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About the Course

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....
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High quality instructor

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Introductory course

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Top reviews

JV

Jun 10, 2022

Excellent for beginners like me. Although, I do wish that there were more examples and explanations per topic, more exercises per topic, and more projects per topic to really drive home the material.

SM

Mar 24, 2016

excellent for beginners, very well described, great understanding grasped and its simple, very simple, but thats what makes it 5 star, is that its for anyone or as the title says pythong for Everybody

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By Swarnendu D

Aug 2, 2020

I have previously a bit accustmed with the programming with C++, but learning the basics of Python from Prof. Charles Russell Severance it was a great experience. This guy just makes the programming with python so easy that the learing becomes playful. Thank you Coursera, University of Michigan and Prof. Severance for the course.

By PRIYA K

Apr 18, 2020

First time i had any course online and this was a wonderful experience. I learn all the stuff and the explanation provided was very good and I did it so quickly because of Dr. Charles severance. I loved the way he taught the course. I would like to do more courses from here. And again lots of thanks and respect to the tutor(sir).

By Oliver C

Apr 16, 2020

This is an excellent course for someone getting started with programming. The videos are clear and the subject is well described, and the textbook for the course is free. The ratio of videos to exercises is good. If you know another programming language, the course is a bit slow, but… the title did say “Programming for Everyone”.

By Navneeth V

Apr 8, 2020

Really great class. Dr. Chuck is a great teacher and covered all the areas where studets might have doubts. He was really thinking from the students' side and thought what all doubts could arise and cleared it very well. It was a really great experience. The only thing that felt bad is that the course is too short.That's it!!! :)

By Aman K

Mar 22, 2020

Excellent course, Great Tutor.

This course is extremely good and well packed for beginners.Compact, yet complete course for python. The way this course is made, students with zero programming language can also catch up with the language. I am really thankful to Coursera and Charles Severance sir for creating this wonderful course.

By Aman D S R

Dec 15, 2018

One of the great course i've ever had Dr Chuck's methodlogy is one of the amazing I've encountred in my life. The way he explains things its quite phenomenal I personally think with this kind of teaching skills one can make anyone learn programming. Thank you Dr. Chuck and Michigan University for this course, it really helped me.

By Abel B

Dec 15, 2022

I have learnt a lot how to write program and execute different codes. The course is an introduction to me and I need to swell my skill of python programming for advanced statistical analysis and remote sensing image processing and analysis such as AI, deep learning, and machine learning. Therefore, I need to take other courses.

By Nathan S

Nov 1, 2022

The best course I've taken on Coursera so far. I appreciate the natural lecture approach as opposed to the word-for-word scripted lectures in other courses. Dr. Chuck's approach to teaching programming would be helpful to those with zero coding experience, and is useful to those with more experience looking to review the basics.

By Junaid A

Apr 22, 2022

First of all, I would like to say thank you to the creator of this amazing course Dr. Chuck , his team and the Coursera for this tremendous effort. I learned a lot in this course because I was new to the course and now I have my goal to complete the specialization so that I can be a good programmer. Very big thanks and Respect

By FADI A

Feb 23, 2021

It was just a great experience! Dr. Severance has made it easy and fun to start with python as my first programming language! Although I've never felt it's stressful or "demanding" but I was surprise how much I have learned at the end of this course! It goes really smooth and easy through the different principles of programming!

By Jagannath V

Oct 14, 2020

This course is extremely helpful for people people who want to get an basic idea about python without any prior experience in programming. I still remember my days when I used to byheart program codes without understanding concept. I thought it is very difficult for me to learn programming but this course changed my perspective.

By Abdul M B

Jul 19, 2020

First of all I thanks to coursera for providing us a such platform where we could learn new things and extend our skills in various fields. second I also thanks to The University of Michigan for free courses with certificates! I am also very happy to have a good friendly mentor who teaches well. I am just grateful to Coursera!

