collageABOUT THIS PYTHON COURSE
This introduction to Python will kickstart your learning of Python for data science, as well as programming in general. This beginner-friendly Python course will take you from zero to programming in Python in a matter of hours.
Upon its completion, you’ll be able to write your own Python scripts and perform basic hands-on data analysis using our Jupyter-based lab environment. If you want to learn Python from scratch, this free course is for you.
You can start creating your own data science projects and collaborating with other data scientists using IBM Watson Studio. When you sign up, you get free access to Watson Studio. Start now and take advantage of this platform.
COURSE SYLLABUS
Module 1 – Python Basics
- Your first program
- Types
- Expressions and Variables
- String Operations
Module 2 – Python Data Structures
- Lists and Tuples
- Sets
- Dictionaries
Module 3 – Python Programming Fundamentals
- Conditions and Branching
- Loops
- Functions
- Objects and Classes
Module 4 – Working with Data in Python
- Reading files with open
- Writing files with open
- Loading data with Pandas
- Working with and Saving data with Pandas
GENERAL INFORMATION
- This course is free.
- It is self-paced.
- It can be taken at any time.
- It can be audited as many times as you wish.
- There is only ONE chance to pass the course, but multiple attempts per question
RECOMMENDED SKILLS PRIOR TO TAKING THIS COURSE
- Basic Math
Python Certification Exam (Foundation)
This exam is free. Pass and get a Free Test Record. Get a soft copy of your certificate at a nominal fee.
StudySection offers Python Online Certifications at Foundation level apart from many other free online certification exams. StudySection’s Python Free Online Certification Exam (Foundation) tests concepts and practical knowledge of Python through an online test (test complexity is Foundation level). The student is expected to have a basic understanding of Python concepts and should have applied them practically in some exercises. Python Free Online Certification Exam will check the candidate’s basic knowledge of processes involved in the Python. The test is composed of multiple-choice questions.
Topics to be covered in the Python Free Online Certification Exam are the following:
- Python Programming Basics
- Variable Names
- Basic Operators
- Core Data types
- Numeric Types
- Precedence and Associativity
- Exception Handling
- Classes and Objects
- Functional Programming
- Pickle Module
- Operator Overloading
- Regular Expressions
- Encapsulation
- Inheritance
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