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About the Course

This course will introduce you to the wonderful world of Python programming! We'll learn about the essential elements of programming and how to construct basic Python programs. We will cover expressions, variables, functions, logic, and conditionals, which are foundational concepts in computer programming. We will also teach you how to use Python modules, which enable you to benefit from the vast array of functionality that is already a part of the Python language. These concepts and skills will help you to begin to think like a computer programmer and to understand how to go about writing Python programs. By the end of the course, you will be able to write short Python programs that are able to accomplish real, practical tasks. This course is the foundation for building expertise in Python programming. As the first course in a specialization, it provides the necessary building blocks for you to succeed at learning to write more complex Python programs. This course uses Python 3. While many Python programs continue to use Python 2, Python 3 is the future of the Python programming language. This first course will use a Python 3 version of the CodeSkulptor development environment, which is specifically designed to help beginning programmers learn quickly. CodeSkulptor runs within any modern web browser and does not require you to install any software, allowing you to start writing and running small programs immediately. In the later courses in this specialization, we will help you to move to more sophisticated desktop development environments....

Top reviews

PG

Jun 24, 2022

A very simple and non-intimidating intro to python. I definitely got the gears going in some of the example problems and it was fun to feel like I was back in college again. Would recommend this one.

SM

Mar 8, 2020

Absolutely amazing. The course content & the instructors are just awesome. The practise exercises & the projects are so not so straightforward but enforce all the concepts learnt pretty well.

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By Honey S

Nov 28, 2018

This course is a very good introduction to Python for beginners. Amazing lectures and lot of practice exercises.

By Georges-Emmanuel P

Jan 7, 2018

Very nice Team and very good course as usual but ... this time for Python ... 3 ! why is really great. Thanks !

By Ashiqur R

Jul 26, 2020

Great Course.It builds the the basic understanding of the python programming from from scratch to expert level.

By Aman

May 18, 2020

Very awesome course and very beautifully explained. i do not have programming experience but still i learnt it.

By Paulina T

Aug 19, 2020

As someone who has never done programming, I loved the course! The program has really great resources as well.

By Roberto N

Feb 19, 2019

Excellent course to start programming in Python, interesting, funny, I really congratulates the Scott and Joe.

By Stevan P

Oct 23, 2020

I found this course to be very informative and well taught. I look forward to taking more courses like this.

By Asael T

Apr 20, 2025

I had fun while doing this course. The videos were helpful and the teachers have a deep knowledge of Python

By Justice F

Jul 24, 2021

Straightforward and clear, each step in the learning process thoroughly teaches what is needed to progress.

By Pratik G

May 2, 2020

Excellent course for beginner like you will learn all the things in depth and not like some youtube videos.

By Lilya43

Apr 2, 2020

It was very useful. The course provided a lot of details for people like me who learned Python from scratch

By Maria E M

Mar 2, 2020

I really like this course. Interesting videos and challenging projects! Thanks Rice University and Coursera

By Facundo F

Aug 14, 2019

Excellent course! Thank you for providing first-class education worldwide. This is democratizing education.

By Peter K

Mar 18, 2018

Great introduction to basics of using Python. Looking forward to further courses within the specialization.

By Cadet P

Mar 15, 2018

A good introduction of Python scripting. Final project did a very good job in showing how to use functions.

By Hugh R

Jun 30, 2021

It was a very informative course and I look forward to doing the next three courses in the specialization.

By Musta

May 15, 2018

good culture with clear examples. the first step to learn python or any other programming language.

thanks!

By Bhaskari k

Apr 14, 2020

The best course, this helped me a lot in learning python.The teaching faculty is also so good.

THANK YOU.

By Elekanyani M

Jul 18, 2020

This was not easy, my recomandations is that you should start with python for everybody before this one

By Zhiyuan W

Oct 10, 2019

The teachers are really kind and helpful. The tools they use is fairly carefully designed. Good course.

By Anu

Jul 8, 2019

The professors did a great job explaining basic concepts in a way that even non-programmers understand.

By Jesús E

Jun 25, 2020

Nice and clear explanations.

Good problems and also good external tools to initiate Python programming

By wen y

Nov 29, 2019

Very interesting and helpful! The final project is really combined the knowledge from those 4 weeks.

By April E M

Sep 21, 2023

Python is very difficult for me to understand and I finally understood a bit thanks to this course.

By Ray W

Jan 27, 2019

Love it! Each programming tips were short and convenient, but most importantly, easy to understand.