Python for Absolute Beginners | Python Beginner to Pro

Beginner friendly Python! Become a fluent Python programmer Learn the Python basics then build inspiring Python projects

Created by: 365 Careers
Creating opportunities for Data Science and Finance students

Created by: Giles McMullen-Klein
Python Programmer interested in python for health data

What Will I Learn?

• Go from Python beginner to Python proficiency. You will become a confident Python programmer with a good knowledge of the foundations and their applications
• This is a hands on course with numerous coding examples and challenges at the end of each section. This is very important as you learn Python best by doing it
• Acquire the pre-requisite Python skills to work with Python in fields such as Data Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Web Development
• Install Python and write your first program
• How to use basic Python structures: strings, lists, and dictionaries
• How to use a Jupyter Notebook and how to work with .py files
• Create and use functions and Lambdas
• Understand what classes are and how they relate to objects
• Learn to think computationally
• Handle Exceptions
• Interesting and useful modules e.g. the datetime and Collections module
• Use of Git and Github: essential skills for all professional programmers
• Work with virtual environments in Python. An essential skill which is often missed from other courses.
• Introduction to the essential data science libraries of matplotlib and Pandas
• You will work on a big capstone project related to computer vision where you'll build your own image recognition system
• All the concepts are broken down into simple steps

Requirements

• The course is suitable for all students. We will start from the very basics.
• We will show students how to install the Anaconda package for free.
• All you need is a computer, Anaconda will run on Windows, macOS or Linux

Target audience

• Anyone who wants to learn Python, this course is suitable for beginners with no programming experience
• Programmers in other languages who want to learn Python 3
• Python programmers who want to learn coding best practice
• Anyone who is interested in the fastest-growing and most popular programming language in 2021
• People interested in a data science, web development, big data, web testing, or an AI Python programming career
• Python beginners