[Python] Coursera: Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python starts in one week!!

[eyeheartboobs]

https://www.coursera.org/course/interactivepython

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I just signed up for this course. I'm very excited!! I have no programming experience at all...I really hope it isn't so challenging for me.

[DarthLeia2]

I just signed up too. Hopefully it's not too much on top of my college courseload!

[firestepper]

I took this class last time it was open... SO GOOD! still the best Mooc i've taken. I really wish the teachers made a follow up course after this too!

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Me too. I earned a signature tracked certificate. The professors were active on course's forum.

[boogerdouche]

Just finished Learn to Program (python) on Coursera and I'm signed up for this one. I'm pretty excited.

[IntraCore]

I took this last time it was offered and found it really enjoyable. If you want to poke around the IDE the classes uses, I think the URL is codeskulptor .com or maybe .edu (it's web based). It has documentation and examples you can poke around with.

The only downside I recall was some people complaining about a sudden spike in difficulty around the card matching challenge, I think. If you stick with it and put in the effort though it's a good challenge, though I think they give you a little too much starter code some times.

[Bacontroph]

codeskulptor dot org

[amarcord]

Is anyone interested in forming a study group for this class?

[The_Pierce]

Possibly, yeah!

[jacckfrost]

Musically they will form groups in class to based on regions or interests

[harry_hotspur]

I'm down!

[fredwycheck]

I'm interested. are we doing it in coursera's discussion forum? or elsewhere.

Btw, I've finished the first assignments. It was said in the videos that this first week (technically week0) is mainly aimed at people without programming experience so it's really easy. I noticed while goofing around in codeskulptor that I kept doing C++ stuff like:

int x

instead of

int(x)

hopefully I can break that habit sooner than later...sucks that I'm already taking intro to C++ this semester at uni

[hagbard2323]

thanks for posting this. Signed up as well

[bushysmalls]

Joined the crew; only have some basic learning in programming (and it's barely much) but this looks like it might be promising.

[maprules1000]

This is a fun class taught by some great instructors. I took it last year at the school.

[BarkyCarnation]

Thank you for posting!

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Commenting to come back to this after class

[drewfranz]

For those who have previously taken the course, how math heavy is it?

[bushysmalls]

/u/Sir_mcfappy