Intro to computer science - Python

Use programming as a tool to design recommendation engines, model infectious diseases, create game levels, and more! Start with the Python fundamentals like variables, conditionals, loops, and functions, as you build a portfolio of projects that showcase some of the exciting ways you can apply programming to real world problems.

8 units74 videos5 hours

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Unit 1: Computational thinking with variables

The programming platform

Program execution

Variables

Arithmetic expressions

Unit 2: Designing algorithms with conditionals

Boolean conditions

Compound boolean expressions

Chained conditionals

Nested conditionals

Unit 3: Simulating phenomena with loops

Module imports

While loops

For loops

Loop control flow

break and continue ✓ Check-ins5:16

Unit 4: Playing games with functions

Function definitions

Function control flow

Code organization

Testing

Unit 5: Automating tasks with lists

List indices

List iteration

String manipulation

String methods ✓ Check-ins5:28

List mutation

Unit 6: Analyzing data with dictionaries

Dictionaries

Dictionary iteration

Nested data: dictionaries

Nested data: lists

Unit 7: Building software with classes

Attributes

Methods

Class design

Composition

Unit 8: Video extras

Video shorts

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