This Specialization builds on the success of the Python for Everybody course and will introduce fundamental programming concepts including data structures, networked application program interfaces, and databases, using the Python programming language. In the Capstone Project, you’ll use the technologies learned throughout the Specialization to design and create your own applications for data retrieval, processing, and visualization.
Python for Everybody Specialization
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Python for Everybody Specialization
Learn to Program and Analyze Data with Python. Develop programs to gather, clean, analyze, and visualize data.
Instructor: Charles Russell Severance
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Specialization - 5 course series
Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python)
Course 118 hours4.8 (229,612 ratings)
What you'll learn
Install Python and write your first program
Describe the basics of the Python programming language
Use variables to store, retrieve and calculate information
Utilize core programming tools such as functions and loops
Skills you'll gain
Category: Python Syntax And Semantics
Category: Data Structure
Category: Tuple
Category: Python Programming
Python Data Structures
Course 218 hours4.9 (96,031 ratings)
What you'll learn
Explain the principles of data structures & how they are used
Create programs that are able to read and write data from files
Store data as key/value pairs using Python dictionaries
Accomplish multi-step tasks like sorting or looping using tuples
Skills you'll gain
Category: Python Syntax And Semantics
Category: Basic Programming Language
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Python Programming
Using Python to Access Web Data
Course 318 hours4.8 (44,161 ratings)
What you'll learn
Use regular expressions to extract data from strings
Understand the protocols web browsers use to retrieve documents and web apps
Retrieve data from websites and APIs using Python
Work with XML (eXtensible Markup Language) data
Skills you'll gain
Category: Python Programming
Category: Database (DBMS)
Category: Sqlite
Category: SQL
Using Databases with Python
Course 413 hours4.8 (21,315 ratings)
What you'll learn
Use the Create, Read, Update, and Delete operations to manage databases
Explain the basics of Object Oriented Python
Understand how data is stored across multiple tables in a database
Utilize the Google Maps API to visualize data
Skills you'll gain
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Python Programming
Category: Database (DBMS)
Category: Data Visualization
Capstone: Retrieving, Processing, and Visualizing Data with Python
Course 59 hours4.7 (13,941 ratings)
What you'll learn
Make use of unicode characters and strings
Understand the basics of building a search engine
Select and process the data of your choice
Create email data visualizations
Skills you'll gain
Category: Json
Category: Xml
Category: Python Programming
Category: Web Scraping
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Frequently asked questions
Time to completion can vary based on your schedule and experience level, but most learners are able to complete the Specialization in about 8 months.
Each course in the Specialization is offered on a regular schedule, with sessions starting about once per month. If you don't complete a course on the first try, you can easily transfer to the next session, and your completed work and grades will carry over. The Capstone Project will be offered three times per year.
This Specialization is designed to serve as an on-ramp for programming, and has no pre-requisites. The pace of the first two courses is aimed at those with no programming experience at all.