Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Python

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Course Created By, MIT University-MOOC

All Level 8 Hours 21.43 mins of Video Lecture Language: English Lifetime Access Certificate of completion Free

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Key Topics Covered

What is computation?
Branching and Iteration
String Manipulation, Guess and Check, Approximations, Bisection
Decomposition, Abstractions, Functions
Tuples, Lists, Aliasing, Mutability, Cloning
Recursion, Dictionaries
Testing, Debugging, Exceptions, Assertions
Object Oriented Programming
Python Classes and Inheritance
Understanding Program Efficiency, Part 1
Understanding Program Efficiency, Part 2
Searching and Sorting

Who can take this course?

Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Python is intended for students with little or no programming experience
You need to have a computer running one of the following operating systems:
Microsoft Windows, version XP or greater
Apple OSX, version 10.2 or greater
Linux - most distribution that have been released within the past two years should work
In addition, you will need the ability to download, install, and run software on your computer.

Course Description

Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Python is intended for students with little or no programming experience. It aims to provide students with an understanding of the role computation can play in solving problems and to help students, regardless of their major, feel justifiably confident of their ability to write small programs that allow them to accomplish useful goals. The class will use the Python 3.5 programming language.
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