edX Building on your prior knowledge of variables and operators, this course gets into the meat of programming. Organized into five chapters, this course starts by covering the fundamentals of what control structures are and what they do, then moves on to four common control structures in Python. Conditionals let you modify what your program does based on the values of incoming variables. Loops let you repeat tasks for multiple values or while certain conditions hold true. Functions let you encapsulate complex reasoning into reusable chunks of code. Error handling lets you intelligently recover from anticipated and unanticipated glitches. By the end of this course, you'll be able to write complex programs in Python that perform useful reasoning. For example, you could write a program that calculates your weight on other planets, calculates the standard deviation of a series of numbers, or checks for the validity of an incoming password.
Course Objectives:
- How control structures can affect how other lines of code run
- Conditionals, including if, else-if, and else, for complex reasoning
- Loops, including for loops, for-each loops, and while loops for repeated behaviors
- Functions, for encapsulating code into reusable chunks
- Error handling, for anticipating and resolving expected errors.
Recommended Background
- Recommended for all individuals seeking to familiarise themselves with fundamental concepts in coding and algorithms.
Course ID
ED089
Skill Focus
Intermediate
Instructor(s)
edX
Employee Type
New applicants
Method of Delivery
Online
Estimated Effort
50 hrs
Cost
Contact for Pricing
Certification is paid for $ 99.00 ; Full financial aid available for certification