Path overview
In this path, you’ll explore the basics of Python programming from iterating through lists to writing your own functions. You’ll learn the fundamentals of Python, work with numerical and text data, and make API calls to the web.
Best of all, you’ll learn by doing — you’ll write code and get feedback directly in the browser. You’ll apply your skills to several guided projects involving realistic web development scenarios to build your portfolio and prepare for your next interview.
Key skills
- Use fundamentals of programming in Python
- Process numerical data and text data
- Use an API to get information from the web
- Create your own functions
Path outline
Part 1: Python Basics for Web Development [3 courses]
Introduction to Python Programming for Web Development 12h
Objectives- Save and update values using variables
- Process numerical data and text data
- Create and update lists using Python
- Repeat a process using a for loop
- Use logical and comparison operators to apply conditions to variables
- Complete a project using Jupyter Notebook
Python Dictionaries, APIs, and Functions for Web Development 10h
Objectives- Create and update dictionaries
- Use an API to get information from the web
- Create your own functions
- Complete a project using Jupyter Notebook
Intermediate Python for Web Development 10h
Objectives- Use object-oriented programming (OOP)
- Create and use decorators
- Write regular expressions (regex)
- Incorporate error handling for user input validation
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Projects in this path
Guided Project: Word Raider
Create a functional and interactive word-guessing game using Python. You’ll use a variables, lists, loops, and conditional statements to accept and validate user inputs, and provide feedback on their responses.
Guided Project: Build a Food Ordering App
Create a functional and interactive food ordering application using Python. You’ll use dictionaries, functions, loops, and variables of varying scope levels to add, modify, or remove food items to a user’s cart until they are ready to checkout.
Guided Project: Garden Simulator Text-Based Game
Create a gardening game. From foraging seeds to nurturing plants and selling the produce, every action in the game is an opportunity to practice Python concepts such as Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) and error handling.
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