COURSE DESCRIPTION

The course is built for those who have no previous programming background and experience. The theory and exercises are basic and focused on the core concepts of programming in general and Python in particular. The course introduces the following contents: Simple Python syntax; variables, functions, loops; Data structures and basic algorithms. In addition, you also get to work with files in Python and get an introduction to object-oriented programming.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Understand basic programming concepts such as the connection between computer parts to run a program, how to execute a basic program in Python
• Fluent in Python’s core data structures: String, variable, list, dictionary and tuple
• Write basic programming functions in Python using variables and expressions, conditional execution statements (loops, branching and try/except)
• Proficient in basic data working tasks (reading, writing, editing, filtering and extracting content)
• Understand the basics of object-oriented programming in Python