Python 101: Introduction to Python

About this course

This course introduces the Python programming language to absolute beginners through energetic, hands-on instruction that makes coding fun and approachable. Organized across four modules; Welcome to Python, Python Foundations, Introduction to Programming, and Data Processing with Python. The course builds programming foundations through real-world applications using Python's most useful libraries. Learners benefit by gaining practical programming skills that are immediately applicable in data analysis, automation, and software development roles. From setting up a Python environment and writing first programs to working with data structures, writing functions, and processing data with Pandas, this course provides a complete introduction to Python's capabilities. By the end of this course, learners will be able to write Python programs that use variables, conditionals, loops, functions, and Pandas DataFrames to solve real-world data processing problems.