Intro to Python: Setup and Data Processing

About this course

This course will be useful to anyone new to programming. You will learn how to set up a Python development environment and develop a simple application. You will also perform operations on simple data types like strings and numbers, as well as on more data structures like lists, ranges, tuples, dictionaries, and sets. This is the first course in a multi-course Specialization. All of the courses in this Specialization require that you use the provided virtual machine, which includes an installation of Python. The course setup instructions provided in the first module of this course go into more detail about the hardware and software requirements.

What you will learn

• In this course, you will set up Python, develop a simple application, and perform operations on multiple data types.