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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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JT

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I completed the course in about three days. I've never programmed before to the learning curve was excruciating but nonetheless I managed to get through and finally get my python feet wet so to speak.

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 SOUMIK G

Jun 6, 2020

overall it is a good course that anyone from any background can learn. It mainly focus on the basic concept of python but it also help us to grasp the root very well. It also has pretty good level problem , the problem makes you think about the question deeper. And the instructor is awesome and he is the kind of guy who can make you fell love without any direct

By Aashiqe R

May 4, 2020

The hardest course I've ever taken and the one which frustrated me to an extent where I thought I'd end up giving up, but I didn't! Dr. Chuck's teaching is extremely admirable (so is his personality). His teaching made me want to finish the course and learn the material properly. Thank you for the course, Dr. Chuck, you made me believe that anybody can program!

By Peter D H

Jan 20, 2020

I am a little bit old (over sixty), my Eglish is poor and I am greenhorn in this area, but I am very enthusiastic. The videos, lectures, assignments, tests are very good structured, you can cope with it relatively easily. I am grateful to Mr. Chuck, and I hope I will write my programmes in Phython, thanks this Courses. It is great fun, I recommend to everyone!

By Jesse S

Dec 1, 2019

As someone who has used Python before, this course was a great refresher and although I am no self-proclaimed expert, I feel I have some experience with the language. That being said, the exercises were just enough of a challenge that I had to really think about what I was doing which was a nice test of knowledge taught within the video lessons. Very well done!

By Deleted A

Jan 8, 2018

I recommend this course because is very well structure and explained. In addition, Dr. Charles Severance makes Python to look easy to learn. The main difference that I found with other courses I took here in Coursera is that the lectures are truly thought for beginners, with this I mean concepts are secuencial so it is easy to comprehend them and in fact learn.

By Lokesh K

Feb 10, 2017

Wonderful course for true beginners. The course starts out at a very basic level, working its way up at a pace that one should feel perfectly comfortable with. Dr. Chuck has also shared some interesting tidbits (interviews) throughout the course, which I felt were quite informative. His enthusiasm is something that should help you keep going through the course.

By Antonio S

Nov 13, 2016

I totally recommend this course for those who want to learn Python programming. also, for those who want to learn how to program in general. This course is really easy compared to others that I took before. The teacher is pretty awesome and makes lessons very bearable. If you want to develop your career as a data scientist, it is a good start without any doubt.

By Val C

Nov 18, 2015

A good introduction course to programming in general. Dr. Chuck clearly explains things that I've never been able to grasp from books. I love the Computing Conversation videos, watching the inventors of Python and Arduino inspires anyone watching to create fun things to play around with or something more useful. I often come back to these videos for inspiration

By Michael F

Sep 27, 2015

Wonderful introductory course for Python and computer science in general. My son is a freshman just getting started in computer science. I've strongly recommended that he take the intro Python course and further on if he is interested. He is attempted to get it added as an area of study in the university and by groups within the university. Very well done!!

By Chante C

Aug 1, 2022

What a great course! I started this course knowing absolutely nothing about Python. I'm now able to make very basic programmes and this course has inspired me to conitnue learning about coding.

The lecturer was absolutely fantastic. He explains things very well and goes through the material bit by bit.

I would definitely recommend this course to other beginners.

By Andres N

Apr 14, 2021

print("Satisfied"). The greatest aspect of this course lies in its ability to expound on the theoretical nature of the programming language at a level that beginners can understand. This is not a class that relies on parroting, but one that places the responsibility of critical and logical thought to the students as a necessary part of the learning experience.

By Sparta T (

Dec 19, 2020

This is a very important step as a beginner in python programming. The instructor actually made the course so much interesting by relating many concepts to the things that we are already familiar with. The visual illustration during his presentation are of great importance to get the big of a lesson, and were never boring. I wish to see in python3 programming.

