Programming with Python (Udemy.com)
Python is a powerful and versatile programming language used in a variety of applications including web, desktop, & more
Created by: Zak Ruvalcaba
Last updated October 2018
What you will learn
- Define what Python is and how to install the necessary software including Eclipse and Python
- Understand the fundamentals of the Python programming language
- Work with control statements including loops and conditionals
- Break out code into reusable functions and modules
- Work with strings, numbers, dates, and times
- Use data structures such as lists, tuples, and dictionaries
- Read and write to text and CSV files with file I/O concepts
- Pickle and unpickle binary data
- Create, rename, and delete folders and directories with file OS
- Handle exceptions
How it compares
Against the other 388 rated Udemy courses in Python on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 88% of them
- Reviews272#294 of 389 by number of reviews
- Length18.1 hourslonger than 73% of them
- Last updatedOctober 2018earlier than 87% of them
Quality Score
Overall Score : 94 / 100
Course Description
- This course is meant for beginning to intermediate programmers aspiring to learn the Python language
Instructor Details
- 4.7 Rating
272 Reviews
Zak Ruvalcaba
My name is Zak Ruvalcaba and I have been researching, designing, and developing for the Web since 1995. I specialize in web and mobile web site and application development focusing on responsive user interface design, user experience, and usable presentation. I hold a Bachelor's degree from San Diego State University and a Master of Science in Instructional Technology from National University in San Diego.
My skill set includes numerous front-end and back-end authoring, scripting, and programming languages, technologies, and tools. Many of which I've written about or currently teach at the community college level. I am a Microsoft Certified Application Developer for .NET (MCAD) and a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer for .NET (MCSD).
I have been teaching at the community college level for over 19 years at several community colleges including the San Diego Community College District, Mt. San Jacinto, and Palomar College. That experience has landed me the position of Associate Professor for the Front-End Web Developer Certificate Program at the San Diego Community College District's Continuing Education North City campus. Aside from my teaching duties I am also a Web Application Developer at MiraCosta College.
I have written several books on Web Development, including the Dreamweaver Unleashed series on Sam's Publishing, the Build Your Own ASP.NET Website Using C# and VB series on SitePoint Press, Beginning Expression Web by Wrox Press, Murach's HTML5 and CSS3 by
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Reviews
The course is very engaging and organized. I have learned a lot from this course than what I have been trying to learn on my own for 4 months. Weather you are a beginner or you just want to brush up on your skills this is the right course for you.
Great introductory course to Python! Interesting and engaging! Goes highly recommended! Hope it's to be continued.
So far, the lecture has been all text with the presenter reading the text on the slide and then digressing with offhand knowledge of other software concepts. The material doesn't feel accessible and the presenter assumes a level of technical literacy that newcomers cannot be expected to have.





