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This hands-on Python course helps absolute beginners write their first lines of code, build interactive programs, and understand core programming concepts through playful examples and real-life logic.

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87 Lessons

10h

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This hands-on Python course helps absolute beginners write their first lines of code, build interactive programs, and understand core programming concepts through playful examples and real-life logic.

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133 Playgrounds
17 Quizzes

This course includes

7 AI Prompts
133 Playgrounds
17 Quizzes
Course Overview
What You'll Learn
Course Content

Course Overview

After years of teaching computer science, from university classrooms to the courses I've built at Educative, one thing has become clear to me: the best way to learn to code is to start writing code immediately, not to sit through lectures about it. That's the philosophy behind this course. From the very first lesson, you'll be typing real Python and seeing results. You'll start with the fundamentals (e.g., variables, math, strings, user input), then progressively build up to conditionals, loops, functions,...Show More

TAKEAWAY SKILLS

Python 3

Python Basics

Python Programming

Problem Solving

Conditional Statements

Debugging

Error Handling

Learn To Code

What You'll Learn

Write your first Python programs from scratch with no prior coding experience required

Use variables, loops, conditionals, and functions to solve problems and build interactive programs

Work with lists, dictionaries, and files to organize and store data

Build mini-projects: a chatbot, expense tracker, habit tracker, number guessing game, and more

Debug, test, and review code (including AI-generated code) using real developer workflows

Complete a capstone Budget Tracker project using AI as a coding collaborator

What You'll Learn

Write your first Python programs from scratch with no prior coding experience required

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Course Content

1.

Talk to the Machine

Explore programming through play, power, and purpose in this hands-on introduction.
Say “Hello!”
Challenge: Favorite Quote
Solution: Favorite Quote
Make It Do Math
Quiz: Make It Do Math
Challenge: Our Age in Days
Solution: Our Age in Days
Teach Your Code to Remember Things!
Quiz: Teach Your Code to Remember Things!
Challenge: About You
Solution: About You
Mix Words and Numbers
Quiz: Mix Words and Numbers
Challenge: Write a Character Introduction
Solution: Write a Character Introduction
Make the Machine Ask You Something
Quiz: Make the Machine Ask You Something
Challenge: Birthday Calculator
Solution: Birthday Calculator
2.

Make It Think

Learn how to teach your computer to make choices and automate tasks.
Make Decisions
Quiz: Make Decisions
Challenge: Movie Night
Solution: Movie Night
Try Out Things Safely!
Quiz: Try Out Things Safely!
Challenge: Safe Division
Solution: Safe Division
Repeat Yourself
Quiz: Repeat Yourself
Challenge: Repeat Yourself
Solution: Repeat Yourself
Challenge: Countdown
Solution: Countdown
Break the Loop (When You Must)
Quiz: Break the Loop
Challenge: Break the Loop
Solution: Break the Loop
Challenge: Skip Even Numbers
Solution: Skip Even Numbers
Count, Collect, and Organize
Quiz: Count, Collect, and Organize
Challenge: Favorite Things
Solution: Favorite Things
3.

Give It a Memory

Understand how to build more powerful, reusable structures.
Build Your Own Commands
Quiz: Build Your Own Commands
Challenge: Mad Lib Generator
Solution: Mad Lib Generator
Choose Your Own Adventure
Quiz: Choose Your Own Adventure
Challenge: Add Layers to Your Adventure
Solution: Add Layers to Your Adventure
Teach Your Code to Remember Lots of Things!
Quiz: Teach Your Code to Remember Lots of Things!
Challenge: Teach Your Code to Remember Lots of Things!
Solution: Teach Your Code to Remember Lots of Things!
Challenge: Contact book
Solution: Contact book
Think in Tables
Quiz: Think in Tables
Challenge: Class Grades
Solution: Class Grades
Talk to Files
Quiz: Read and Write Text Files
Challenge: Score Logger
Solution: Score Logger
4.

Unlock Superpowers

Learn to create useful, exciting real-world projects.
Build a Mini Chatbot
Challenge: Custom Responses
Solution: Custom Responses
Track Your Spending (or Habits)
Introduction to Modules and Libraries
Quiz: Introduction to Modules and Libraries
Challenge: Dice Roller
Solution: Dice Roller
Draw with Python (Turtle Power)
Quiz: Draw with Python (Turtle Power)
Project: Creative Design
Project: Temperature Converter
Project: Quote Machine
Project: Interactive Adventure Story
Project: Number Guessing Game (with Personality)
Project: Personal Habit Tracker
5.

Learning Python in the Age of AI

Build your Python portfolio by creating a Budget Tracker, enhancing coding skills through AI collaboration.
Prompting AI as Your Coding Buddy
Design the Project Structure
Build the Functionality
Error Handling and Refinement
Client Requirement Change
What’s next?

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