This course will be useful to anyone new to programming. You will learn how to set up a Python development environment and develop a simple application. You will also perform operations on simple data types like strings and numbers, as well as on more data structures like lists, ranges, tuples, dictionaries, and sets.

Intro to Python: Setup and Data Processing
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Intro to Python: Setup and Data Processing
This course is part of Introduction to Programming with Python Specialization

Instructor: Bill Rosenthal
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In this course, you will set up Python, develop a simple application, and perform operations on multiple data types.
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