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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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DJ

Nov 4, 2018

I loved it! Dr. Chuck is extraordinary in his explanations. A great way to start on Python programming. As a person that hasn't programmed in years it was an encouraging and educational experience :-)

AB

Aug 23, 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.

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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

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.

By Sarthak N

Apr 25, 2020

Very Helpful and what an amazing teacher! Wishing my university had teachers like him! Absolutely amazing.

This course is great for very beginners who don't know anything about coding or how computers and codes work but it's also pretty great who know about it but might wanna brush off once more.

By SUSHANT S

Apr 18, 2020

Unlike any other programming tutorial , this one keeps you engaging in course perfectly.

The way Dr.Charles teaches is fascinating. I had a different approach to the basics then one i learned during college education.

Don't worry if you are beginner, it's right course for you as name of course says

By Satyajit C

Dec 29, 2019

Being from Civil Engineering background, I had very less programming knowledge. The way Sir explained the course was excellent and his way of teaching was so lucid that I could grasp all his concepts and could pass all MCQ tests with ease. I thank him from the core of my heart for his dedication.

By fullfoolfu

Sep 13, 2019

Great online course! Thank you very very much for the course! It's well organized. Charles explains everything in details. It's actually hard to get lost during the class. This course helps me lay down a strong programming foundation. It makes me not to scare programming anymore. Thank you again.

By Danny L

Nov 20, 2018

Fantastic introductory course for programming beginners! Dr.Chuck's videos are easy to understand, with the aid of the textbook,this is an amazing journey through Python so far! Course one is kinda straightforward, but I believe things are definitely gonna be more fun in the next couple courses!

By Zhu T

Jun 28, 2018

really useful to get hand on python. the examples are great! highly recommend to install the python editor, so that while you are watching the course video, you can play the codes from slides on your own computer. That way, you can get the best out of it! Enjoy learning python, fellow classmates!