Learn to Program: Crafting Quality Code

Learn to Program: Crafting Quality Code

Instructors: Jennifer Campbell

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

732 reviews

2 weeks to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

94%

Most learners liked this course

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Python Programming

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There are 5 modules in this course

Not all programs are created equal. In this course, we'll focus on writing quality code that runs correctly and efficiently. We'll design, code and validate our programs and learn how to compare programs that are addressing the same task.

What's included

7 videos10 readings1 assignment

7 videosTotal 50 minutes

Palindrome: Approaching the Problem7 minutes
Palindrome: Algorithm 1 5 minutes
Palindrome: Algorithm 26 minutes
Palindrome: Algorithm 35 minutes
The Restaurant Recommendations Problem3 minutes
Restaurant Recommendations: Representing the Data6 minutes
Restaurant Recommendations: Planning the Program17 minutes

10 readingsTotal 100 minutes

Syllabus10 minutes
Course Logistics10 minutes
Resources10 minutes
Palindrome: Approaching the Problem10 minutes
Palindrome: Algorithm 110 minutes
Palindrome: Algorithm 210 minutes
Palindrome: Algorithm 310 minutes
The Restaurant Recommendations Problem10 minutes
Restaurant Recommendations: Representing the Data10 minutes
Restaurant Recommendations: Planning the Program10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Week 1 Exercise30 minutes

What's included

6 videos6 readings1 assignment1 peer review

6 videosTotal 33 minutes

Testing Automatically Using doctest7 minutes
Writing a '__main__' program5 minutes
Creating Your Own Types6 minutes
Testing Automatically Using unittest5 minutes
Choosing Test Cases7 minutes
Testing Functions that Mutate Values 3 minutes

6 readingsTotal 60 minutes

Testing Automatically Using doctest10 minutes
Writing a '__main__' program10 minutes
Creating Your Own Types10 minutes
Testing Automatically Using unittest10 minutes
Choosing Test Cases10 minutes
Testing Functions that Mutate Values10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Week 2 Exercise30 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 120 minutes

Writing test cases120 minutes

What's included

7 videos7 readings1 assignment

7 videosTotal 48 minutes

Analyzing Algorithms7 minutes
Linear Search7 minutes
Binary Search7 minutes
Comparing Search Algorithms13 minutes
Bubble Sort6 minutes
Selection Sort4 minutes
Insertion Sort5 minutes

7 readingsTotal 70 minutes

Analyzing Algorithms10 minutes
Linear Search10 minutes
Binary Search10 minutes
Comparing Search Algorithms10 minutes
Bubble Sort10 minutes
Selection Sort10 minutes
Insertion Sort10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Week 3 Exercise30 minutes

What's included

4 videos4 readings1 assignment

4 videosTotal 32 minutes

Creating a New Type9 minutes
Plugging Into Python Syntax11 minutes
Writing Special Method __str__5 minutes
Writing Classes That Interact7 minutes

4 readingsTotal 40 minutes

Creating a New Type10 minutes
Plugging Into Python Syntax10 minutes
Writing Special Method __str__10 minutes
Writing Classes That Interact10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Week 4 Exercise30 minutes

What's included

3 videos3 readings1 programming assignment

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Jennifer Campbell

University of Toronto

2 Courses564,901 learners

Paul Gries

University of Toronto

2 Courses564,901 learners

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Reviewed on Jul 12, 2020

Solid course that dives deeper into the fundamentals of CS. Great instruction, attention to detail and the excercises are adequately challenging for beginners and lower-intermediate programmers.

Reviewed on Jan 16, 2021

I really liked this course as it was really refreshing for me coming from the physics background, this course thought basic nuances to keep in mind while production level code.

Reviewed on Mar 22, 2022

The course was great but I didn't recieve any replies when I was asking for help on the extremely hard final assignment. But passing the final assignment felt sooooo good

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