Diploma in Python Programming (Free Online Course)

Develop your programming skills by creating functions, variables, and logic statements with this free online course.

This free online course in programming in Python will teach you the concepts of programming using the Python language. You will learn about creating variables and storing different types of data in them, working with dates and times, making decisions with your code and using loops. This course will also teach you how to save and read files with your program, create functions and handle errors with your code, and more!

What You Will Learn In This Free Course

• Describe how to create the hello world program with Python in Visual Studio
• Discuss the importance of commenting on your code
• Explain how to use the print function to display text
• Describe the different methods of using quotes to contain your text in the print function
• Identify mistakes in programming code and the different solutions to help find and resolve mistakes
• Identify how to create user input
• Create variables and list the rules for creating them
• Describe Visual Studio’s IntelliSense feature and its helpfulness when programming
• Describe the process of storing numeric variables
• Describe the use of mathematical operators and how to format numbers

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