Introduction to Python

Laying the foundations of programming in Python to prepare you for deploying machine and deep learning algorithms later in the training.

with Martin Ganchev

Course Overview

Python is one of the most widely used programming languages among data scientists. This course will show you the technical advantages it has over other programming languages. You will start working with its modules for scientific computing, and you will begin to understand why these functionalities make Python the preferred choice in finance, econometrics, economics, data science, and machine learning.

40 High Quality Lessons

26 Practical Tasks

2 Hours of Video

Certificate of Achievement

Skills you will gain

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What You'll Learn

This course will introduce you to the world of Python. You will learn about Python’s technical advantages, specific features, modules, functionalities, and more.

Basic Python syntax

Work with variables, operators, and conditional statements

Create and use functions

Study Python sequences and iterations

Understand Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)

Import modules in Python

Curriculum

Why Python? Free

1 Lesson 5 Min

Course Introduction Free
Python Variables and Data Types Free

3 Lessons 14 Min

Python Variables Free Understanding Numbers and Boolean Values Free Strings Free
Basic Python Syntax Free

7 Lessons 12 Min

The Arithmetic Operators of Python Free What is the Double Equality Sign? Free How to Reassign Values Free How to Add Comments Free Understanding Line Continuation Free How to Index Elements Free How to Structure Your Code with Indentation Free
More on Operators

2 Lessons 8 Min

Python's Comparison Operators Python's Logical and Identity Operators
Conditional Statements

4 Lessons 14 Min

Getting to know the IF Statement Adding an ELSE statement Else if, for Brief – ELIF An Additional Explanation of Boolean Values
Functions

7 Lessons 19 Min

How to Define a Function in Python How to Create a Function with a Parameter Another Way to Define a Function How to use a Function within a Function Use Conditional Statements and Functions Together How to Create Functions Which Contain a Few Arguments Built-In Functions in Python Worth Knowing
Sequences

5 Lessons 19 Min

Introduction to Lists Using Methods in Python What is List Slicing? Working with Tuples Python Dictionaries
Iteration

6 Lessons 17 Min

Using For Loops Using While Loops and Incrementing Use the range() Function to Create Lists Combine Conditional Statements and Loops All In – Conditional Statements, Functions, and Loops How to Iterate over Dictionaries
A few important Python concepts and terms

5 Lessons 22 Min

Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Modules, Packages and the Python Standard Library Importing Modules in Python What is Software Documentation? The Python Documentation

“If you want to become a data scientist, you definitely need Python! In this hands-on course, I will teach you Python programming fundamentals – the basic, foundational tool you need before diving into machine learning in Python.”

Martin Ganchev

Worked at European Commission

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