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About the Course

This course introduces the dictionary data structure and user-defined functions. You’ll learn about local and global variables, optional and keyword parameter-passing, named functions and lambda expressions. You’ll also learn about Python’s sorted function and how to control the order in which it sorts by passing in another function as an input. For your final project, you’ll read in simulated social media data from a file, compute sentiment scores, and write out .csv files. It covers chapters 10-16 of the textbook “Fundamentals of Python Programming,” which is the accompanying text (optional and free) for this course. The course is well-suited for you if you have already taken the "Python Basics" course and want to gain further fundamental knowledge of the Python language. Together, both courses are geared towards newcomers to Python programming, those who need a refresher on Python basics, or those who may have had some exposure to Python programming but want a more in-depth exposition and vocabulary for describing and reasoning about programs. This is a follow-up to the "Python Basics" course (course 1 of the Python 3 Programming Specialization), and it is the second of five courses in the specialization....

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SD

Jun 24, 2020

Good course, had a great hands on practice with the Runestone Notebook Environment.

Appreciate the efforts of the instructors and whoever has designed in making the course and helped delivering it.

SG

Sep 15, 2019

It's amazing learn for beginner .A wonderful learning resource and very simple way explains everything . Excellent lessons ,check your understanding ,e-book ,practice, and quiz work and lot of thing

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By Amrit K

Jul 16, 2020

I extremely enjoyed this course. Both Steve and Paul are great instructors. This course clears your concept about files, dictionaries and sorting in python.

By Ana M

Oct 30, 2023

Excellent course! I recommend it to everyone looking to get some knowledge on how to work with files in Python, data dictionaries, and advanced functions.

By MOHAMMAD T H 1

Apr 15, 2020

It is a very good course following the Python Basics course and the last project was just awesome! It helps provide encouragement to continue programming

By Angie C

Jun 26, 2020

A very interactive way to learn complex structures like functions and dictionaries in Python, and hands-on exercises manipulating files. Great course!!.

By Gonzalo C

May 16, 2020

Although learning to code can be very challenging and frustrating, the professors at MU make it fun with their pun jokes and easy with their lessons.

By Jonas H F K

Dec 11, 2019

The final assignment is challenging but is just right. The prior materials prepare you well for the challenge ahead. I thoroughly enjoyed the course.

By Seishu M

Jul 25, 2019

Great lectures. This course was good to understand functions, files and dictionaries. Besides, you can get practical skills thought the last project

By Klaus H R C

Mar 18, 2020

It's a great course, all the topics are well covered and explained in a excepcional way.

The instructors and the course development are really good.

By Adonys B L

Jun 25, 2022

Excellent, I lear a lot, and exigent, i lot the variety of excersices, each time you go develepment and development more and more python skills

By José M

Sep 19, 2023

Really helpful, one of the best courses out there for people new to programming, very excited to start the new course in the UOM specialization

By Gowrishankar G

Aug 31, 2020

Very interesting and challenging continuation to Python Basics. Highly informative about files, functions, dictionaries and sorting techniques.

By PALLI P N S

May 6, 2020

Its really a great course to deep dive in python core of files dictionaries etc.. The lectures are too good . The way they teach is really good

By Ve. E

May 17, 2020

This course provides a solid grounding in Python and I managed to finish the whole course within a week. It was both engrossing and enjoyable.

By M N K

Jul 3, 2019

Great Course! Awaiting more courses from University of Michigan.

They deliver with real fluency and great interaction.

Thank you for everything!

By Steve L

Jun 4, 2019

Love how the course is structured. Each video teaches one aspect of python with coding practice at the end of each video. Highly recommended!

By Cornelius S L

Aug 18, 2020

Got to understand the concepts of parsing and reading csv files. The course was smooth and fluid, and the runestone textbook were brilliant!

By Supreet S C

Aug 17, 2020

The course is very well defined. Sometimes the questions seem too easy but actually are very time consuming. Well taught and well balanced.

By Brandon R Z P

Jul 5, 2020

A grest course as the first! I've learnt a lot and I pretend to continue with the following coursr in the especialization. Recommended 100%!

By Juan S Y G

Jul 4, 2020

Este curso me permitio mejorar mis habilidades con python. Me permitio mejorar en como puedo solucionar problemas siguiendo un orden logico

By Timothy L

Sep 23, 2019

Great course for extending your basic Python skills.

I am much more comfortable working with files and complex sorting after this course.

By Sandip B

Aug 1, 2021

This is a wonderful course to learn Python. Very systematic and professional approach of teaching makes this course a real fun to learn.

By Juan E T B

Mar 8, 2022

Curso totalmente recomendable, toca los puntosmasimportantes que hay que conocer, puedes estudiar donde quieras y el tiempo que quieras.

By Wim P

Mar 24, 2020

Great explanations , good hands-on exercises, sometimes hilarious course by people that really care about what they're doing. Well done!

By Dakore P

Jan 29, 2021

I really enjoyed the teaching materials for this course. Lots of opportunities for practice! I am starting to fall in love with python!

By Tomas C

Jul 24, 2020

Great Instructor and great lectures. The excercises are well thought. The only thing to remark is that the course is a little bit easy.