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    Learner Reviews & Feedback for Using Python to Interact with the Operating System by Google

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    About the Course

    This course is designed to explore how to execute Python locally and organize and use code across different Python files. Learners will learn
    how to read and write different types of files, use subprocesses and input streams, create Bash scripts, and use regular expressions. This
    course also covers automatic testing and explains how to set up a developer environment on a personal machine. We’ll kick off by exploring
    how to execute Python locally, and organize and use code across different Python files. We'll then learn how to read and write different types of
    files, and use subprocesses and input streams. We'll also dive into Bash scripting and regular expressions -- both very powerf...
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    Top reviews

    GK

    Oct 7, 2022

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    E​xpalined the concepts missed from the previous course a lot well. Only thing I would change is to add more about using commands in windows and other platforms as well. Overall it was a great course!

    MI

    Nov 20, 2020

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    Great course! I had some previous knowledge, but this was perfect to fill in the gaps. Also, unit testing was completely new to me and will be very useful in future projects. Thanks for making this!

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    By Jia G J

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    Dec 9, 2020

    Learned a lot,

    I'm currently working in a big company (2 years) but they rarely teached me how to properly use my skills and assets.

    Thanks to these courses i'm expanding my knowledge of what i could do with a programming language and more!

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    By Ronan R

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    May 9, 2020

    It's a well organised course, easy to follow even when it gets to complex subjects. The videos are paced nicely and the instructor is engaging. Would recommend this course to anyone interested in IT automation, of any age and background.

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    By Ritik K

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    May 31, 2020

    It's a great.. I have learnt a lot of power of python and bash command.. It's seems someone gave me this superpower to control mind(obviously computer's mind not a real person's mind), I have a great experience throughout this course...

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    By Gregory F

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    Sep 8, 2021

    I learned a lot of extremely useful information that I was already able to apply quickly for my use cases. It was a lot of fun to go through these exercises and tests. A wonderful course to pick up python and its flexible features.

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    By Aswin R

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    Sep 25, 2020

    Now I know with python... I could use to interact with any operating system without the need to know their terminal commands.

    This is definitely going to make my life easier with the all-new automation tools provided in this course

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    By Abhash R

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    May 31, 2022

    Great course for anyone who recently mastered the basics of python. There are a number of important and useful topics which you can learn in this course. Definitely reccomend this to anyone who doesn't already know these stuffs.

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    By Omar T

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    Jul 8, 2024

    Easy to say this is the best course have take, Its pretty easy to follow and then length and distribution of the content makes you feel that is not that long and in fact is not too long, amazing content and great way of teaching

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    By Nava B ( व

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    Jul 10, 2022

    A single course covering python, regex, bash and unit testing and some knowledge about linux OS. The course teaches you how to use bash and/or python to manage files, processes, services and analyze log file. Highly recommended.

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    By Lance A

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    Jun 27, 2021

    Taught me a lot of ways and methods to interact with the operating system with python including using regex and a bonus lecture on using bash scripts and when it's necessary to either use bash or python in automation processes.

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    By Jaiaid M

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    Jul 20, 2020

    It would be helpful if qwiklab task description would be more specific. I find it difficult to understand that if I should follow the cmd and code verbatim or follow some portion for understanding and other for the actual task.

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    By Paulo S D

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    Apr 21, 2022

    This is great course and as the title says you really learn how to interacting with the operating system using python I enjoyed a lot the exercises as they made me understand better the concepts and solidify what was taught!!

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    By John E

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    Jun 2, 2020

    I had some problems with the QikiLabs as my script was working, but the program itself wasn't recognizing it as correct right away. Overall though a great experience. Thank you to the instructor for making it a fun experience.

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    By M B

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    Nov 22, 2020

    This course was extremely well prepared, well thought, and challenging at times. Especially for someone like me with no technical and practical experience with writing code. Thank you, Roger, Thank you Google. Great Job Guys!

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    By Muhammad I M

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    Feb 26, 2022

    I really like this course especially the final grading. The final grading is very challenging because it wraps up all the topics frow week 1 until week 6. All the topics need to be implemented for solving real-world problem.

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    By KE L

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    Feb 23, 2022

    To start a career in It as well as to start learning a programming language to use it for a real life application this course is the best for me till now. I will recommnd to everyone this course if you want to learn like me.

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    By Warnakulasuriya S A F

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    May 23, 2020

    A great course. I am absolutely happy selecting this course. I've learned a lot out of this. In the final project it was awesome to look back at what I did and I now feel that I can do a lot with python. Thank you, Google.

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    By Puja P N B M

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    Mar 11, 2022

    This is really game chaning experience so far as long as i remember learning programming. and thanks for coursera delivering real world case example for this course project . iam really excited to join next course for sure

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    By Daniel v E

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    Apr 7, 2020

    QwikLabs uses an older version of Python, and thus interacting with QwikLabs was often tricky, as the version of Python used in QwikLabs was not specified, making it incompatible with code written before starting the lab.

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    By Nikita P

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    May 25, 2021

    This was a great course and I learned a lot about python, the operating systems, etc. This course teaches complex concepts in such an easy to understand way. The structure of this course is also great. I love the course.

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    By Derek H

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    Mar 17, 2025

    This certificate course was challenging and technically motivating. I learned a great deal of knowledge about Python, Bash, and creating scripts. Thank you, Google and all the staff, involved in producing this course.

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    By Praveen M

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    May 24, 2020

    I have learned a lot about python and how to interact os using python. Believe me this course is really a good use of time.And last but not least the final project is awesome you can't escape without using your brain:)

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    By raynard

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    Sep 8, 2021

    Really great course, i stopped doing this course around week 4 for 4 months, so the last lab was a real challenge, but it helped me revise on how to interact with csv files, thank you Google for this amazing course

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    By Juan C J

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    Sep 26, 2020

    This course was excellent to put the things clear. Sometimes we forgot that the basic concepts are the most important ones to solve issues, this course really sets all concepts clear, specially in regex, very cool.

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    By Paolo M

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    Apr 16, 2020

    Even though I had already some Python, Bash and RegEx knowledge, this course has helped me understand when to use the right tool for the job. The QwikLab assignment were also quite challenging, but always feasible.

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    By Ravi R K

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    Feb 22, 2022

    It was such a good experience of learning uses of Python in automation of a lot of different things. The perfect combination of correct pace of course and regular exercises makes the learning process a lot easier.

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