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Python for beginners
The “Python for Beginners” course introduces Python programming, designed for those with little to no prior experience. Upon completion, students will have a firm grasp of Python fundamentals and be equipped with the skills to start their journey in Python programming.
Python is a general-purpose programming language. It is an interpreted language, which makes it suitable for rapid development and prototyping of programming segments or complete small programs.
Python’s main advantages:
- Open source software, supported by Python Software Foundation
- Available on all major platforms (Windows, macOS, Linux)
- It is a good language for new programmers to learn due to its straightforward, object-oriented style.
- It is well-structured, which aids readability.
- It is extensible (i.e. modifiable) and is supported by a large community that provides a comprehensive range of 3rd party packages.
Licence: MIT License
Keywords: Python
Target audience: Beginner, Students, Researcher, PhD Students
Resource type: lessons
Status: Active
Learning objectives:
- Understand Python variables, basic data types, and operators.
- Learn to control the flow of programs using loops, conditionals, and functions in Python.
- Learn about and manipulate Python's built-in data structures like lists, tuples, sets, and dictionaries.
- Understand how to read, write, and manipulate files in Python, handle exceptions, and learn the principles of object-oriented programming.
Date created: 2025-02-11
Date modified: 2025-05-11
Date published: 2025-05-15
Scientific topics: Bioinformatics, Computer science
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