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An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 2)

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3 recommenders · 3 threads · recommended in 2 years, 2015–2016 · score 2.6

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The second part of Rice University's Python-based introduction to interactive programming, taught on Coursera. It builds on part 1 with event-driven programming and interactive games, using the browser-based CodeSkulptor environment and the simplegui module.

Commenters call it an amazing course and a great introduction to programming and computational thinking, and one commenter who took the full sequence highly recommends it.

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20152016

On Reddit (3)

  1. Strongly recommendsmindwise3750r/learnprogramming2015in “Anyone wanting to learn Python, this course is now open in coursera. It's looks like awesome.”▲ 1

    I took all 6 courses (it was only 3 courses back then), and I highly recommend them. I would add that the instructors are all very enthusiastic about what they do, and they were quite active in the forums, genuinely caring about helping the students and improving the course, which is not always…

  2. Recommendsaheadofmytimer/learnprogramming2016in “[Python] Next steps after Codeacademy crash course and "Learn Python the Hard Way" book”▲ 1

    Yes, it's from Rice U. They use an in house, web based IDE called CodeSkulptor. It's py2 and the course is amazing. Part 2 starts Feb 22 I believe.

  3. Recommendsboy_without_a_fairyr/learnprogramming2015in “Codecademy, Khan Academy, MIT & Harvard online courses, Coursera, Treehouse, Udemy... Do you know of any other interactive resource to learn programming online? Which do you prefer?”

    From what I've tried I can tell you to first do codecademy to get to know the syntax. Then do this course https://www.coursera.org/course/pythonlearn and if you like it continue doing https://www.coursera.org/course/interactivepython1 and https://www.coursera.org/course/interactivepython2 . Those…

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