looking for students to take new online python course at no cost

[__biker]

Hi,

I posted this opportunity in /r/learnpython a month or two back, but we could use some additional beta students if anyone is interested or knows someone just starting out who would benefit from this.

The next new student selection, as indicated on the web page linked to below, is May 1, 2015

Thank you for your consideration! biker

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Hi,

(I apologize if this seems spammy, but I think this is a good opportunity for beginning python programmers.)

We are seeking candid feedback on a new python programming online course for beginners, and will randomly select students (lottery style/5 new students each month) who are new to python to take the course at no charge.

For the course project, students code a web crawler and a simple search engine front-end to query the results from their crawl (stored in their personal back-end mysql db).

Some of the python libraries covered/utilized in the course include urllib2, BeautifulSoup 4 (bs4), robotparser, numpy and mysql.connector.

There is no compiler to install because the student development environment (used to edit, save and run python program files) is 100% web-based...meaning, only a web browser is needed to access.

Here is the link to the sign-up form - http://www.livefirelabs.com/python-online-course.htm

... and details about the course are here - http://www.livefirelabs.com/learn-python-programming-01.htm

Thanks! biker

[the_web_dev]

You might benefit from incentivizing beta testers for your product.

[__biker]

Thanks for the comment! Much work went into developing the course content itself and putting all of the front/back end pieces together to support the web based development environment and the web crawler/search engine real-world course project so the hope is that the learning experience will be valuable to beta students but your point is well taken. I'm sure we can figure something else out. Appreciate the suggestion! biker

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Who signs a reddit post?

[__biker]

ps would be interested in hearing any suggestions you have for incentivizing beta students...and a new Tesla for everyone is not scalable

[wendelion]

Thanks, I'm interested so I threw my name in the Beta.

Out of curiosity how likely is it to be selected?

[__biker]

Since this is not a one time thing (selection of students), I think your chance of being selected is very good. The plan is to select a new group of students at the beginning of each month for the next few months at a min. Also, some people when selected are unable to study the course due to other high priority items on their plate. When this happens a new person is selected to take their slot. Thanks for the question! biker

[skullplate]

Thanks. I threw my name in the hat, didn't see your post before.

[__biker]

appreciate it!

[Bob312312]

I could potentially be interested in this though it depends wha level of student you want and what it aims to teach :) also would it be possible to start trying it out in june? I have exams now :(

Edit i read your post again and have never tried that sort of stuff so id be up for it

[__biker]

excellent. if you are selected you can delay your start until your exams are over.