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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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YA

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The course content is well-organized that makes students easy to follow, but there is limited amount of examples and exercises for students to learn how to apply the knowledge in real world situation.

KP

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Very beautifully taught. I gained basic python programming knowledge quite easily. The lecturer is fun and encourages students to want to learn more. In general, it was an awesome learning experience.

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By Keoma I P

Apr 10, 2023

Great for beginners and advanced! If you have prior programming experience, you will breeze through, but do not skip any video because you'll learn Python syntax and semantics. I recommend going to the PY4E course website to do extra exercises. Have fun!

By Ivana M

Dec 25, 2022

It is a great course for absolute beginners. Dr. Charles Severance's teaching style is excellent. Everything is broken down in a simple form, making it easy to understand. Extremely helpful for rapidly and effectively learning the fundamentals of Python.

By Sean S

Dec 1, 2022

This is the just beginning of my computer stuff journey. I think I can do more and gain more in the next step. I love the teaching style of Dr. Severance. I hope I can meet him in person in the future. I love Pyhton and so much honor to be a Pythonistas.

By Manuel E C N

Nov 4, 2022

I wish I had teachers like Dr. Chuck when I was in University. Funny, engaging, passionate and rich in knowledge. Makes a difficult topic (learn to programming) something aproachable and somewhat easy. Very good introduction lesson to python programming.

By Deleted A

Feb 22, 2022

Actually this is really what was promised by Coursera. There is a basic information and some light code tasks for beginners who encounter Python for the first time ever. I was so excited about this course as it has the general introduction to Python! 5/5

By Tyler N

Sep 19, 2021

One of the best ways to teach Python is by allowing your students to feel like you are teaching one-on-one with just them. Professor Mike nails that point on the head. Loved the class, and I'm definitely looking forward to part 2 of this Specialization!

By Moinak G

Mar 9, 2021

Awesome course , I will be happy if the course is somehow available in pdfs. I want to thank Coursera a million times for allowing students like us to study this high standards courses who do not have any way to study like this in their places.

THANK YOU.

By Анна Н

Sep 20, 2020

Very clear and accessible. I often had to think about the tasks and it's great because that's how the material is better absorbed. The teacher is the best, with humor. Thank you very much! With you, the introduction to the python was fun and interesting.

By Himanshu M

Jul 29, 2020

According to me, this course is best to start learning journey of python. I have learned basics of python. This course cover variable, constants, conditional statement, loop statement, loop control statement, function and etc a lot concepts about python.

By Jing H

Jul 1, 2020

I really like this course. The course is clear and easy to understand. Thanks Mr. Severance.

This is my first course in English language, and I can all understand, which makes me really happy and gives me a lot of confidence. I will continue study python!

By 55_Soni A

May 26, 2020

sir truely speaking to get started with any programming language

this is a must go course for all

as it not just explain about the programming but also encourage us that why we need to do programming

I enjoyed alot and going for further course

thank you

By Dileswar P

May 17, 2020

This is an amazing course for beginners. Even if someone doesn't have any prior experience in programming languages, he/she can easily understand the basic concepts by completing this course. Dr. Charles Severence and his team have done an excellent job.

By edward k

Feb 10, 2020

Dr. Charles is a wonderful and helpful instructor. Even though I have a long way to go, doing this program placed me in the right step. I learned so much in a short amount of time. I highly recommend this course to anyone, who wants to start programming!

By Kenneth G

Oct 1, 2019

Excellent introduction and Charles did a really nice job taking his time to explain the "why" behind each component. I enjoyed this, as well as found it challenging and actually fun to want to continue and try and try again, until I finally got it right!

By Ziyi W

Oct 17, 2018

Highly recommend this course for beginner even with no programming backgrounds! Professor Charles is amazing and explains things very well! Love this class and will definitely take the rest of four! Hope I can be good at programming after the 5 sessions!

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.