About this course: This two-part course is designed to help students with very little or no computing background learn the basics of building simple interactive applications. Our language of choice, Python, is an easy-to learn, high-level computer language that is used in many of the computational courses offered on Coursera. To make learning Python easy, we have developed a new browser-based programming environment that makes developing interactive applications in Python simple. These applications will involve windows whose contents are graphical and respond to buttons, the keyboard and the mouse. In part 2 of this course, we will introduce more elements of programming (such as list, dictionaries, and loops) and then use these elements to create games such as Blackjack. Part 1 of this class will culminate in building a version of the classic arcade game "Asteroids". Upon completing this course, you will be able to write small, but interesting Python programs. The next course in the specialization will begin to introduce a more principled approach to writing programs and solving computational problems that will allow you to write larger and more complex programs.
Taught by: Joe Warren, Professor
Computer Science
Taught by: Scott Rixner, Professor
Computer Science
Taught by: John Greiner, Lecturer
Department of Computer Science
Taught by: Stephen Wong, Lecturer
Computer Science
| Basic Info | Course 2 of 7 in the Fundamentals of Computing Specialization |
| Level | Beginner |
| Commitment | 4 weeks of study, 7-10 hours/week |
| Language | English, Subtitles: Turkish, Chinese (Simplified) |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
| User Ratings |
- Video: Introduction
- Video: Mouse input
- Video: List Methods
- Video: List Examples
- Video: Iteration
- 阅读: Practice Exercises for Mouse and List Methods (optional)
- Video: Dictionaries
- Video: Images
- Video: Visualizing Iteration
- Video: Programming Tips - 5
- 阅读: Practice Exercises for Dictionaries and Images (optional)
- Video: Mini-project Video
- 阅读: Mini-project Description
- 阅读: Code Clinic Tips
- Video: Object-oriented Programming - 1
- Video: Object-oriented Programming - 2
- Video: Working with Objects
- Video: Classes for Blackjack
- 阅读: Practice Exercises for Classes (part 1) (optional)
- 阅读: Practice Exercise for Avatar class (optional)
- Video: Tiled Images
- Video: Visualizing Objects
- Video: Programming Tips - 6
- 阅读: Practice Exercises for Classes (part 2) (optional)
- Video: Mini-project Video
- 阅读: Mini-project Description
- 阅读: Code Clinic Tips
- Video: Acceleration and Friction
- Video: Spaceship Class
- Video: Sound
- Video: Sprite Class
- Video: Programming Tips - 7
- 阅读: Practice Exercises for Sprites and Sound (optional)
- Video: Mini-project Video
- 阅读: Mini-project Description
- 阅读: Code Clinic Tips
- Video: Sets
- Video: Collisions for Sprites
- 阅读: Practice Exercises for Sets and Collisions (optional)
- Video: Sprite Animation
- Video: Programming Tips - 8
- Video: Mini-project Video
- 阅读: Mini-project Description
- 阅读: Code Clinic Tips
- Video: Beyond CodeSkulptor
- Video: Class Wrap-up
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This was a great course for me. The projects were fun and challenging. The video lectures were a little bit funny and well taught. The progressing level of difficulty was well designed. Thanks!
Excellent course. Highly recommend (along with the pre-req) for those looking to pick up python.
A well crafted course. Excelent for beginners.
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This course is beyond excellent.