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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.

DU

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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 Alan F L

Oct 31, 2022

Un curso excelente, con facilidad para expresar los temas a estudiar, como consejo diría que no se traduzca todo, sugiero que se dejen en su idioma original las palabras claves de python (como For, While, etc) y las variables escritas por el profesor Charles, para evitar alguna confusion con los subtitulos.

By Jordan G

Mar 5, 2021

This course has great foundational concepts. I am already enrolled in another Python class from University of Michigan so the content went by very quickly. This is a great course for an absolute beginner. For those that know about functions at a greater depth you can complete all assignments in a few hours.

By Melih E Ç

Nov 5, 2020

Great for beginners to programming. I've already had a background with programming with the languages C, Java, Kotlin, Javascript and PHP. But since Charles' style was very good and his mentality about teaching programming impressed me I followed this course to gain some of his ideas. Thanks for the course!

By Efstathia C

Oct 29, 2020

Excellent teacher! Anyone without any experience in programming can understand the basic algorithmic principles and the structure of the python. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to start programming from scratch but also to anyone who would like to learn specifically the python programming language.

By Vincentius R K

Sep 29, 2020

Very good, very understandable, the explanation is thorough and systematic. I love how Mr. Charles teaches, his clear explanation, supported with easy-to-understand examples and analogies is just the best !! I love studying about Programming and i would like to take another class! Thanks very much Coursera!

By Ian M

Sep 14, 2020

I really enjoyed it. It was too easy for me, though, because I already took a Python Specialization from UofMichigan. I'm excited to tackle the other courses in this Specialization, though. That should be fun! Thanks for a great course in general, and I love the open source nature of this. All the best! Ian

By Alejandro Z V

Jul 9, 2020

El curso está padre, Charles Russel sin duda hace un gran trabajo al mezclar la programación con algunos videos para que la gente aprenda el impacto de la programación. Recomiendo el curso, sin embargo hace falta más práctica. recomendaría que mezclaran este curso con una plataforma adicional como Datacamp.

By Mikael N

Jun 4, 2020

Different to many other courses you can sense that the teacher knows the potholes you can fall in as a student and he provides you as a student very good help in achieving tasks and assignments, a well thought through course by a teacher who likes to programme and teach. I salute him for a very good course.

By Alvin D

May 30, 2020

This course helped me significantly with programming. Considering AI, Data Science, and Machine Learning are only getting more advanced and essential for our lives, I see learning Python as an invaluable asset for our future. I highly recommend this course for everyone, no matter the programming experience.

By Aminur R A

May 12, 2020

Its a great start for beginners. All the basic concepts are taught in a simple manner so that anyone can understand. Its the right pace and easy to go with the flow. Helps the people with no programming background get into the field of programming. Its interactive and the tasks are the right amount of tough

By Yash D

Apr 30, 2020

For a person who had no previous knowledge in programming whatsoever, this course was really helpful. Along with tutorial videos, quizzes and assignments ...the interviews of some of the pioneers in their own fields of technology really keeps you motivated , not only to keep learning but move ahead in life.

By Pavithra K V

Sep 26, 2019

Excellent Course! Great introduction for Python.

Awesome trainer! The teacher not only knows his material, but has a lot of experience working with first time programmers and so knows what errors they are likely to make and what questions they are likely to ask and addresses them all. He is fun to listen to!

By Aqila E

Aug 4, 2019

it was very nice and helpful but for someone who already the basic of any programming language its not necessary to take this course because this course for those who never done the programming before

Anyway I'm thankful to Coursera for providing such opportunity for student to learn.

Thank You

Aqila Ebrahimi

By Neeti J

Jun 5, 2018

Amazing course. Never thought learning would be so much fun. This is my first online course and I feel motivated to do more! Coursera has revolutionized the teaching methodology. Special Thanks to Dr.Chuk. you are the reason for my first Python certificate. You are an awesome teacher and inspiring figure.:)

By Ivy C

Feb 21, 2018

Great course!

Prof Severence is an excellent instructor that does a great job explaining the concepts, answering questions, and providing a bit of humor along the way!

The quizzes are a nice way to check your understanding, and the assignments are just challenging enough to be worth while.

Highly recommended!

By Sandhya R

Nov 11, 2017

Prof Charles Severance made the course interesting. I wasn't a fan of programing hats off to Prof Charles. I am interesting in moving to the next course in Python. I would prefer if we have more than one code assignment so students who want to practice more it will be handy. may be it can be made optional.

By Gustavo S

Jul 20, 2017

Great course. Professor Chuck Severance really makes you understand the whole concept, the material is consistent and well-structured and the interviews - Computing Conversations - with important figures of Technology are insightful (Massimo Banzi - Arduino; Guido van Rossum - Python; Pooja Sankar - Piazza)

By elPedra

Jan 23, 2016

Un curso muy útil para aprender Python des de 0.

Contenido muy didáctico y muy bien explicado!

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Very usefull course for learning Python with no previous experience.

Very didactic content and with well explained classes.

Thanks Dr. Severance!

By Deleted A

Dec 29, 2020

This course is really well structured for any beginner wanting to get started on coding. Having had a some background to coding there were quite a few key elements I did not know. So I am very happy with its flow and teaching method and it truelly is a good beginner course to Python as stated in the Title.

By Paras S

Dec 2, 2020

This course was really very interesting. I liked the course structure and the teaching style of Mr Chuck. Assignments and exercises in between the chapters were very interesting and were very effective. Overall wonderfully experience with this course and I would like to continue further to the second part.

By Annapaola A

Sep 9, 2020

I liked this course a lot. I think it gave me a pretty strong basis to start deepening my knowledge in the field of programming even more. Furthermore, the teacher explains the concepts in a very clear manner and the book provided is a very valid instrument to deepen what has been said during the lessons.

By Amando P S J

Aug 2, 2020

This is an excellent platform where excellence is a tradition! Thanks to the very inspiring, impressive, and very techie facilitator, Dr. Chuck! This is such a very good resource for learning python. I am going to recommend this resource to my colleagues and close friends! Keep up the good work, Dr. Chuck!

By Margie C

Jun 18, 2020

although it was an online class , but the way it was presented made it interactive and interesting , and was able to pay attention from the start till end.

For someone with finance background with zero programming experience , i was able to follow and understand what was taught and follow through.

Good job !

By Kok B W

Jun 3, 2020

Thank you, University of Michigan. I understand that the course can be slow-paced, even for myself. However, the slow pace allowed me to grasp the concepts of python: indentation is crucial, how to properly format loops, etc. which was great coming from C++. I look forward to continuing the specialisation.

By Jennifer E

May 15, 2020

The course is excellent - I started with no knowledge of either Python or coding in general, and I thought this was a great introduction. It is quite slow-moving, so I wouldn't recommend it for anyone with prior knowledge on the subject, but I would recommend this course very highly for absolute beginners.