Learn Python 3 from Scratch

Gain insights into Python 3 basics, from built-in functions to data types and program structures, culminating in a hands-on project. Become a lifelong learner in computing.

Beginner

14 Lessons

6h

Certificate of Completion

Gain insights into Python 3 basics, from built-in functions to data types and program structures, culminating in a hands-on project. Become a lifelong learner in computing.

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This course includes

62 Playgrounds
5 Quizzes

This course includes

62 Playgrounds
5 Quizzes

Course Overview

This course focuses exclusively on teaching Python to beginners and demystifies procedural programming, grounding every new concept in the hands-on project they gradually build with the course. You will begin by understanding built-in functions for input and output, and then move on to user-defined functions. Moreover, you will learn the basic data types and their application. Next, you will learn about the various structures of programs you can write: sequential, selective, and iterative; eventually, you ...Show More

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Python

Programming Language

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What You'll Learn

An understanding of procedural Python programming

Ability to solve computational problems with a coding mindset

Ability to debug the Python code

Hands-on experience with building your first Python project

What You'll Learn

An understanding of procedural Python programming

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Course Content

1.

Introduction to Python and Programming Concepts

Get familiar with Python fundamentals, functions, input/output operations, and project basics.
2.

User-Defined Functions and Data Types

Get started with arithmetic operations, data types, user-defined functions, and error handling in Python.
3.

Program Structures and Calculating Game

Go hands-on with logical operators, conditional statements, loops, and a Python project.

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