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About the Course

This course aims to teach everyone the basics of programming computers using Python. We cover the basics of how one constructs a program from a series of simple instructions in Python. The course has no pre-requisites and avoids all but the simplest mathematics. Anyone with moderate computer experience should be able to master the materials in this course. This course will cover Chapters 1-5 of the textbook “Python for Everybody”. Once a student completes this course, they will be ready to take more advanced programming courses. This course covers Python 3....
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Introductory course

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KK

Jun 26, 2020

Great introduction to Python and programming as a whole. Everything is broken down making it easy to understand. Had zero programming experience before and this class made it easy and fun to get into.

DU

Apr 26, 2021

Excellent, although, even without having any programming experience except some Visual Basic at school about ten years ago, in my opinion the course could have bee more difficult and the pace quicker.

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By 吕茂康

Mar 4, 2018

This is the first course I have taken in Coursera and I liked it very much. Not only about the teaching style of Chuck making it a lot of fun, but I started to love Python for the programming. Thanks Chuck and the Teaching Staff of Python for Everybody:)

By Véronique F

Apr 21, 2017

Progressive exercises and efficient support. It is possible to do the certification more quickly using only the book. But the videos and interactivity of Coursera add interesting elements. A very adaptable and efficient way to learn the basics of Python.

By Amir N

Feb 18, 2017

Great python course for beginners who has no computer science background. However, the assignments are too easy for anyone who has programming experience. It would be better if this course can offer more coding assignments and more challenging questions.

By Areeb K

Oct 21, 2016

This was one of the best courses I have ever had the pleasure to study. Professor Charles Severance is a phenomenal and exceptional instructor with super human teaching capabilities. Every basic aspect of Python is very brilliantly covered in the course.

By Mike F

Oct 7, 2016

Great instructor, made the course really fun. I'm a beginner programmer but Dr. Severance explained things really well. Also, the Mentors and community of students in the forums were super helpful when I had questions. Looking forward to the next course!

By Mel Y

Mar 10, 2016

Everything was great but I wish there was more exercise questions to solve, at least as a homework. could've been in the book at the end of each chapter as a chapter questions /projects. Because I believe more exercise help to understand concept better.

By Gabriel F

Nov 3, 2015

Starts slow for someone who is interested in learning programming, but after a few chapters you realize how important it is to learn the first few (simple) things.

Teacher is very good at transmitting concepts and highly entertaining.

Course is excellent!

By Harshvardhan U

Oct 6, 2015

I have tried various online courses before though i couldn't complete anything on time. This course takes the least amount of time and gives you a comprehensive introduction to Python. It has everything which a completely new person to programming needs.

By Gabriel G C M

Sep 2, 2021

Nice course! I find it too shallow if you have previous programming experience. However, I was still able to learn some new things about Python! So I really enjoyed it! If you have previous experience the whole 7-week course can be finished in 1-2 weeks

By ABHIN K M

Jul 21, 2021

As I am a beginner in python, its very cool to learn python with Dr. Chuck and as I have already a base in programming so it makes me more easy on my learning process. Thank you professor and university of Michigan for providing this course. I loved it.

By william d

May 11, 2021

I was trying to find the right fit for me with flexibility to learn with a 3 year old and full time job. This worked well and good information was gained interacting in the forum. Feels great to get started after wanting to learn this skill for so long.

By Koushik K

May 7, 2021

This course makes you understand the basic concepts of python in a very simple and productive way. People with zero knowledge in coding can find this course very useful. People with pre coding knowledge can just use this course for a brush-up in basics.

By Katrina C

Aug 12, 2020

As someone with programming experience and looking to learn Python, this course is a fantastic review with respect to programming rules and makes learning the basics of Python extremely easy. Looking forward to completing the rest of the Python courses.

By María V P M

Aug 4, 2020

I just LOVED this classes, they were real fun and easy to follow! Not to mention that you get to learn a great deal! I really enjoy the way that Charles explained every topic, I really recommend taking this even if you already know a bit of programming.

By Rodolpho M I

Jul 1, 2020

Everything in this course is great. The lessons, the videos, the explanations. And it's a great way to start learning Python. I recommend to everyone who wants to start learning Python because it's direct and easy to understand the basic of the language

By Vivek K R

Jun 29, 2020

This was such an amazing experience and I particularly liked the computing conversations that was part of this course and how it helped to build a lot of interest and passion towards the subject matter. This is truly a beginner's course in every aspect.

By Shuying R

Jun 15, 2020

These courses are excellent and fabulous. I can follow this step by step and learn basic knowledge about python. I am so glad to learn these courses and want to share with my friends who want to learn python. I cannot believe these courses are so great.

By Aditya R N

Jun 12, 2020

Amazing course by Coursera, gives you a good understanding of the concepts in the simplest possible manner. An excellent teaching style by Dr. Charles Severance coupled with timely graded assignments and quizzes makes it a wholesome learning experience.

By Tahsin M Z

May 5, 2020

I think this is the course you are looking for if you have no previous knowledge about programming. Dr. Chuck is an excellent teacher. Thank you very much Dr. Chuck for this amazing course. I am interested to take the next course of this specialization.

By deepathapa

Nov 26, 2019

i am so glad to choosing this platfrom to learn i have learn so many thing from you

i am more intersted to learn more things from you and thankyou so much to giving a chance

you give me confidence that i can also do best programming .

thankyou coursera .

By Lucy M

Apr 5, 2019

I loved the course! The teacher is very knowledgeable and has a wonderful teaching style and he is very humorous. The assignments are quite challenging and you can spend hours on them, but you will learn a lot. I highly recommend you take this course.

By Miyazawa C

Nov 12, 2018

It was chilling to learn new thing, this course made me realize that.

Thank you very much Chuck sensei for great program. I liked your relaxed style throughout program.

Also I appreciate teaching staff Mihaela for giving me advises when things were hard.

By Andy P

May 10, 2018

Very good course for beginning Python students. My only issue is that I was hoping to get some sense of how Python can interact with the web, be used within website, etc. But perhaps that's a more complex topic that appropriate for this beginning step

By Jase N T

Oct 26, 2017

I absolutely enjoyed this course. I rushed through it but I still found it informative and helpful. It gave me a good idea as to how the Python programming language works. The videos were short and sweet. Looking forward to the next part of this series.

By Connie Y

Jul 1, 2017

This course makes me overcome the fear of learning programming. The lecturer does know the best way to teach and explain key points of each chapter. For people considering learning Python with little knowledge, you should definitely enroll this course.