Coding 101: Python for Beginners (2021)

What You ll Learn

You ll learn the fundamentals of code using Python. However, unlike most coding courses, this class doesn t give you an exhaustive list of minutiae; instead, you learn just enough to start using code. The goal is for you to finish the class with (a) a set of nifty tools, (b) the ability to write more nifty tools, and (c) the recognition of code s value in automating day–to–day functions. You ll cover the following concepts throughout the course:

Data types, expressions, variables

Functions

Objects

Control Logic

What You’ll Build

Along the way, you ll create a set of tools to demonstrate these concepts:

Email List Reformatter

Temperature Report

Umbrella Recommender

Password Strength Checker

Days Until your Birthday

Secret Messages

The class is designed for anyone with little to no knowledge of coding. No prerequisite knowledge is required. All you need is a laptop, internet, and an hour of time.

Instructor info, Alvin Wan: Researcher with a passion for teaching and speaking. Recognized internationally for social impact and design. He’s a fourth–year undergraduate at UC Berkeley studying Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He believes in people first, and it is this policy that governs how he collaborates and grow.

He leads a 70+ member staff catering to 800 students as Head Undergraduate Student Instructor, currently for CS189 : Machine Learning and formerly for CS70: Discrete Mathematics and Probability Theory.