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Python Essential Training

With Ryan Mitchell Liked by 16,715 users
Duration: 4h 22m Skill level: Beginner Released: 1/25/2023

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Course details

Python is one of the most commonly used dynamic languages for many large organizations, including Google, Yahoo, and IBM. Supported on all major operating systems, it comes pre-installed on Macs, as well as most Linux and Unix-based systems. In this course, senior software engineer Ryan Mitchell guides you through all the essentials of learning and using Python. Learn how computers think, as well as how to install Python, pip, and Jupyter Notebook and the basics of writing a program. Explore variables and types, operators, functions, classes, objects, and more. Go over basic data types like ints and floats, Booleans, and strings. Deep dive into basic data structures, control flow, functions, classes, and objects. Find out how to handle errors and exceptions, as well as threads and processes. Plus, discover how to work with different types of files in Python, pass command-line arguments to your Python script, and create modules and packages.

This course is part of a Professional Certificate from Python Institute.

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  • Ekundayo Akuma Ekundayo Akuma

    Ekundayo Akuma

    Associate, Analytics & Operations @ KPMG Nigeria | Cloud-ERP & Consumer Market Research Scholar

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    Vinuprasad Vemmanattu Muraleedharan

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    Jim Lamb

    Experienced Software Engineer | Technical Leadership | Security & Architecture | Agile Development | Project Recovery

    5/5 July 24, 2025
    A very well-designed and presented course. Covers the basics for beginners and provides a good refresher for those who might not have used python in a while.
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Contents

What’s included

  • Practice while you learn 1 exercise file
  • Test your knowledge 11 quizzes
  • Learn on the go Access on tablet and phone

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