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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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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.

YN

Oct 14, 2017

This course is organized and explained very well. It is moderately challenging, and I recommend it to get interested in Python. The teacher and the assistant staff are very good. I enjoyed the course.

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By Prajwal P

Jun 2, 2022

Its my frist online course with coursera and it was such nice experience, I like it the most as it provide online assigment , test, discussion section, assigment evaluation and additionally i also like the bonus session which usefull for upcomimg interview and thankfull for life inspiring lesson.

Every python beginers have to enrol for this course.

By Ajay S M

Aug 17, 2020

The course instructor Dr. Charles severance is an amazing, he explain the basics concept of python very clearly ani that was amazing for beginners thanks @drchuck.

And it's only possible for Coursera thanks Coursera to provide course and amazing instructor.

Join the course and learn immediately you also love programming after completing this course.

By Mike B

Jun 21, 2020

This is a great beginners course. I was able to learn fast and progress through it quickly while internalizing and utilizing some key building block concepts. The professor is personable and the videos are a good length. There's a cheap textbook attached to the course that I got for .99 as an Amazon ebook. It's not essential but it was helpful.

By Tanja T

Oct 9, 2018

Great instructor for this course! Understanding how computer is "thinking" is very challenging but Dr. Charles manged to present it in a simplest possible way. With zero experience I easily learned some basics of programming. I will definitely continue studying.

Thank you Dr. Charles! Your inspirational teaching make me fell in love with Python.

By Oluwafemi D

Mar 23, 2018

Excellent course delivery and instructor really does know how to take absolute beginner to become confident in writing effective python programs! Highly recommend this course and teaching materials. Many thanks to Dr. Severance, the mentors and support staff, and of course to the University of Michigan for making the course available in coursera!!

By Neeraj S

Jan 26, 2018

Amazing Course!! Really I learned a new thing How to teach Programming language. Also, it includes Practical Sessions with Guided Videos. I would recommend this course to all because Programming can do by everybody it's not tough its just how to understand and goto the complexity.

At Last Thank you!! Prof.Charles Severance, University of Michigan

By minhae y

Aug 16, 2017

It is a basic course and great for those who barely know about coding or programming like me. I got to know some fundamental skills and techniques like functions and defined words in python to calculate or analyse data. The assignments were very helpful for me to better understand what I've just learned from the lecture by doing hands-on practice.

By Mayetmelkam M

Aug 31, 2023

"Programming for Everybody" is an exceptional resource that provides a comprehensive introduction to programming using the Python language. The book/course, authored by Dr. Charles Severance, offers an engaging and accessible approach to learning Python, making it an ideal choice for beginners and individuals with no prior programming experience.

By Shubhankar N

Jun 29, 2021

This course was amazing, the skills I gained in programming are far beyond whatever I learnt in school. I would like to thank the teacher of this course to be such a wonderful tutor to me, and explaining the topics in simple language. I would also like to thank the staff team that helped me out when I had doubts. I look forward to the next class.

By Charana J A

Mar 27, 2021

Great platform to learn python basics at start of the course i haven't get any clue of this language, but slowly getting it to know and used to it and now I'm looking forward to do great things using python. And follow other courses by Dr.Chuk .This is a great opportunity for younger guys like me to improve the knowledge and also career as well.

By Rui S M A

Jun 18, 2020

Good for first time learner of Python. I am a user of R but society seems to have moved on to Python, so I'm here to brush up the skills.

The logic and expression are very similar to R. Yet I do find that this is a very detailed breakdown of the basic expression in programming language. The loops, if, else and conditional statement, etc.

Thank you!

By Preetha S

May 11, 2020

The best ever python class for a beginner! Well explained and perfectly instructed and also hands-on enabled a very good learning, Millions of thanks for this course...much more to appreciate, thanks for making us to understand apart from the teaching...it was soo so interesting connecting with harry potter, python, :) :) ....

thank you so much :)

By SHIVALKAR J

Apr 8, 2018

Professor Chuck has beautifully constructed the course and he was jovial and had good sense of humour while teaching, which didn't make the course boring. It is really an excellent course for programmers as well as for non-programmers as professor had spoon fed the fundamentals.

