From straightforward but tricky logic to advanced lengthy object-oriented programming, It has the power to teach python to the novice, the intermediate, or the advanced. A well-structured way to learn with practical problems as PSETS and simple finger exercises.
About the course.
Instructor paced, 9 weeks with 14-16 hours per week!
Instructors: Eric Grimson(phenomenal explainer!), John Guttag, Ana Bell
Finger Exercises, PSETS, and midterm, final exams.
passing grade: 55%
Verified certificate: $75 or INR 5579
Syllabus
A Notion of computation
The Python programming language
Some simple algorithms
Testing and debugging
An informal introduction to algorithmic complexity
Data structures
WHO CAN TAKE THIS COURSE?
Beginners
I would suggest a complete novice learner who has no background in python to avoid this course and first get a good grasp on python. Although, You would have to work hard deliberately to get a passing grade.
Intermediate
This course is perfectly tailored for the intermediate level. If you have good prior knowledge of python involving logical problems and classes; I will strongly suggest this course.
Advanced
Directly solve the problems, and refresh your python logic.
EXERCISES
Finger exercises
These are high quantity and low weightage problems requiring you to watch the lecture and answer. In general, they only compromise 10% of your overall grade.
PSETS
These are the most challenging exercises that required tremendous effort to solve. Not only they are lengthy but also have many subparts. It compromises 40% and cannot be left out.
Final/midterm Exams
They are simple if you have focused on the finger and PSETS but do have some tricky aspects. The coding questions require you to paste your entire code into the IDE, which will check for errors. Generally, scoring around 50% is comfortable but going above that requires effort. They compromise 50% of your overall grade, hence set a reminder to give the exam punctually.
BOB (A medium difficulty problem from the course)
TEST YOURSELF:
If you can solve this, you can complete the course.
Assume s is a string of lower case characters.Write a program that prints the number of times the string 'bob' occurs in s. For example, if s = 'azcbobobegghakl', then your program should printNumber of times bob occurs is: 2Unable to solve? Here's the answer.
My Take
I suggest you have a look at this course if you are interested in python. Make sure you have enough knowledge and free time of 5 weeks.
Rating: 4/5
Ups:
High popularity and FAQ/community support.
Good concepts and challenging problems.
Downs:
Bit low(maybe old) production quality.
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