Course Overview 

Welcome to this course on Python Programming for Newbies — a course focused on upskilling newbie Python programmers to a senior-level status.

Python is an interpreted, high-level, general-purpose programming language that can be used for various purposes such as back-end web development, software development, scripting, and mathematics. It is the most popular programming language used in the field of Data Science, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence.

Objectives

A high-level overview of the learning objectives of this course is as follows:

• Learn how to download and install Python on your system.
• Learn about different Python variables, data types and operations.
• Learn how to alter the flow of a Python program using control flow tools.
• Learn about errors and exceptions in Python and how to handle them.
• Learn to perform object-oriented programming in Python.
• Learn about the different standard libraries available in Python.
• Learn how to set up a virtual environment in Python.

You can expect to meet all these objectives by the time you reach the end of this course.

Best way to work through the course

This course is detailed and requires a good amount of time and attention from your end.

If you come across any problem, do check to see if your code matches exactly with the course. If you still face errors or have any questions, you can provide your question through the comment section of the specific chapter you are stuck on.

We recommend you to join our community and get connected to our vibrant network of data science aspirants. Once you are in the community, you can share your learnings, form a study group, or even get help building a project around Python.

Ready to start your journey to become a Python programmer? Let’s get started. Head over to the first lesson of this course on ‘Installing Python and Getting Started‘.