This Specialization builds on the success of the Python for Everybody course and will introduce fundamental programming concepts including data structures, networked application program interfaces, and databases, using the Python programming language. In the Capstone Project, you’ll use the technologies learned throughout the Specialization to design and create your own applications for data retrieval, processing, and visualization.
Python for Everybody Specialization
Learn to Program and Analyze Data with Python. Develop programs to gather, clean, analyze, and visualize data.
Instructor: Charles Russell Severance
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Skills you'll gain
- Computer Programming
- Python Programming
- Computer Programming Tools
- Programming Principles
- Data Structures
- Data Analysis
- Software Engineering
- Algorithms
- Critical Thinking
- Problem Solving
- Data Management
- Databases
- Theoretical Computer Science
- Data Analysis Software
- Data Visualization
- Web Development
- Computer Networking
- HTML and CSS
- SQL
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Specialization - 5 course series
Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python)
What you'll learn
Install Python and write your first program
Describe the basics of the Python programming language
Use variables to store, retrieve and calculate information
Utilize core programming tools such as functions and loops
Skills you'll gain
Python Data Structures
What you'll learn
Explain the principles of data structures & how they are used
Create programs that are able to read and write data from files
Store data as key/value pairs using Python dictionaries
Accomplish multi-step tasks like sorting or looping using tuples
Skills you'll gain
Using Python to Access Web Data
What you'll learn
Use regular expressions to extract data from strings
Understand the protocols web browsers use to retrieve documents and web apps
Retrieve data from websites and APIs using Python
Work with XML (eXtensible Markup Language) data
Skills you'll gain
Using Databases with Python
What you'll learn
Use the Create, Read, Update, and Delete operations to manage databases
Explain the basics of Object Oriented Python
Understand how data is stored across multiple tables in a database
Utilize the Google Maps API to visualize data
Skills you'll gain
Capstone: Retrieving, Processing, and Visualizing Data with Python
What you'll learn
Make use of unicode characters and strings
Understand the basics of building a search engine
Select and process the data of your choice
Create email data visualizations
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