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The Self-Taught Programmer

The Definitive Guide to Programming Professionally
Rating: 4.6 out of 54.6 (2,674 ratings)
117,977 students
Created by Cory Althoff
Last updated 9/2020
English
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What you'll learn

  • Start to program in Python 3 and build your first program.
  • Learn Object-oriented programming and create a powerful Python program to get you hooked.
  • Learn to use tools like Git, Bash, and regular expressions. Then use your new coding skills to build a web scraper.
  • Study Computer Science fundamentals like data structures and algorithms.
  • Finish with best coding practices, tips for working with a team, and advice on landing your first programming job.
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Course content

5 sections • 79 lectures • 5h 55m total length

  • Preview03:58
  • The Self-Taught Programmer Community
    00:25
  • Exercise Solutions
    00:08
  • Preview01:51
  • Installing Python
    02:19
  • Getting Started
    02:55
  • Your first program
    1 question
  • Win One!
    00:15
  • Syntax Errors
    01:41
  • Preview03:02
  • Feedback
    00:32
  • Printing a Different String
    1 question
  • Math
    02:56
  • Calculate
    1 question
  • Data Types
    02:45
  • Arithmetic Operators
    04:18
  • Arithmetic Operators Exercise 1
    1 question
  • Arithmetic Operators Exercise 2
    1 question
  • Arithmetic Operators Exercise 3
    1 question
  • Comparison Operators
    03:12
  • Comparison Operators Exercise
    1 question
  • Logical Operators
    02:45
  • Logical Operators Exercise 1
    1 question
  • Logical Operators Exercise 2
    1 question
  • Statements
    04:21
  • Statements Exercise
    1 question
  • Preview05:40
  • Functions Exercise 1
    1 question
  • Functions Exercise 2
    1 question
  • Functions Exercise 3
    1 question
  • Built-In Functions
    02:00
  • Built-In Functions Exercise
    1 question
  • Win Two!
    00:15
  • Exceptions
    01:26
  • Exception Handling
    02:05
  • Type a Number
    1 question
  • Scope
    02:56
  • Lists
    05:43
  • Lists Exercise 1
    1 question
  • Lists Exercise 2
    1 question
  • Lists Exercise 3
    1 question
  • Tuples
    03:00
  • Tuples Exercise
    1 question
  • Dictionaries
    04:23
  • Dictionaries Exercise
    1 question
  • Containers in Containers
    02:26
  • Containers in Containers Exercise
    1 question
  • Strings Part I
    05:44
  • Strings Exercise 1
    1 question
  • Strings Exercise 2
    1 question
  • Strings Exercise 3
    1 question
  • Strings Exercise 4
    1 question
  • Strings Exercise 5
    1 question
  • Strings Part II
    05:02
  • Strings II Exercise 1
    1 question
  • Strings II Exercise 2
    1 question
  • Strings II Exercise 3
    1 question
  • Strings II Exercise 4
    1 question
  • For-Loops
    05:23
  • For-Loops Exercise 1
    1 question
  • For-Loops Exercise 2
    1 question
  • For-Loops Exercise 3
    1 question
  • While-Loops
    07:03
  • Guess a Number
    1 question
  • While-Loops Exercise
    1 question
  • Modules
    04:41
  • Modules Exercise
    1 question
  • Create a Module
    1 question
  • Files
    05:40
  • CSV Files
    03:04
  • CSV Movies
    1 question
  • Hangman
    05:28
  • Modify Hangman
    1 question
  • Win Three!
    00:10

  • Inspiration II
    01:18
  • Preview02:45
  • Functional Programming
    01:45
  • Object-Oriented Programming
    07:51
  • The Four Pillars of OOP
    07:50
  • Four Pillars Exercise 1
    1 question
  • Four Pillars Exercise 2
    1 question
  • Try Inheritance
    1 question
  • More OOP
    04:43
  • More OOP Exercise 1
    1 question
  • More OOP Exercise 2
    1 question
  • More OOP Exercise 3
    1 question
  • Live Coding: E-commerce
    18:02
  • War
    06:21
  • Win Four!
    00:07

  • Inspiration III
    02:04
  • Operating Systems
    01:19
  • Preview09:36
  • Practice Bash
    2 questions
  • Vim
    01:33
  • Regular Expressions
    08:27
  • Practice Regular Expressions
    2 questions
  • Match Two
    1 question
  • Package Managers
    03:39
  • Download a Package
    1 question
  • Version Control
    09:12
  • Live Coding: PyCharm
    10:12
  • Web Scraper
    05:39
  • Web Scraper Video Notes
    00:03
  • Create a GitHub Portfolio
    1 question
  • Win Five!
    00:12

  • Inspiration IV
    02:13
  • Algorithms
    07:02
  • Big O Notation
    00:02
  • Combine Two Lists
    02:19
  • Recursion
    04:17
  • Binary Search
    06:49
  • Find the Duplicate
    04:12
  • Last Digit
    03:57
  • Last Digit Exercise
    1 question
  • Find the Intersection of Two Lists
    03:22
  • Algorithms Challenge
    1 question
  • Preview08:35
  • Data Structures Exercise 1
    1 question
  • Data Structures Exercise 2
    1 question
  • Hash Tables
    06:02
  • Linked Lists
    05:21
  • Create a Linked List
    06:18
  • Search a Linked List
    04:05
  • Win Six!
    00:12

  • Inspiration V
    01:10
  • Best Practices
    07:56
  • Climbing the Freelance Ladder
    11:57
  • Creating the Perfect Freelance Profile
    11:55
  • Applying for Freelance Programming Jobs
    11:00
  • Landing Your First Full-Time Job
    06:28
  • Preparing for Your First Full-Time Job
    04:07
  • Next Steps
    01:51
  • Congratulations! Win Seven!
    00:35

Requirements

  • This course assumes you have no prior programming knowledge. It is for beginners!
  • All you need to get started is a computer. Any computer will do!

Description

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?

Who this course is for:

  • New programmers.
  • Anyone that wants to learn how to go from a complete beginner to a software engineer.
  • Anyone that wants to learn to program to improve their career!

Featured review

Manish Kumar Das
Manish Kumar Das
923 courses
14 reviews
Rating: 5.0 out of 5a year ago
This is an excellent course on Python for beginners and first time programmers. The visuals are engaging and explanations are very clear. I had read his excellently authored book "The self taught programmer" so took up this course on Udemy. I highly recommend this course by Cory Althoff.

Instructor

Cory Althoff
Author, programmer, speaker
Cory Althoff
  • 4.6 Instructor Rating
  • 2,674 Reviews
  • 117,977 Students
  • 1 Course

Cory Althoff is an author, programmer, and speaker. He is best known for his book The Self-Taught Programmer, which has been published in seven languages and introduced the term "self-taught programmer" into the common lexicon. Book Authority named The Self-Taught Programmer one of the greatest programming books of all time, and The Next Web listed it as one of the ten books that will help you become a better software engineer. Over 200K developers are part of the self-taught programmer community he created through his popular Facebook group, blog, newsletter, and Udemy course. In 2019, Cory gave the opening keynote speech at Pycon JP. Cory lives in the Bay Area with his wife and daughter.

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