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Python Basics for Complete Beginners

Learn the core ideas of Python programming from scratch: variables, decisions, lists, loops and functions. Five short lessons and a quiz, with a certificate of completion.

68minutes
5lessons
1final quiz
Freecertificate of completion

What you’ll be able to do

  • Install Python 3 or use a browser editor, and run code at the interactive prompt and from a script file
  • Store and calculate with numbers and text using variables, f-strings and input()
  • Make decisions in code with if, elif, else, comparisons and, or, not
  • Work with lists and dictionaries and repeat actions with for and while loops
  • Write functions with parameters and return values and explain why local variables stay inside them
  • Read an error message and fix a bug with a simple step-by-step routine

Curriculum

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Course lessons

5 lessons · module quiz
  1. 01Meet Python: your first programLesson
  2. 02Variables, numbers and textLesson
  3. 03Making decisions with if statementsLesson
  4. 04Lists, loops and dictionariesLesson
  5. 05Functions and a complete small programLesson
  6. 06QUIZPython Basics for Complete Beginners: final quizQuiz