By Mettupalle C S S R

May 3, 2020

This complete coarse is a basic course for knowing the basic stuff related to python . There are lot of basic topics covered in an excellent way. Our instructor Charles will teach with the real world examples which will encourage us a lot.So if you are a beginner then this course will take you to a very beginner level to a pro.

By Pratyush P

Aug 29, 2019

THIS WAS MY FIRST COURSE WITH COURSERA AND LET ME TELL YOU THIS HAS BEEN AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE GETTING TAUGHT BY SUCH A GREAT PROFESSOR DR. CHUCK .HIS TEACHING METHOD IS REALLY FRIENDLY AND IT CAN BE EASILY UNDERSTOOD WHAT EVER HE TEACHES.THIS COURSE AND ESPECIALLY DR. CHUCK INSPIRED ME TO CONTINUE FURTHERMORE WITH THE COURSES.

By Rollin S M

Aug 6, 2019

Dr. Chuck Severance did a great job introducing Python to people without any previous programming experience. The Coursera format works well with its 10 minutes video classes and auto-graded programming assignments. I now feel comfortable with Python and look forward taking the next class (Python Data Structures) in this series.

By Emanuele S

Aug 3, 2019

I was able to grasp concepts in an easy but very powerful way. I feel I'm able to control things now, to know exactly what line of coed does. Surely this is thanks of Python's simplicity but most of all it is thanks to Mr. Severance whose instructions and examples are enlightening! Looking forward to go on, to take the next step

By Jeesoo L

Jul 14, 2018

Amazing course, I really love your lectures, very entertaining and everything was explained in a way it was easy to understand but the explanation was not shallow. Extra material at the end of each lesson was also great, it taught me the history of python and how python evolving at the moment. Thank you for this wonderful course

By линус д

Mar 15, 2018

Before this course I have covered many other python courses, but this course provides IN-DEPTH explanations for python basics, which made me better understand how python actually works. What is also good about this course is that there is no ready answers for assignments!!!, which is really good if you want to master it yourself

By Amr E A E

May 6, 2016

a great course to start with, it is very simple and helpful i really enjoyed it alot, Dr. Charles makes everything easy and fun, you will get to apply after each chapter that way you will improve alot and there is also Bonus videos which i found so amazing because you get to know about new stuff but still related to programming.

By Maxim V

Oct 17, 2015

I'm very glad I enrolled dr.Chuck courses - they're not too simple, not too hard for the first time.

You're need something interesting for the begining. Something that will remind you that learning is interesting.

Dr.Chuck courses damn fit for this purpose.

Thank you, dr.Chuck, Teaching staff of University of Michigan and Coursera.

By Angie G

May 8, 2024

Well-designed course for true beginners taught by an established computer science expert and academic. The instructor is clearly enthusiastic about sharing his knowledge, and he provides thorough explanations and demonstrations. Reading along with the course text – in addition to viewing the lectures on Coursera – is advisable.

By Rafael L

Jul 14, 2022

Great course for absolute beginners. The instructor and the quality of the material are of top quality. I'm looking forward to continuing learning from the other courses of the specialisation Python for Everybody. Thank you to everyone who contributed to making this course and making it available for everyone with the internet.

By Juan M G Á

Mar 30, 2022

I’ve finished Goggle’s IT Automation with Python, but I read very good reviews about this course.  What a great surprise.  There were little things Dr. Chuck explained that clarified very important and basic concepts.  Don’t get me wrong:  Google’s courses are great, but this course complements the other one in an amazing way. 

By jonathan p

Nov 5, 2020

The teacher is very clear and dynamic. all the material covered is well explain. nevertheless i think this course should include more practice or reference to practice. it was easy for me to understand the concepts because i already have experience programing in java and VB, but i think a new programmer would need more practice

By prankul b

Sep 12, 2020

The most amazing thing about this course is that it comes with a book. You can either download it free from the website of Mr. Charles or buy it from Amazon. Every single chapter from the book is covered in this course and it's very great to read a book with the help of Mr. Charles. I really love this course Highly recommended.