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About the Course

This course aims to teach everyone the basics of programming computers using Python. We cover the basics of how one constructs a program from a series of simple instructions in Python. The course has no pre-requisites and avoids all but the simplest mathematics. Anyone with moderate computer experience should be able to master the materials in this course. This course will cover Chapters 1-5 of the textbook “Python for Everybody”. Once a student completes this course, they will be ready to take more advanced programming courses. This course covers Python 3....
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High quality instructor

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Introductory course

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Top reviews

JV

Jun 10, 2022

Excellent for beginners like me. Although, I do wish that there were more examples and explanations per topic, more exercises per topic, and more projects per topic to really drive home the material.

SM

Mar 24, 2016

excellent for beginners, very well described, great understanding grasped and its simple, very simple, but thats what makes it 5 star, is that its for anyone or as the title says pythong for Everybody

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By Aaron D

Aug 14, 2019

Great! Super easy and intuitive to understand. Lots of bonus materials for easy set-up and extra learning. Highly recommended for beginners.

By sachin k

May 13, 2019

The content of this course is really the best

sir Charles Severance your dedication towards teaching is great

thanks you sir Charles Severance

By Jacob S

Jan 9, 2019

Great starting course for verified learners. Even as an intermediate programmer, I found a few things that I would have overlooked in my code.

By Prasad V

Dec 25, 2018

Great course and fantastic lectures by Dr.Charles Severance - Clinical Associate Professor in

the University of Michigan School of Information

By Maxine L

Dec 18, 2018

Great course from Pro.Chuck! Thanks for the interaction and guidance for you!

I will review the course for another time to enhance my learning.

By Mohammad A

Oct 3, 2018

I love this course a lot, thank you very much for explaining the content in layman's terms.

This will help me a lot in future, thank you again.

By Srigakolapu S l

May 22, 2018

nice idea of empowering knowledge to different parts of the world for free and this course1 is more informative on python for a python learner

By Morgan S

Mar 6, 2018

Thorough and engaging introduction to Python and computational thinking. I look forward to leveraging the fundamental I learnt in this course.

By Thomas B

Jan 8, 2018

Newbie-friendly format is great for beginners, and the class allows more advanced students to skip ahead quickly. Truly Python for everybody.

By Amit S

Dec 29, 2017

It has very engaging set of videos and exercises to slip in the concepts. I really enjoyed how the course built up and is improving my skills.

By Ruchit R P

Dec 29, 2017

I enjoyed this course. I have no prior experience with high level language and i recommend this course for beginners who want to learn Python.

By Rithik r

Nov 19, 2017

this is really a great work from the instructor. he doing very well in the lectures. hope that i would learn a lot from the remaining courses.

By baokuman

Oct 6, 2017

very great at teaching the python, it can let the fresh man really interested in python. And the professor is also very humor and intelligent.

By Gautam P

Sep 8, 2017

Basic We need for Python is all in this course and moreover the material is sufficient to make a start and good understanding of python.

Thanks

By Tristan k

Jul 25, 2017

A good way to decide if you want to actually learn long term. I recommend having a python compiler on at all times when watching the lectures.

By Deleted A

Jul 1, 2017

Professor Charles Severance is the BEST. He teaches the course with humor, passion, and clarity that makes programming seems easy. I LOVE IT.

By Doug S

Jan 29, 2017

Really great instruction...this is the course if you are new to programming. I completely understood the foundation of programming and python.

By Nicolau S

Dec 25, 2016

Excellent course in basic programming, just what I needed. The teacher, Charles, is great. I recommend it to anyone who wants to learn python.

By misaki-G

Oct 20, 2016

Basic knowledge and syntax of Python

very fun and easy to understand for everyone.

Hope to further learn about data analysis in the next course.

By Aayushi G

Aug 9, 2016

A great course for getting your basics right. The course is a bit slow for people who are already into programming but the Professor is great.

By Malygin V

May 2, 2016

Good course, a student can catch all necessary skills within the short period of time, thank the awesome professor and the brilliant textbook.

By Shane F

Mar 15, 2016

Great way to start programming in python. Dr. Chuck is easy to follow and understand, and really helps break things down to relatable levels.

By Hadas G

Mar 10, 2016

Wonderful course, wonderful way to introduce Python.

Thank you. I am introducing and recommending the course and the platform everywhere I can.

By Abhishek B

Mar 1, 2016

Had a wonderful experience learning about the basics of Python in the most engaging and fun manner possible. Thank you Coursera and Dr. Chuck.

By Jiaxin X

Jan 31, 2016

I have seen many other self-learning courses/website. this course is really amazing. Professor taught in an interesting way and easy to learn.