Joe Warren
This two–part course is designed to help students with very little or no computing background learn the basics of building simple interactive applications. Our language of choice, Python, is an easy–to learn, high–level computer language that is used in many of the computational courses offered on Coursera. To make learning Python easy, we have developed a new browser–based programming environment that makes developing interactive applications in Python simple. These applications will involve windows whose contents are graphical and respond to buttons, the keyboard and the mouse. In part 2 of this course, we will introduce more elements of programming (such as list, dictionaries, and loops) and then use these elements to create games such as Blackjack. Part 1 of this class will culminate in building a version of the classic arcade game “Asteroids”. Upon completing this course, you will be able to write small, but interesting Python programs. The next course in the specialization will begin to introduce a more principled approach to writing programs and solving computational problems that will allow you to write larger and more complex programs.
Instructor Details
Courses : 2
Specification: An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 2)
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48 reviews for An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 2)
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| Price | Free |
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| Duration | 25 hours |
| Year | 2016 |
| Level | Beginner |
| Language | Chinese(Simplified) ... |
| Certificate | Yes |
| Quizzes | Yes |
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Rajan P –
one of best online tutorial
Ricardo L –
Awesome course. A good way to remember some basic aspects of Python, and to learn new things by developing fun games. I totally recommend it.
Maksim U –
Everything was already said as the course is going for quite a long time. It really is great. Having absolutely zero programming experience before the first course of the specialization, some assignments and quizzes were tough yet solvable in the end. I definitely recommend the course to anyone willing to make their first steps into programming.
Scott P –
Fun class! This was the first course I had taken to learn Python. It is an excellent introduction to programming. It covers event handlers, GUI design, Object Oriented Programming and more. Yes, it is really fun. The material and tools are organized and polished.
Lien C –
Learnt a lot about programming and created some amazing mini games! All thanks to the AMAZING teachers!
Chenyang J –
a very good course with several fun projects
Rudy H –
It is a great course, highly recommended, learn so much. Instructors are first class, they are fun to learn from.
Mateusz P –
Great course!
Omais R K –
Great course for an introduction to programming and Python. With projects to work on every week, you learn the material well.
tg2209@us.att.com –
Very well designed course which teaches the concepts in a fun manner.
Max B –
Great follow up to part 1, you don’t want to miss the fun projects in part 2. I haven’t had much experience from building games and using GUIs, and really learned a lot from this course. Also, CodeSkulptor is great together with the fun and easy going lectures. Highly recommended!
Mathieu D –
Had a lot of fun with the final project. The instructors were engaging and did a great job at keeping the lessons accessible to everyone. If you have experience programming in general the course doesn’t take too long to complete.
Jeffery M –
great course
Kelly Q –
It’s quite interesting and completing every mini project will give me great sense of achivements. But I think it can be more challenging if the templates were less detailed.
Daniel W –
Learned a lot and had fun. Great class!
Chris G –
Fantastic course, pleasantly surprised at top quality lessons and you can really see that the instructors love to teach the course also. Would recommend to anyone interested in learning coding.
Kate W –
The instructors and mentors are great. I never thought I’d be able to do this stuff, but they make it very understandable and, dare I say it, fun. Thank you to the Rice U. faculty and staff for creating a great MOOC.
Gouranga B –
good
caterina w –
These guys are Fantastic I learnt a huge amount from this module, and I’m really grateful for the ‘audit access’. The assignments were lots of fun, and the presenters had great charisma on screen even Mr Wong 🙂 Thank you
Filip Z –
Great course. New concepts are introduced in a undestandable manner. The miniprojects and quizzes are fun and interesting. They can all be solved by paying attention to the class videos and materials, however, they still leave some room for students to figure out stuff on their own. The teachers are great and have a very friendly, fun approach. You can see they put a lot of thought into how to explain complex topics like object oriented programming so that students do not only learn the syntax, but really understand the idea behind those concepts. Some basic highschool math is needed but the teachers explain all of it.
Thomas P –
A wonderfully amusing and educational experience.
Sambhav J –
Great Course
Bhupendra S G –
Professors are very amazing and spirited. I felt never bored, and I recommend to everyone who is starting in Python. This is very fun to learn by creating games or apps instead of only QnA base learning.
Frederik N –
Fantastic class, thank you for making it so entertaining!
SuperAlloy –
A great introduction course of python programming for beginners. Both the optional practices and the quiz are well designed to help me review what I’ve learned. I learned a lot and enjoy a lot in the mini project in each week, though I got stuck many times in debugging the code. And the instructors are humorous, which makes the class more enjoyable.
Daniel K –
I thought this class was a great learning experience. I would definitely recommend it. The material was presented in an easily understood manner by the instructors; CodeSkulptor is a great tool for learning Python; and, if you stick with you, you are going to learn a lot.
Scott S –
Great way to improve Python skills. The course teaches object oriented programming. Instructors are excellent.
Tang H –
very good class!
Song S –
I like this series of courses as it takes advantage of various mini projects to help students completely understand concepts. Those mini projects are not easy, but if you take previous courses, you can finish it after thinking carefully. I have acquired a lot in those courses, thanks everyone who make efforts to perfect those courses.
AMRIT S –
overall good
Robert P –
This was a very exciting class! I wish there was a Python 3 to teach how to take the code from Codeskulptor to the regular Python Interpreter environment.
James T B –
Great learning experience! Everything was very organized, and I felt like I gained a lot of applicable Python skills and understanding by the end.
Nail I –
That was the best course which I took!
Lakshmi.K.Kumar –
Excellent and fun filled.
Jiayi F –
Really great course!
Daniela N A –
Really fun! The final project was really nice.
PRASAD K –
The course uses Python 2. The quality of instruction is poor. Most of the content is creating useless games and interactive programs. This is not what python programming is about. If you want to learn the basics of Python try the various other courses available on Coursera such as those offered by UMich or U Toronto.
Mohamed A J –
Fantastic Course, As Simple As that! It will both teach you the basics and get inspired to pursue programming, maybe for the rest of your life. Thanks Joe, Scott, and of course the tips one 😀
Jeffrey C –
Good two part series to learn basic principles to learn Python.
Abhishek J –
Thanks for this wonderful and interactive course. I thoroughly enjoyed learning python here.
Steven K –
Excellent follow up course to part 1 that continues to build a solid foundation of Python programming. Projects were generally really fun to make and even when they were frustrating, it was worth it for the cool pay off of a playable, enjoyable game.
FU K C –
Great!
Sumit s –
great job sir.
Zully A G –
I loved it 🙂
Yijie Z –
very very nice!
sue142857 –
I am a python beginner and “An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (part 1 & 2)’ are my first python courses. I am very glad I chose them as my introduction courses. There are more than usage of lists, tuples, dictionaries, etc., in these courses. I also enjoyed the processs of constructing and playing my own game projects. It is unbelievable that I can make a star war game after just one month learning. But, it did happen to me. I hope more beginners can get benefits from this well organized and interesting course.
Charles H –
This is a very challenging and rewarding class.
Anne E M –
great 2nd part to the program