Next semester, I will have information storage and retrieval class, which request students to use Python to do some projects. So I plan to obtain some practical experience in Python before the class. What I first want to do is to learn the basic knowledge from online course and finish its assignments and projects. The next step is to read books about advance programming on Python.
Previously, I learned machine learning course on coursera which impressed my a lot. So this time I also choose the course on the coursera, which is "Learn to Program" taught by University of Toronto . The course is very basic, so I usually use 1.5x-2x speed to watch the lecture. Now I have watched 4/7 lectures. I'm not going to type any syntax of Python here because it's kind of waste of time and meaningless. Instead, I'm gonna to write down something about the assignments that is interesting to me.
12/08/2012
I finished watching all the lectures.
12/13/2012
I finished the programming assignments, which seem very basic. It's helpful for beginners especially those who do not have experience in programming to take this course. One of the motivation of the course I think is to teach the fundamental idea of programming. For experienced guys, advanced course is needed. Anyway, it's a good start. Next, I'm probably going to find a book and do some practice.
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