Are you curious about coding? Want to build a solid foundation in Python—the most popular programming language in the world today? Whether you’re a beginner or looking to strengthen the basics, Python 101: Kickoff is the perfect place to start your programming journey and learn Python.

This hands-on course introduces you to Python’s core building blocks in a beginner-friendly and engaging way. Learn how to code for beginners as you write your first program, navigate common coding errors, work with numbers and text, and understand how variables and logic combine to make code work.

What’s included in the curriculum?

1. Foundations of Python Programming:
Start strong with an overview of Python’s popularity, real-world uses, and what you’ll learn in the course.

2. Print, Errors, and Comments:
Get your first taste of code by printing text, handling errors, and writing clean, well-documented code with comments.

3. Data Types and Operators:
Explore numeric data types (integers and floats) and arithmetic operations, and understand how operator precedence and associativity affect calculations.

4. Booleans and Logic:
Learn how to work with true/false values, comparison operators, and logical expressions—essential for controlling your code’s behavior.

5. Working with Strings:
Dive into text manipulation, escape characters, type casting, and string operations to bring dynamic output to your programs.

6. Variables and Assignments:
Utilize assignment operators to store data inside variables and change their values. Utilize string interpolation for more precise, readable code.

7. Final Thoughts:
Wrap up the course with guidance on where to go next in your learning journey—like our follow-up course, Python 102: Power-Up.

Kick off your coding journey today with Python 101—because every expert coder was once a beginner!