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Python for Everybody Specialization
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Python for Everybody Specialization

Coursera

18 recommenders · 18 threads · recommended in 7 years, 2016–2022 · score 22.6

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A five-course Python specialization from the University of Michigan on Coursera, taught by Dr. Charles Severance, covering Python basics, data structures, web data, and databases for beginners. Courses can be audited for free, with payment only for a certificate.

Commenters call it a great, solid intro to Python, praising the clear lectures, the interactive web-based IDE, and the instructor.

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  1. Strongly recommendsMalignant-Koalar/Python2022in “Where do I start?”

    I always suggest this coursera specialization: https://www.coursera.org/specializations/python Python For Everybody is a series of courses from the University of Michigan, taught by an excellent professor. It's a great intro to python. If money is an issue, instead of enrolling in the…

  2. Strongly recommendspdubs2025r/learnprogramming2022in “I was looking to build a pc and learn how to program. I’m 29, can’t land a job, and am tired doing general labor. Where do I start and any recommendations.”

    University of Michigan Python courses on Coursera are the best entry level courses you can take. Period. I’ve learned over 20 different languages over the past 25 years. I’ve been to universities, industry courses, and self guided and can honestly say the Michigan Python sequences were the best…

  3. Strongly recommendsconiferishr/learnprogramming2020in “My 10-step self-taught CS curriculum - any recommendations?”▲ 2

    I taught myself Python with U Michigan's course on Coursera (audited). It was great and was much better than other courses I've tried on there. You can ignore the videos. Just work through their online 'book'. https://www.coursera.org/specializations/python-3-programming#courses

  4. Strongly recommendsBlade1413r/learnprogramming2019in “Honest opinion on Coursera ?”▲ 3

    Coursera courses can be taken for free; you just have to click like you're going to enter into the free trial but then you just select "audit" course which allows you to take the course for free. However, if you audit the course (i.e., take it for free), you don't get a certificate (but who really…

  5. Recommendsheisenbergx1225r/learnprogramming2022in “What is the best Udemy course to learn python?”

    try university of Michigan specialization on python, available on coursera, it has 5 courses and will make beginners to intermediate

  6. RecommendsIcarus998r/learnprogramming2022in “Starting my programming journey. Any suggestions?”▲ 7

    first I recommend you sign up for code in place https://codeinplace.stanford.edu/ its a free course offered by stanford , I dont know when the next offering is but its usually once a year . other courses I recommend : * Python for Everybody Specialization on Coursera…

  7. RecommendsSoonysoser/Python2022in “The top 5 advanced Python highly rated free courses On Udemy with real-world projects.”▲ 1

    Hi buddy Recently I completed the course:Python for Everybody Specialization. at Coursera, the course is represented by the University of Michigan as a financial-aid one and still free of cost. @ https://www.coursera.org/specializations/python I was looking for the next step after the Coursera…

  8. RecommendsTheL0neW0Ifr/learnprogramming2022in “Should I push my Fiance into programming?”

    Just let him do python specialization on Coursera by Dr chuck if he doesn't finish that it's not for him

  9. Recommendsscamhanr/learnprogramming2021in “Which programming language is best to start for automation coding for my work?”▲ 2

    Get a code editor like Atom. And take an online class.. the Coursera intro python specialization from University of Michigan is good.

  10. Recommendsnathankrir/learnprogramming2020in “Is there a book for like the “theory” of programming for complete beginners?”▲ 1

    If your goal is to become a frontend or backend developer, I’m not sure that theory books will be very helpful. Books are great for when you want to dive deep into a specific topic. However, they don’t really help with building a broad skill set or giving you hands on experience. Since your first…

  11. RecommendssanyogGr/learnprogramming2020in “How do you people do it?”▲ 1

    You can try using paper and pen not for notes, but for syntax and try to any program in paper first....II also just started to program with the same P4E specialization on Coursera...and I do "How to automate the boring stuff using python" course in Udemy after p4e as Dr Charles himself stresses on…

  12. Recommendsichmagkartoffelr/learnprogramming2019in “Programming Newbie.”▲ 21

    Hi there! I was in the exact same position as you currently are a couple of months ago, here is what I did that helped me a lot: 1. I started off with Introduction to Computer Science, this helped me understand how the web works and learned the very basic nuts and bolts of programming, algorithms…

  13. Recommendsshoulderbeefr/Python2018in “Absolute beginner to python and programming in general”

    The Python for Everybody specialization on Coursera is a pretty solid start. I'd suggest that for an absolute beginner. Ultimately, you're going to pick up things from a ton of different resources.

  14. RecommendsAusterlitzerr/Python2017in “Should I go the free YouTube tutorials way or the free books way?”

    do a tutorial for the python specialization in coursera. It really is good and you can manage to do one course in the specialization within the 7 days of the free trial.

  15. RecommendsCynical_Icarusr/learnprogramming2017in “How to Program: My new YouTube Channel pulling from 7+ years of experience working at Amazon and Facebook to teach people programming.”

    The only programming study I have done is the whole specialization on Python on coursera through the university of Michigan. It's a 5 course MOOC and I thought the professor was very good. The course has been updated since I took it, I believe, to shift into Python 3 from Python 2, if that is any…

  16. RecommendsLeChevalierMalFetr/learnprogramming2016in “My community college offers $99 no-credit 6-week programming classes through a company called ed2go. Anyone had any experience with these or think it's worth my time/money?”

    I took this class over the summer. It's pretty thorough, but there isn't much information that is actually taught. That is, for each week there are a few pages of information and maybe a small assignment. You might want to look at the Coursera python specialization too. The lectures are very good…

  17. Recommendseru_melkorr/learnprogramming2016in “What next to do after completing learn python the hard way”▲ 4

    Maybe learn python properly? On r/python top most upvoted post of all time is this: https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/40s6dm/meta_can_we_take_learn_python_the_hard_way_off/ Since you want to establish a strong command of the python language, I suggest you do this specialization course on…

  18. RecommendsDirewolvesAreCoolr/learnprogramming2016in “Just finished the online, open source web development bootcamp over at http://www.theodinproject.com/ and used my new skills to launch my first website today! Here is a recap of my experience.”▲ 1

    If you want solid Python material, I can recommend these two courses: https://www.class-central.com/mooc/408/coursera-an-introduction-to-interactive-programming-in-python-part-1 https://www.class-central.com/mooc/1341/edx-6-00-1x-introduction-to-computer-science-and-programming-using-python Of…

  19. Mentionssynthphreakr/learnmachinelearning2021in “A set of notes on Deep Learning Specialization”▲ 1

    - Step 1. Learn Python, culminating in this Coursera specialization. Last two courses are totally optional. - Step 2a: Brush up on calculus and linear algebra using this Coursera specialization. Last course is optional but recommended, as how well you can follow it will serve as a reasonable test…

  20. MentionsTheThinker12r/learnmachinelearning2020in “Programming beginner interested in learning Python for AI/ML/Computer Vision”▲ 1

    Udemy and Coursera have great courses for beginners to learn Python. I started learning Python from Coursera's Python specialization (offered by University of Michigan). After you understand the basics of Python and its various data structures (lists, dictionaries, etc.), I suggest you familiarize…

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