In this course, you'll continue developing your Python skills by designing graphical user interfaces (GUIs) and creating interactive applications. You'll also create database-driven applications and services and clients that connect over a network.
Advanced Python: Apps for Desktop, Database, and Web
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Advanced Python: Apps for Desktop, Database, and Web
This course is part of Advanced Programming Techniques with Python Specialization
Instructor: Bill Rosenthal
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9 hours to complete
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What you'll learn
In this course, you will create desktop applications and data-driven applications.
Skills you'll gain
- Object Oriented Design
- User Interface (UI)
- Web Applications
- Programming Principles
- Restful API
- Scripting
- Application Security
- Scripting Languages
- Web Services
- Databases
- Application Development
- Relational Databases
- Computer Programming
- Software Development
- Python Programming
- Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
- User Interface (UI) Design
- Network Protocols
- Database Application
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January 2026
Assessments
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Taught in English
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There are 4 modules in this course
Python® often evokes ideas of writing and running command-line code. However, Python has much more capability. It's well suited to create robust desktop and web-connected apps that incorporate a graphical user interface (GUI) for data input and user interaction. You can create a GUI for your desktop app to provide users with an elegant interface.
What's included
1 reading4 plugins
Many web and desktop apps process data. As a developer, you have to connect to that data, bring it into your app, and process it as defined by the requirements of your app. In this lesson, you will use Python® to connect to data, then store, update, and delete data in a database.
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4 plugins
One of the most popular use cases for Python® is to build web-connected apps running as web services for e-commerce and other types of connected platforms. In this lesson, you will select network protocols for your app, create a RESTful web service, create a web-service client, and secure your web-connected app.
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6 plugins
You'll wrap things up and then validate what you've learned in this course by taking an assessment.
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1 reading1 assignment
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