The Self-Taught Programmer
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I am a self-taught programmer. After a year of self-study, I learned to program well enough to land a job as a software engineer II at eBay. Once I got there, I realized I was severely under-prepared. I was overwhelmed by the amount of things I needed to know but hadn’t learned yet. My journey learning to program, and my experience at my first job as a software engineer were the inspiration for this course.
This course is not just about learning to program; although you will learn to code. If you want to program professionally, it is not enough to learn to code; that is why, in addition to helping you learn to program, I also cover the rest of the things you need to know to program professionally that classes and books don’t teach you. The Self-taught Programmer is a roadmap, a guide to take you from writing your first Python program, to passing your first technical interview. I divided the course into five sections:
1. Learn to program in Python 3 and build your first program.
2. Learn Object-oriented programming and create a powerful Python program to get you hooked.
3. Learn to use tools like Git, Bash, regular expressions and databases. Then use your new coding skills to build a web scraper.
4. Study Computer Science fundamentals like data structures and algorithms.
5. Finish with tips for working with a team and landing a programming job.
You CAN learn to program professionally. The path is there. Will you take it?
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Welcome -
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The Self-Taught Programmer Community -
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Exercise Solutions
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Inspiration I
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Installing Python
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Getting Started
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Your first program -
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Win One!
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Syntax Errors
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Intro to Programming
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Feedback
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Printing a Different String
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Math
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Calculate
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Data Types
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Arithmetic Operators
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Arithmetic Operators Exercise 1
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Arithmetic Operators Exercise 2
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Arithmetic Operators Exercise 3
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Comparison Operators
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Comparison Operators Exercise
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Logical Operators
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Logical Operators Exercise 1
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Logical Operators Exercise 2
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Statements
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Statements Exercise
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Functions
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Functions Exercise 1
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Functions Exercise 2
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Functions Exercise 3
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Built-In Functions
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Built-In Functions Exercise
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Win Two!
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Exceptions
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Exception Handling
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Type a Number
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Scope
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Lists
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Lists Exercise 1
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Lists Exercise 2
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Lists Exercise 3
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Tuples
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Tuples Exercise
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Dictionaries
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Dictionaries Exercise
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Containers in Containers
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Containers in Containers Exercise
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Strings Part I
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Strings Exercise 1
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Strings Exercise 2
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Strings Exercise 3
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Strings Exercise 4
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Strings Exercise 5
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Strings Part II
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Strings II Exercise 1
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Strings II Exercise 2
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Strings II Exercise 3
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Strings II Exercise 4
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For-Loops
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For-Loops Exercise 1
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For-Loops Exercise 2
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For-Loops Exercise 3
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While-Loops
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Guess a Number
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While-Loops Exercise
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Modules
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Modules Exercise
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Create a Module
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Files
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CSV Files
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CSV Movies
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Hangman
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Modify Hangman
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Win Three!
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Inspiration II
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Procedural Programming
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Functional Programming
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Object-Oriented Programming
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The Four Pillars of OOP
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Four Pillars Exercise 1
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Four Pillars Exercise 2
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Try Inheritance
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More OOP
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More OOP Exercise 1
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More OOP Exercise 2
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More OOP Exercise 3
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Live Coding: E-commerce
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War
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Win Four!
