If you want to start a career in software development, it’s important to build your programming skills.

This course focuses on one of the most popular programming languages – Python – which is widely used in scientific and numeric computing.

Get started building your software development skills

This course will introduce you to the world of software development, starting with the basics and help you gain an understanding of the theory and basic practices of using Python.

Explore how to use Python

You’ll be guided through using Python from the very beginning – install it onto your own computer, create a basic calculation, and look at the common use cases for the language. This will get you thinking about when and where you may use Python, and prepare for those scenarios.

You’ll also look at its dynamic semantic, and key aspects of the code syntax. By the end of this course, you should feel confident with a number of basic processes of Python and its real life applications.