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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 Bianca B

Sep 22, 2019

It is a great course! I have never had experience with Python before this course, but the professor was awesome at walking through the lectures in a very understandable manner for a beginner like me. Would highly recommend this course to others looking to get an overview on programming in general!

By Yi-Wen C

Apr 18, 2018

This course is really really great!! Dr. Chuck 's lectures are very clear and easy to learn. I have never programmed before, so I was a little nervous about taking this class. Fortunately, this course is so great that I can totally understand what Dr. Chuck wanted to teach us. Highly recommended!!

By Haiyun C

Jan 25, 2018

This course is very easy to follow. The assignments align with the content of the lecture very well. Mentors response to my questions on the discussion forum within 30 minutes. I would recommend it to another student who would like to learn python or any other programming language to use coursera.

By Kesavan N

Sep 23, 2017

I loved the teaching style of Professor Charles Severance! He did a great job of keeping it engaging while disseminating important basic concepts in programming while focussing on Python specific syntax and best practices in Python. I'll certainly take more courses taught by Professor Severance.

By MOTHUKURI S K P

Sep 11, 2017

very Clear Explanation of concept with very very good examples, it's a great starting for me into PYTHON with this type of boosting by Charles Severance pushed me with more enthusiastic in learning. Because of that interest only I'm able to speed up my learning. Once again a Great Thankful to you.

By 胡琼尹

Mar 4, 2017

The course is very helpful.It provides me with abundant resource including e-book,teacher's note for lecture and past students' note for the course.Most importantly,the mentors in the discussion forum are really nice.They always solved problems I proposed in time,which makes me feel so encouraged.

By Kristin I

Jan 1, 2017

Great course for beginners just like me! Prof Severance is explaining very clearly and slowly enough to get into the matter. The book is very good as well. I find the assignments complex enough with the relevant level of difficulty for each week.

Definitely am recommending it to all of my friends!

By Sophie Y

Feb 1, 2016

Well organized contents. Great for Python beginners with some experiences of other programming language (like R). The only pity is that some of the functions (like the "raw-input", "print", etc.) are not compatible with the latest versions of Python, so you have to check it out online by yourself.

By Vishwas K V

Jan 13, 2016

This course is the Best thing that can happen to anyone who wants to not just learn, but to understand the way in which a computer works. I am very thankful to Coursera, University of Michigan and Prof. Charles Severance for making this course available to everyone. It cant really get any better:)

By Maxine M

Mar 23, 2024

Brilliant course. I was a complete beginner going in and now I feel like I have a solid foundation from which to build up my skills in programming and python. Lecturer was fantastic and there was a great balance between theory and practice. Can't wait to start the next part of the specialisation!

By Dinesh R J

Sep 5, 2023

It helps me to understands basics of python. It really help me to grow in programming fields . Thanks for sharing this valuable contents to everyone with financial aid options who are not able to pay small amount of fee. Such a great place to learn new skills and grow in the fields of interest.

By CHAMAL D R

Mar 13, 2023

I would highly recommend Python for Everybody to anyone looking to learn programming with Python. Whether you're a complete beginner or an experienced programmer looking to learn a new language, this course has everything you need to get started and build a solid foundation in Python programming.

By Swapnil R

Dec 21, 2022

Thank you so much for designing this wonderful course. I thoroughly enjoyed each session and had been able to complete each task due to the proper mentoring of the experts. I would recommend all the beginners to definitely enrol for this lovely course and take the benfit to enhance your knowldge.

By Darwin A P Z

Jan 17, 2022

It was wonderful, for several years I've tried to learn python from a lot of platforms, apps and other mechanisms and I have to say the way this instructor and the program is designed will help you to keep motivated and working to get this done. Thank you to all the creators for this amazing job.

By Sumit K

Oct 1, 2021

The course is really superb for beginners who want to learn Python programming. It requires no pre-requisite. Professor, Charles Russell Severance, has very nicely taught this course that I didn't lose interest or turn off. Thanks and Regards to him, University of Michigan and the Coursera Team.

By David T

Jul 27, 2021

Excellent class. Just at the right pace, right tempo, and assignments are just challenging enough to help us learn but not so challenging as to be nearly impossible. High-quality video production quality as well. Currently going through this class with my girlfriend and we are really enjoying it.

By YeahYeahYeah Y

Jul 11, 2021

I am a beginner with zero foundation, I know nothing about computer knowledge before this. But I met such useful course content and interesting teachers! They have carefully designed the teaching content, so that even people like me who are difficult with science can continue to learn! Thank you.

By Amitesh K

Jun 13, 2021

Although I am proficient in Python and has been writing Python codes for last 3 years, but I still loved the way the material was presented. This is the reason for me to start this whole specialisation as I want to learn different ways to teach it to the new guys that I am going to mentor/train.

By Josh W

Mar 24, 2021

Excellent course. I spent some time reading various texts on Python, yet they rarely offered explanations of what each term meant. In this course, the deep explanations of what each part of the language covered meant was tremendously helpful in understanding what is actually possible with Python.

By James T c G

Feb 9, 2021

It was my first valuable experience at Coursera. It really enhances my programming ability and thinking beyond my posterior barrier in computer science. I will try my best to look much further. Thanks alot everyone for giving me this honorable chances to learn from great lecturers and professors.

By Deleted A

Nov 12, 2020

It has been many years since high school when I had written programs in Basic, cobol, and fortran :) I'm grateful to the University of Michigan, and Professor Severance for offering COURSERA in such an easy to use format that has broken the ice for me to strive toward a much needed career change.

By Lakshman A

Oct 17, 2020

This course is the best course on python that I have ever seen. I tried a crash course on python by google and at first, it felt better than this course but later on, that felt too fast, and couldn't manage it but this is at the perfect speed and this is the best course on python according to me.

By Neha R

Sep 10, 2020

it was an amazing journey learning it. Especially the way the tutor simplified it so wonderfully that has changed my mindset that "Python is HARD!" This course is literally for everyone and anyone can learn Python from this and trust me if you are a beginner, I was below it! But, now, I enjoy it.

By J L

Sep 9, 2020

Really appreciated Dr Severance's efforts in making programme for everybody or else I wouldn't have the courage to take such a course. It's good to learn some basic concepts on the programming language and most important of all, the key ideas and concepts behind programming. Thank you so much.

By Krishna T

Sep 5, 2020

It is good to learn different languages and we are programmers different languages can make our work easy. Coursera learned me to be best, They taught me like they were in front of me and with me.

I suggest everyone who wants to learn different languages then checkout Coursera for better learning.