This Specialization builds on the success of the Python for Everybody course and will introduce fundamental programming concepts including data structures, networked application program interfaces, and databases, using the Python programming language. In the Capstone Project, you’ll use the technologies learned throughout the Specialization to design and create your own applications for data retrieval, processing, and visualization.
Python for Everybody Specialization
Python for Everybody Specialization
Learn to Program and Analyze Data with Python. Develop programs to gather, clean, analyze, and visualize data.
Instructor: Charles Russell Severance
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Specialization - 5 course series
Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python)
Course 118 hours4.8 (231,246 ratings)
What you'll learn
Install Python and write your first program
Describe the basics of the Python programming language
Use variables to store, retrieve and calculate information
Utilize core programming tools such as functions and loops
Skills you'll gain
Category: Python Programming
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Development Environment
Category: Software Installation
Category: Programming Principles
Python Data Structures
Course 218 hours4.9 (96,659 ratings)
What you'll learn
Explain the principles of data structures & how they are used
Create programs that are able to read and write data from files
Store data as key/value pairs using Python dictionaries
Accomplish multi-step tasks like sorting or looping using tuples
Skills you'll gain
Category: Data Structures
Category: Python Programming
Category: File Management
Category: Data Import/Export
Category: Data Manipulation
Category: Development Environment
Category: Programming Principles
Using Python to Access Web Data
Course 318 hours4.8 (44,354 ratings)
What you'll learn
Use regular expressions to extract data from strings
Understand the protocols web browsers use to retrieve documents and web apps
Retrieve data from websites and APIs using Python
Work with XML (eXtensible Markup Language) data
Skills you'll gain
Category: Python Programming
Category: Web Scraping
Category: JSON
Category: Application Programming Interface (API)
Category: Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Category: Network Protocols
Category: TCP/IP
Category: Web Services
Category: Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Category: Restful API
Category: Data Import/Export
Category: Text Mining
Category: Data Capture
Category: Data Access
Category: Scripting
Using Databases with Python
Course 413 hours4.8 (21,422 ratings)
What you'll learn
Use the Create, Read, Update, and Delete operations to manage databases
Explain the basics of Object Oriented Python
Understand how data is stored across multiple tables in a database
Utilize the Google Maps API to visualize data
Skills you'll gain
Category: Database Design
Category: SQL
Category: Relational Databases
Category: Python Programming
Category: Database Management
Category: Data Processing
Category: Databases
Category: Data Visualization Software
Category: Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
Category: Data Modeling
Category: Application Programming Interface (API)
Category: Web Scraping
Category: Object-Relational Mapping
Capstone: Retrieving, Processing, and Visualizing Data with Python
Course 59 hours4.7 (14,121 ratings)
What you'll learn
Make use of unicode characters and strings
Understand the basics of building a search engine
Select and process the data of your choice
Create email data visualizations
Skills you'll gain
Category: Python Programming
Category: Data Visualization Software
Category: Web Scraping
Category: Data Processing
Category: Exploratory Data Analysis
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Data Manipulation
Category: Data Collection
Category: Algorithms
Category: Unstructured Data
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