Python Certification
- Free
- Certificate included
freeCodeCamp's current Python certification, one of the six that make up its Full-Stack Developer curriculum, teaches the fundamentals of the language in a single chapter of 86 blocks followed by an exam chapter. It begins with Python basics and installation, then loops and sequences and dictionaries and sets, with a user configuration manager as the first project. Error handling, classes and objects and object-oriented programming follow, with a budget app and a polygon area calculator as projects, before the course turns to computer-science ground: linear data structures, building a hash table, recursion and algorithms.
Teaching is through interactive lessons, workshops, labs, reviews and quizzes completed in the browser at your own pace. Five required projects must be completed to qualify for the certification exam, and passing the exam lets you claim the Python Certification. Everything is free — the curriculum, the exam (which freeCodeCamp states is free of charge) and the certificate, which is published at a public URL on freecodecamp.org so that anyone can verify it.
What you’ll learn
- Install Python and write programs using loops, sequences, dictionaries and sets
- Handle errors and work with classes, objects and object-oriented programming
- Implement linear data structures, a hash table, recursion and algorithms
- Build projects such as a user configuration manager, a budget app and a polygon area calculator
- Complete the required projects and pass the Python certification exam
Who it’s for
Beginners who want a free, project-based route into Python that also introduces data structures and algorithms; those wanting data analysis specifically should look at the Data Analysis with Python certification.
Syllabus
24 sections as listed on freecodecamp.org.
- Introduction to Python
- Understanding Variables and Data Types
- Build a Report Card Printer
- Introduction to Strings
- Build an Employee Profile Generator
- Build an Employee Profile Validator
- Numbers and Mathematical Operations
- Build a Bill Splitter
- Booleans and Conditionals
- Build a Movie Ticket Booking Calculator
- Build a Travel Weather Planner
- Understanding Functions and Scope
- Build a Kitchen Inventory Tracker
- Build an Apply Discount Function
- Build a Caesar Cipher
- Build an RPG Character
- Python Basics Review
- Python Basics Quiz
- Build a User Configuration Manager
- Build a Budget App
- Build a Polygon Area Calculator
- Build a Hash Table
- Implement the Tower of Hanoi Algorithm
- Python Review
Course details
- Includes
- 24 lessons
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