Looking forward to learn more from Prof.Chuck. Thank you so much Sir.

By Jimy A

Apr 29, 2017

This course is really good to get started with the Python language. At the begining you can be surprised by the code lines that you dont understand but in this course by the Dr Chuck hand you will be carried to the basics python sintax and usage. I would take it again. it is an excellent course that breaks the ussually way to take a study course.

By Sanketh K

Apr 8, 2023

It is a very good course I have learnt everything in python regarding first course.I thank the professor Mr Dr.Charles Severance for giving a brief lecture regarding python for everybody.Python for everybody is a nice course which let students to study python in an easy way thank you for team Coursera for providing this course for me thank you.

By Andrew N

Jan 13, 2023

I am a Software Engineer, and most of the concepts in this course were already known to me. However, the way they were approached and taught would definitely be digestible by someone who knows absolutely nothing about the field and I would definitely recommend this course to anyone to get started with basic programming and introductory concepts

By Amy L

Feb 20, 2022

Thanks so much Charles in giving a very easy to understand lectures to the general public, including me who is not a major in Math. It's interesting to know how Python structures in a fun way that we can easily relate with visualisation and props used during the coures. Although I feel a bit challenged, it's fun through out the learning process!

By Master D G

May 27, 2021

Dr.chuck's nice personality is like a father giving faith to his child that you can walk .you can achieve .

I didn't realised that the course had been over , is said what due to him my participation and enthusiasm was continued in the course .

His way of teaching is very kind and natural like what you should wanted a professional programmer to be.

By Daniela P A

Jul 7, 2020

Curso estupendo para introducirte en el mundo de Python. El profesor es un gran profesional y sabe explicar perfectamente todo paso a paso. Había intentado otros cursos de Python antes, pero ninguno había conseguido explicar las bases de manera sencilla para personas que no tuvieran nada de experiencia en programación. Esta ha sido la excepción.

By SHAHEEN F

Oct 6, 2019

I am completely overwhelmed by this course and i am glad i opted out for Michigan University. Dr. Chuck is completely an enthralling personality , i had real fun while learning through the basics of python. He is extremely proficient and i would suggest anyone who's reading this to please go and hit the register button for this course under him.

By Nihit S

Jun 15, 2019

Excellent! I am a finance student and this is the first language I am learning. Everything was explained so very simply and comprehensively. I found this personally to be one of the best ways to get started with not just coding python but coding in general as it gives you a very clear idea of what coding is, also while keeping everything simple!

By Yifan Y

Sep 9, 2017

The course covers the fundamental materials of Python and the way that instructor presents makes me interested in coding. The quiz questions are easy but some of coding questions really struggling. I spent many time to figure that out. Generally, it is really worth to learn that. And I 'm really glad that I finally complete all the study goals.

By Nicholas J

Aug 30, 2017

A worthwhile introduction. The bonus videos were not helpful. The final assignment video of using Atom did not match well with the rest of the introduction and playground setting of the course. I am not sure how to fix it, but I think it would be beneficial if introductory students submitted python files created by Atom or a similar file editor.

By Ricardo D

Oct 10, 2016

Great , even for a non native english person , is easy to understand the Dr. Charles Severance. Had some struggles during the homeworks, cause i didnt understand exactly how they want me to do it , did it first in some way , got same answer but not same process , so that was the hard part for non native english person, besides that it was great.

By Alexander L

Feb 6, 2024

In the first course of Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python), Prof Severance gives a great introduction for anyone who's interested in learning Python whether for personal or business use cases. I found the material and assignments very easy to follow and complete. I look forward to moving on and completing all of the courses!