Course Information
Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
3 Hour(s) 58 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
Jordan Stanchev, Sehrish Aqeel
Rating
Course Overview
Learn the basic syntax of Python to become a successful technical writer
Are you a technical writer who wants to learn about the Python programming language? Or do you want to advance your career as a technical writer in the software development industry?
If your answer is yes, then this course can help you!
Python is currently the most popular programming language in the world. According to SlashData, "there are now 8.2 million developers in the world who code using Python, and that population is now larger than those who build in the Java language."
If you are serious about your technical writing career, you must be able to communicate efficiently with your development team about the software code they have been developing. Moreover, top-paying companies in the software industry often require technical writers to not only read and understand Python source code but also to develop sample code exercises that enrich developers' documentation.
But how can you do that if you're just a technical writer who has never written a single line of code? You should find someone to show and guide you through this software development jungle, preferably quickly so that you can get back to writing documentation that helps your target users!
This course is designed to help technical writers learn Python programming language in order to communicate more efficiently with their development team and develop sample code exercises for documentation.
Ph.D. Sehrish Aqeel, a top expert in Python from JPDocu School of Technical Writing, shares her vast experience with Python in a friendly and relaxed manner. She has over 14 years of experience teaching at the university and online, and now she shares her knowledge with the technical communications community through this course through practical explanations and hands-on exercises.
By the end of the course, participants will become technical writers who can confidently read and understand Python source code, use Python terminology, and develop a simple application following the instructor's guidelines.
You will soon realize that Python language can be easy to understand and learn when you have the right teacher. There is no complicated theory, just practical explanations, and simple hands-on exercises to smoothly introduce you to the language. Of course, this course does not aim to turn you into a developer - do not expect to gain solid development skills here. However, by the end of this course, you will become a technical writer who can read and understand Python source code, use Python's terminology confidently, and get the chance to develop a simple application yourself, following the instructor's guidelines.
So, enroll now and see how simple and easy Python can be. Impress your development team with the skills of a professional technical writer who knows Python language too!
Course Content
- 10 section(s)
- 49 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Introduction
- Section 2 Installation and Interface Explanation
- Section 3 Basic Syntax, Input and Output Operations
- Section 4 Data Types in Python
- Section 5 Operators in Python
- Section 6 If Statements in Python
- Section 7 Loops in Python
- Section 8 Data Structure
- Section 9 Function
- Section 10 Working with Libraries
What You’ll Learn
- You will be able to read the basic syntax of Python programming language
- Set up and install an environment for working with Python (Anaconda)
- Understand the meaning and intended use of common Python techniques (elif, while, for, comments, etc.)
- Perform hands-on exercises and a mini-project to practice what you've learned
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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GGayatri R Nair
It serves my purpose of learning for a beginner so far
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SSuraj Gopanna
I find the explanation of basics of Python very valuable and helpful. Just couple of suggestions, the codes used in the final calculator project were not very related to the basics taught throughout the course and also the technical documentation at the end of the course which explains the calculator project seems difficult to understand for a person who is new to programming. My opinion is that the final project and documentation were not necessary, it makes a person new to the programming little confused.
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DDanilo Blaeser
The course gave me a good first overview over basic aspects and functions of Python. However, i would have liked some tips on using Python for technical writing processes.
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RRachel Teitz
Everything up till the final project was good. The final project itself was not based on things we had covered in the other sections, but introducing new concepts like expressions. The final section on how to write documentation for the Python application was also a disappointment.
