Open Source Program Lang

Catalog description

As data volume grows across industry and government, techniques to manage and use this data are critical. In this course, we learn the use of open-source programming languages, such as Python, that make it possible to deal with the demands placed on us by big data. The course covers topics including variables, input and output, compound data types, conditionals and branching, functions, recursion, data dictionaries, exception handling, and object-oriented programming. The course stresses good programming style and practical applications.