Intended for beginners who are new to Python, this course has two modules:

Module 1 - Absolute Beginner

Brand new to text-based programming? Check out this hands-on course for an in-depth look at the details of Python layers and concepts. Get ample practice drills and projects, using Jupyter Notebooks on Azure, which require only a browser and an Internet connection. Learn best practices and begin coding almost immediately.

After you explore data types and variables, take a look at strings, input, testing, and formatting. From there, learn about arguments and parameters, along with conditionals and nested conditionals. By the end of the course, you'll be able to create programs that prompt users for input and use conditional (True/False) logic and Python methods to manipulate numbers and text to provide responses to the users, in addition to requesting further input. Plus, learn basic troubleshooting for your code.

What you'll learn:

• Using Python in Jupyter Notebooks
• Gathering input and manipulating input/output
• Building reusable Functions with parameters and return values
• Decisions and repetition using conditional statements and loops

Module 2 - Fundamentals

Ready for more hands-on, step-by-step Python fundamentals? Get lots of practice working with sample code in Jupyter Notebooks on Azure, which requires only a browser and an Internet connection.

Focus on Python data structures, and work with string, list, and range sequences. Discover the power of list iteration, and learn about string and list methods. From there, get the details on file input and output—open files, read them, add to them, close them, and more. At the end of the course, you’ll be able to slice strings into substrings, create lists, iterate through them, import files, and use file append mode, along with a lot of other practical Python tasks, as you get started coding.

What you'll learn:

• Python 3 fundamentals
• Strings and List manipulation
• Methods to Iterate through strings, lists and ranges
• Creating, reading and writing to files