Ce cours fait partie de la Spécialisation Python Basics for Online Research

Seth Frey

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Spécialisation Python Basics for Online ResearchUniversity of California, Davis

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Students will begin in Python by bridging between the basics of a programming language and interacting with the Internet in fun new ways. In technical terms, the parts of Python you'll learn are arithmetic, variables, values, and modules. At a higher level, we'll learn what an API is by playing with cat memes. But separate from the technical part of coding, there's the psychological part. Topic lectures will address the human side of code, and make you feel more prepared to see yourself as someone who codes. The demos are the most fun and accessible part of this course. You will find pointers to several more in the honors module of this course.

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Learn why it's worth learning to code and what an API is by dealing in the basic currency of the social Internet.
Run "code notebooks" and discuss the psychological part of learning code to make you feel more prepared to see yourself as someone who codes.
Apply the programming language Python and bridge between the basics of a programming language and interacting with the Internet in fun new ways.
Using Python, you'll learn how to say one phrase in over 100 languages in Google Translate, and take simple phrases by translating them.

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Spécialisation Python Basics for Online Research

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Seth Frey

Professor and Computational Social Scientist

1 760 étudiants

4 cours

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University of California, Davis

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Semaine 1

3 heures pour terminer

Pictures of Kittens in Python

3 heures pour terminer

4 vidéos (Total 25 min), 3 lectures, 2 quiz

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Semaine 2

2 heures pour terminer

Code Notebooks

In this module, we will go over an elementary coding concepts and our basic platform. This lesson will be run in "code notebooks," a sort of interactive textbook that lets you read, run, and change working code examples. We will also look at the psychological part of learning code. Topic lectures will address the human side of code, and make you feel more prepared to see yourself as someone who codes.

2 heures pour terminer

3 vidéos (Total 23 min)

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Semaine 3

4 heures pour terminer

Python as a Calculator

In this module, we will get our first proper lesson in the programming language Python, the beginning of bridging between the basics of a programming language and interacting with the Internet in fun new ways. You'll experience the quirks and details of working with numbers in Python, by using it like a calculator; also using variables, like in a graphing calculator. All toward a simple demo in which we convert bike wheels between standard and metric measures.

4 heures pour terminer

7 vidéos (Total 39 min), 1 lecture, 2 quiz

Semaine

Semaine 4

1 heure pour terminer

Course Summary & Honors: Interactive Demo

1 heure pour terminer

2 vidéos (Total 14 min), 2 lectures, 1 quiz

À propos du Spécialisation Python Basics for Online Research

Online social science methods use technology to push the bounds of what we can know about human interaction and communication. The digitization of communication has provided a wealth of data that is transforming the social sciences. But there's a gap between the important questions about human nature and the raw, messy reality of code and data. In this 4-course specialization, we will bridge the gap, learning enough of a popular programming language—Python—to discover things about ourselves, our friends, each other, and society, as we interact with the Internet in code.

No prior skills or knowledge are assumed. Really this specialization is a "Pre-introduction" to code. On the technical skills side, this specialization will teach basic Python types, variables, code flow, and modules, up to functions. But you won't actually write any code. Instead this specialization will teach you to read, run, think, and play in code. That is because there is so much we can do to inspire and prepare you before you've even written your first line. It is recommended to take each course in the specialization and in sequence, as the four courses build off of each other. We look forward to being a part of your continuing education!

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