Introduction to Python: Fundamentals

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Free Online Course: Introduction to Python: Fundamentals provided by edX is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 5 weeks long, 3-4 hours a week. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Introduction to Python: Fundamentals is taught by Eric Camplin.

Overview
  • Ready for more hands-on, step-by-step Python fundamentals? Add to the foundational experience you got in the Introduction to Python: Absolute Beginner, and explore data structures. Get lots of practice working with sample code in Jupyter Notebooks on Azure, which require only a browser and an Internet connection.

    Focus on Python data structures, and work with string, list, and range sequences. Discover the power of list iteration, and learn about string and list methods. From there, get the details on file input and output--open files, read them, add to them, close them, and more. At the end of the course, you'll be able to slice strings into substrings, create lists, iterate through them, import files, and use file append mode, along with a lot of other practical Python tasks, as you get started coding.

    Note: These courses will retire in June. Please enroll only if you are able to finish your coursework in time.

Syllabus
  • Module 1 - Sequences: String Indexing
    Module 2 - Sequences: List Manipulation
    Module 3 - Sequences: Iteration
    Module 4 - Files: Input and Output