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Python Core

Foundations for Data Careers

17 hours112 lessons Self-study
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Emmanuel Edegbo

Lead Data Engineer & Architect

About this course

Build Python fundamentals from variables and loops through to functions, file I/O, and working with structured data.

Python has become the dominant language in data analytics, engineering and science — approachable enough to learn quickly, powerful enough to use in production. SQL handles structured queries; Python handles everything around them.

Course at a glance

14
Chapters
112
Lessons
17h
Estimated time
Self-study
Format

Datasets used

SalesPYRetail dataset for sales analysis, revenue computation, and customer segmentation work.
FinancePYBanking dataset for transaction monitoring, risk classification, and compliance reconciliation work.

Tools you'll need

  • •Python 3.12+
  • •VS Code with Python + Pylance extensions
  • •Virtual environments (venv)
  • •Git

What you get when you enrol

  • ✓Lifetime access to every lesson, exercise, and update — including future revisions to this course.
  • ✓12-month Azure SQL practice access against the same datasets used in the course (read-only). Renews on request for active learners.
  • ✓Auto-graded labs in your browser — write SQL, hit Run, get instant feedback against the expected result.
  • ✓AI-graded Professional Challenges — open-ended scenarios reviewed against a published rubric, not just a single right answer.
  • ✓Course discussion + community — talk to other learners and ask the instructor questions inside the course.
  • ✓Basic Certificate on demonstrated capability — awarded when you complete every Hands-On Lab and Module Readiness Check, plus the Professional Challenges. Confirms you can write, run, and defend course-level SQL against real datasets.
  • ✓Optional Advanced Certificate on completion of SQL Core multi-project— a separate credential awarded when you complete all three capstone projects, each independently assessed and approved by an instructor. Each project is end-to-end query engineering against a real brief with defined acceptance criteria — proves competence at a level an employer can actually evaluate. The Basic Certificate alone confirms course mastery; the Advanced Certificate confirms you can deliver.
  • ✓Optional live training upgrade — instructor-led cohort sessions with capped capacity, sold separately.

What you'll learn

  • ✓Write Python scripts with variables, data types, and operators
  • ✓Control flow with if/elif/else, for loops, and while loops
  • ✓Define and use functions with parameters and return values
  • ✓Work with lists, dictionaries, tuples, and sets
  • ✓Read and write files (CSV, JSON, text)
  • ✓Complete a data processing project with real datasets

Who this is for

Software testersBusiness analystsAspiring data analystsData engineersRecruitersCyber security professionalsData scientists

Curriculum

112 lessons · 16h 48m
1. Python & the Data Ecosystem5 lessons
2. Installing Python & Setting Up Your IDE9 lessons
3. Variables & Data Types8 lessons
4. Operators & Expressions9 lessons
5. Conditional Logic8 lessons
6. Collections: Lists & Tuples9 lessons
7. Collections: Dictionaries & Sets9 lessons
8. Loops & Iteration11 lessons
9. Functions10 lessons
10. String Manipulation9 lessons
11. Working with Files & CSV Data12 lessons
12. Error Handling & Code Quality3 lessons
13. Python Libraries: The Ecosystem Map9 lessons
14. Python Core Cheat Sheet1 lessons

Prerequisites

  • •No prior Python experience required
  • •Basic computer literacy

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