Python for Absolute Beginners – A Free 2-Hour Crash Course
- Free
- No certificate
- Beginner
- 1 h 48 min
This short course takes a complete beginner from installing Python to writing small scripts. It opens with installation and the set-up of common editors (PyCharm, VS Code and Atom), then moves through a first "Hello World" program, variables and how Python stores data, comments, and the core data types. The largest share of the material is spent on strings: changing case with methods such as lower and upper, validating text with isdigit or isalpha, searching and formatting with find, count and replace, and splitting text with split and splitlines. A final section covers numbers.
Teaching is by pre-recorded video lectures grouped into six sections (37 lectures, 1 hour 48 minutes in total), in English with auto-generated captions, and the course was last updated in July 2026. It is free to enrol in. As with every free Udemy course there is no certificate of completion, no Q&A or direct messaging with the instructor, and ads may appear around the lessons. No prior programming experience is expected; you need a computer running Windows, macOS or Linux and an internet connection.
What you’ll learn
- Install Python and set up an editor such as PyCharm or VS Code
- Write and run a first program and understand how Python stores values in variables
- Use comments and recognise the core built-in data types
- Work with strings: case, validation, searching, formatting and splitting methods
- Perform basic operations with numbers
Who it’s for
Someone who has never programmed and wants a compact first look at Python syntax before committing to a longer course; not for readers who already know another language and want data structures or projects.
Syllabus
6 sections as listed on udemy.com.
- Installing Python and Python Editors 5 lessons · 31 min
- Python Basics 4 lessons · 16 min
- Data Types in Python 1 lesson · 2 min
- Python STRING Data and Methods 24 lessons · 51 min
- Numbers in Python 1 lesson · 7 min
- Want to Learn More ? 2 lessons · 2 min
Instructor
- Abul Hossain
Course details
- Includes
- 6 modules · 37 lessons
On udemy.com
Rated 4.5 out of 5 by 118 learners; 3,021 enrolled, as shown on the course page on 21 Sep 2026. These are udemy.com’s own figures, not ours.
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