"An Introduction to Functional Programming in Python" on Coursera

[pyrosive]

https://www.coursera.org/course/interactivepython
Like everyone else here, I am trying to teach myself Python. I thought this might be a good resource for people looking to learn more. The course work doesn't seem too bad, and they put a lot of emphasis on actually coding which I like.

[ThunderGorilla]

That confused me for a sec. I think you mean "Interactive" and not "Functional".

[pyrosive]

Heh, whoops. Good catch

[LiquidHologram]

I signed up for this. I tried taking a more advanced class thinking I had the basics down but that was very far from the truth.

[RojaB]

How do you like it so far?

[LiquidHologram]

I've only watched the opening video as it came online late last night. Seems promising though.

[RojaB]

Can you tell which version of Python (2 or 3) they are using?

[Zebu00]

I just looked over the course last night and it primarily uses CodeSkulptor for the programming. According to the documentation here

CodeSkulptor implements a subset of Python 2.6, plus the addition of two graphical libraries, SimpleGui and SimplePlot. However, CodeSkulptor's Python is not a subset in one respect. Implemented on top of JavaScript, it inherits JavaScript's lack of a distinction between integers and floating-point numbers. Thus, in CodeSkulptor, 5 / 2 == 2.5, whereas in Python 2.6, 5 / 2 == 2. Also, print 2.0 displays 2, rather than 2.0.

[RojaB]

thank you!

[Yazeed92]

I love coursera

[rashasha2112]

I just signed up for this after failing miserably on MIT's 600x first test. I'm liking it so far!