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Lane Wagner
Instructor
Lane is a back-end engineer and the lead instructor of Boot.dev. He has taught over one million students worldwide, on Boot.dev, FreeCodeCamp, YouTube and the Backend Banter podcast. Lane worked as a backend engineer writing Go, Python and TypeScript, then moved into engineering management and a couple of years later left to build Boot.dev full-time.
Completion
Certificate included
Format
Interactive coding
Freemium
Master Python fundamentals from scratch
Write and debug Python programs effectively
Work with lists, dictionaries, and sets
Implement functions and understand scope
Handle errors and exceptions properly
Learn the basics of the Python programming language, and why it's one of the most popular programming languages out there. You'll get hands-on practice with all the core concepts, and learn how to apply them to real-world problems. You don't need any prior programming experience to be able to complete this course, it's intended for complete beginners.
Learn about the Python programming language and why it's so ubiquitous
Learn how variables are declared and used in Python
Learn how to declare and call functions
Learn how Python scopes variables in different contexts
Learn how unit tests and good debugging practices will help you write better code
Learn the basics of how computers work internally
Learn how to compare different values and make logical decisions in a program
Master the art of reusing code
Learn the most basic and powerful data structure in all of coding
Learn about Python's built-in support for complex structures
Master another basic data structure of the Python language
Learn how to deal with unexpected data and inputs in a Python program
Put your skills to work by squashing extra challenging practice problems
Quiz yourself on some of the important-to-know facts about the Python language
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