By Martin V

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Aug 15, 2020

The video lectures barely scratch the surface of Python's capability and the notebooks are littered up with advertisements.

Also, the quizes do not show up the right answer in case you made a mistake.

The final assignment was interesting though.

By Kanayo

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Jul 17, 2023

Some of the content is out of date (referring to Python 3 in the final assignment). The videos for the more advanced topics are of low quality and run through the topics far too quickly. Don't come out the other end filled with much confidence

By Abdul A

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Apr 13, 2022

github instructions page never did load, python external jupyter hands on lab didn't load at times and there is no help desk, no email to approach for assistance!

webscraping part of the course is difficult to understand for the coding part.

By Surya B

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Jan 24, 2021

This moved way too fast for a beginner—while the quizzes and final project were reasonably simple, the labs were WAY too complicated, and this seems like a common sentiment. Would not recommend unless you're experience in Python already.

By James C

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May 2, 2022

Although helpful in parts, as a whole it is not a great intro to Python, I consistently felt over my head after about week 3! An existing knowledge would definitely help as the workbooks are not suitable to brand new beginners at all.

By Dina S

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Apr 20, 2021

I'm halfway through and the lab notebooks just don't work at all. They load and load but never actually open. I've now read a bunch of other reviews saying the final project is a nightmare, so I'm not going to waste more time on this.

By Eylul K

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Aug 23, 2022

The videos are too short, much of the work is left to self-learning. Youtube videos are way more explaining and they are free. If this specialization claims that it is for beginners, then videos must be more explative and longer.

By Will J

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Sep 26, 2020

This course does not prepare you to use python outside of IBM's platform. It makes no effort to teach you how to use any of it's libraries of functions outside it's Watson nonsense place. I know less now than I did when I started.

By J G

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May 21, 2019

Was quite the challenge. Without the help of peers, it would be impossible. Course content compared to the assignment were very different levels of difficulty. Assignment was much more difficult. Instructions were somewhat vague

By Rohan B

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May 28, 2019

The overall course is decent , it could have indulged in a deeper python understanding but the exercise were fine.

The final assignment in week 5 has no explanation or resource and is just left for the peers to do on their own.

By Joseph S S

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Nov 9, 2021

All the labs were broken, I spent time reading the labs when I could but most gave me a error. I looked the error online and it was happening for a few people. I waited at least for the week to see if the error would be gone.

By Andrea G

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Jun 19, 2023

this course was the worst so far in the IBM data science certificate. There were so many inconsistencies b/w the videos and labs and quizzes. Additionally, the videos were edited in a way that left out important information.

By S. U

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Jun 4, 2020

Explanations were ok, but almost no real exercises, quizzes are far too easy and the final exercise was also absurdly simple. Courses need to have more exercises to give students the opportunity to really learn the material.

By Sachini J

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Nov 13, 2018

The material of this course was helpful in understanding Python, however the final peer graded assignment was very confusing. The instructions were not clear and also it tested skills that were not taught in this course.

By Vanessa C

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Aug 9, 2019

very useful one but the content didn't update yet

I was lost when I started Week 3 as the steps for us to follow isn't sync with the actual platform in IBM studio already. Appreciate the organization will update it

By Martin W

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Mar 21, 2022

There are a lot of language Problems in this course. It is unclear to me what the target audience should be. It is way to fast for programming beginners and way to boring/imprecise for experienced programmers

By D M

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Aug 24, 2021

The videos for this course will not help you at all if you are new to the subject. Also the labs have mistakes all over them, it's impossible to find why things are not working if you are new to the subject.

By Tanya

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Aug 6, 2020

This course doesn't match the quality of IBM's other courses in the AI certification. There are many typos, the videos aren't engaging, and the labs also have errors that make working through them confusing.

By Niccolò F

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Apr 2, 2020

I wish I had had more opportunities to practice coding in the labs. Many of the labs exercises were already solved, so I couldn't memorize the codes as much as I wanted to. The lectures were good though.

By Jay

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Nov 21, 2021

The coding exercises do not work online and you have to use juptyer notebook to follow the labs (OR IBM cloud services which could charge you...) The videos were excellent and the quizzes were great.

By Gabriel S

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Jan 3, 2024

The course seems oversimplified. A beginner would not learn from the first lessons, or the practice exercices. The course is in a good direction though. The videos are helpful but could be improved

By Selçuk-Destan T

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Aug 28, 2023

Many errors in the data and video representations; in-video quiz assumes knowledge that was not given in video; summary quizzes for each week often repeat in-video questions and answers verbatim.

By Au J

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Jun 24, 2021

I think the part before the web scraping and API is good and clear, however, the difficulty curve suddenly go skyrocket when it comes to the part of web scraping and API, isn't it a bit too fast?