Notes and Code-Alongs for Udemy's Python Bootcamp
Run by Pieran Jose Portilla at Pieran Data
About the course if you're interested:
Abridged Overview
This is the most comprehensive, yet straight-forward, course for the Python programming language on Udemy! Whether you have never programmed before, already know basic syntax, or want to learn about the advanced features of Python, this course is for you! In this course we will teach you Python 3.
With over 100 lectures and more than 21 hours of video this comprehensive course leaves no stone unturned! This course includes quizzes, tests, coding exercises and homework assignments as well as 3 major projects to create a Python project portfolio!
Learn how to use Python for real-world tasks, such as working with PDF Files, sending emails, reading Excel files, Scraping websites for informations, working with image files, and much more!
This course will teach you Python in a practical manner, with every lecture comes a full coding screencast and a corresponding code notebook! Learn in whatever manner is best for you!
We will start by helping you get Python installed on your computer, regardless of your operating system, whether its Linux, MacOS, or Windows, we've got you covered.
My Review:
It was okay. The instructor moves quickly over a couple times and while some of the earlier excercises were essentially copies of the lectures (a good thing, imo, for those learning), the later ones assumed you would connect some functions or practices that were a bit off the beaten path.
That's not necessarily a bad thing, and while Google ended up helping me solving all the excercises and milestones, I sometimes found myself struggling to grasp a concept that wasn't easily answered in a forum post or subsequent lecture.
A few videos should be re-done for 2021 and I thought the second half of the course - ways to apply what was taught - was smart and generalized for a wider audience.
Overall, a good way to get your feet wet and I found myself reviewing other's code and understanding it thanks to this course. But I would think about what you want to do with Python and sign up for a course for after this one that drills into how you want to apply Python (CircuitPython, Data Science, Automation, Machine Learning, Games and DIY, etc.)
Contact me with any questions!
Certificate of completion. Not that it means much. 🙃