By jason s

Dec 7, 2020

I have some limited experience in object oriented programming so this course was too bad. Each of the assignment become progressively harder as the knowledge is built up upon with each week. Overall great concepts that are being displayed with application for each. I would recommend this course. I'm looking forward to taking all the classes in this series.

By Kushal K G

Apr 25, 2020

I am just spellbound seeing the way Mr. Severence teaches. He is just fabulous. You won't get during the course for a single second. Just because of him I was able to complete the 7 weeks course in less than 24 hours. I have become a huge fan of Mr. Severence. Talking about the course, this course will definitely give you a head start towards learning Python.

By Yu S

Mar 22, 2020

A great course! With the videos and materials provided, it is not difficult for a man who know nothing about programming to get started with Python. So far, I can write a little program and this is so inspiring. In the coming days, I will take part in the following courses. Hope there would be one day that I can be an experienced girl programmer. Thanks a lot!

By Joanna b

Dec 4, 2020

I highly recommend this course for beginning python learners. I have attended other beginning python classes. ( Honestly, I repeated to quit and start many times..)

And compare to other courses, this course gives definitely more organized information, and Dr. Chuck explains really well and easy(!!) for beginner. So you wouldn't lose your interest easily. :)

By Marcellini L

Sep 20, 2020

Best class ever! Dr Chuck is an excellent professional and mainly when you think about Doctors teacher for programing , not always they are very dynamic, interactive and good to give examples in an easy way to make you understand complex topics.

He is awesome, I wish more teachers were great like him on the Plantform!

Well done and look forward to next module!

By Saurabh S

Apr 22, 2020

until I started this course I knew very little about python, but now I have developed Interest in this programming language and as Dr.charles said I want to become a Pythonista as soon as possible. Now that I have developed an interest in python I will start the python data structure course and further will use this for developing my Machine learning project.

By Felipe A M

May 8, 2018

I think the course achieves what the title says. It is for everyone. Having some experience with other languages (a bit of java, a lot of R and some Matlab), this course was perfect to get to know the syntaxis an similarities with those other languages.

The teacher I think is perfect. He is ver clear and every lesson is very well put together.

Two thumb way up!

By lo

Dec 17, 2016

Awesome course! never thought i'd finish a programming class. Most of them are boring and lose me after a few lectures with the overloaded info and codes. But this one is so interesting. Love the way prof kept me interesting throughout. Easy-to-follow, hands-on codes, quiz, and homework really helped to learn.

Highly recommended, and would love to continue :)

By Glen M L

Mar 31, 2022

The Course is as described as everyone can easily understand the topics that were discussed. The course layout was nicely done and the pacing of the quizzes and assignments made it possible for each student to fully understand and grasp each topic. The instructor speaks and explains the topics clearly. You will definitely follow his course onto the next one.

By Addanki N M

Sep 23, 2021

This course has helped me learn the fundamentals of the python in the best way. Now I am able to solve coding problems related to Conditional statements and loops. And the Bonus videos in the course like office hours encouraged me to learn more and also I had reviewed the code of my peers and able to learn from them. Thanks to tutor , this was quite helpful.

By Isaac R B

Sep 1, 2021

The perfect course for anyone looking for an fun, easy-to-understand introduction or refresher in Python or programming in general. Dr. Charles Severance makes everything fun with his casual, down-to-earth style. The assignments and quizzes are easy enough to build confidence and just challenging enough to build the understanding and skill needed to program.

By Mingjing X

Nov 12, 2020

this excellent course leads me to the Python world and i want to say thanks to professor chunk, you are a nice and cool guy with a younger soul. and i hope i could meet you in your next office hours when you are going to Shanghai. By the way i also am a H.P fan and i think you belong to Gryffindor rather than Slytherin, well just kidding and thank u doctor!

By Danilo B

Jul 3, 2020

Even though I had taken other Python Basics courses, this is the most didactic one. Dr. Charles makes it so easy and simple to understand and even makes use of a little of humor. Personally, I also liked how he brings the students closer to how a computer thinks and how Python logic works through a series of analogies. I'm very glad I had chosen this course.