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    • Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python)

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    About Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python)

    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.

    Format
    Self-Paced
    Subject
    • Information Technology
    Platform
    edX

    Course content developed by U-M faculty and managed by the university. Faculty titles and affiliations are updated periodically.

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    This experience is available to individual learners on the following platforms:

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    Free access is only available to current U-M students, alumni, faculty, and staff.

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    Special pricing and tailored programming bundles available for organizational partners.

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    Reviews and Ratings

    4.8

    192972 Ratings from Coursera

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    Muy bueno, excelente
    Great course I enjoyed it.
    me encanta el método de enseñanza
    coding assignment are tough (somewhere not teaching things are there(thats my feeling))otherwise the course very useful for everyone as a begginer
    Useless!
    Why i didn't get my certificate
    I had submit assignment, but they don't show it
    Good
    It's very difficult for me to find places where I can go and ask for help. I am stuck on an assignment and don't know where or how to get help.
    I thought they will teach high level but all this i alreday knon stuff

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