Getting Started With Python

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Python for Everybody

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Getting Started with Python

Programming for Everybody
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.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
 Install Python and write your first program
 Describe the basics of the Python programming language
 Use variables to store, retrieve and calculate information
 Utilize core programming tools such as functions and loops
Chapter One - Why we Program?
These are the course-wide materials as well as the first part of Chapter One where we explore what it
means to write programs. We finish Chapter One and have the quiz and first assignment in the third
week of the class. Throughout the course you may want to come back and look at these materials. This
section should not take you an entire week.
Video: Welcome to Class - Dr. Chuck4m

Video: Welcome to Python - Guido van Rossum1m
1.1 - Why Program11m
1.2 - Hardware Overview11m
1.3 - Python as a Language7m
Fun: The Textbook Authors Meet @PyCon20153m
Face to Face Office Hours - Bengaluru, India2m
Installing and Using Python
In this module you will set things up so you can write Python programs. Not all activities in this module
are required for this class so please read the "Using Python in this Class" material for details.
Demonstration: Using the Python Playground3m

Windows 10: Installing Python and Writing A Program8m
Windows: Taking Screen Shots2m
Macintosh: Using Python and Writing A Program4m
Macintosh: Taking Screen Shots4m
Bonus: Eben Upton and the RaspBerry Pi9m
Chapter One: Why We Program (continued)
In the first chapter we try to cover the "big picture" of programming so you get a "table of contents" of
the rest of the book. Don't worry if not everything makes perfect sense the first time you hear it. This
chapter is quite broad and you would benefit from reading the chapter in the book in addition to
watching the lectures to help it all sink in. You might want to come back and re-watch these lectures
after you have funished a few more chapters.
1.4 - Writing Paragraphs of Code16m

Demonstration: Doing the "Hello World" Assignment5m
Interview: Daphne Koller - Building Coursera11m
Face-to-Face Office Hours: Milan, Italy3m
Chapter Two: Variables and Expressions
In this chapter we cover how a program uses the computer's memory to store, retrieve and calculate
information.
2.1 - Expressions13m
2.2 - Expressions Part 220m
2.3 - Expressions - Part 37m
Worked Exercise: 2.37m
Interview: Pooja Sankar - Building Piazza6m
Office Hours: Mountain View, CA52s
Chapter Three: Conditional Code
In this section we move from sequential code that simply runs one line of code after another to
conditional code where some steps are skipped. It is a very simple concept - but it is how computer
software makes "choices".
3.1 Conditional Statements14m

3.2 More Conditional Statements17m
Interview: Massimo Banzi: The Arduino11m
Office Hours: Seoul Korea4m
Chapter Four: Functions
This is a relatively short chapter. We will learn about what functions are and how we can use them. The
programs in the first chapters of the book are not large enough to require us to develop functions, but
as the book moves into more and more complex programs, functions will be an essential way for us to
make sense of our code.
4.1 - Using Functions9m

4.2 - Building Functions12m
Interview: Guido van Rossum: The Early Years of Python11m
Office Hours: Manila Philippines1m
Chapter Five: Loops and Iteration
Loops and iteration complete our four basic programming patterns. Loops are the way we tell Python to
do something over and over. Loops are the way we build programs that stay with a problem until the
problem is solved.
5.1 - Loops and Iteration9m

5.2 - Definite Loops6m
5.3 - Finding the Largest Value8m
5.4 - Loop Idioms18m
What's Next - Dr.Chuck2m
Interview: Guido van Rossum - The Modern Era of Python12m
Office Hours: Paris, France52s
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Online Course Catalog and Directory | Coursera

Python for Everybody

Python for Everybody - Full University Python Course - YouTube

Getting Started with Python

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

 Install Python and write your first program

 Describe the basics of the Python programming language

 Use variables to store, retrieve and calculate information

 Utilize core programming tools such as functions and loops

Chapter One - Why we Program?

Video: Welcome to Class - Dr. Chuck4m

Demonstration: Using the Python Playground3m

Chapter One: Why We Program (continued)

1.4 - Writing Paragraphs of Code16m

Chapter Two: Variables and Expressions

Chapter Three: Conditional Code

3.1 Conditional Statements14m

4.1 - Using Functions9m

Chapter Five: Loops and Iteration

5.1 - Loops and Iteration9m

Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python) | Coursera

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