✓ Install Python and write your first program
✓ Describe the basics of the Python programming language
✓ Use variables to store, retrieve and calculate information
✓ Utilize core programming tools such as functions and loops
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Charles Russell Severance has created 45 courses that got 45,235 reviews which are generally positive. Charles Russell Severance has taught 2,961,882 students and received a 4.85 average review out of 45,235 reviews. Depending on the information available, we think that Charles Russell Severance is an instructor that you can trust.
Charles Severance (a.k.a. Dr. Chuck) is a Clinical Professor at the University of Michigan School of Information, where he teaches various technology-oriented courses including programming, database design, and Web development. Chuck has written a number of books including Using Google App Engine, and Python for Everybody. His research field is in the building of learning management systems such as Sakai, Moodle, Blackboard, ANGEL, and others. He was the chief architect for the Sakai Project, a learning management system used at about 300 schools worldwide and wrote the book Sakai: Free as in Freedom, that describes his experiences as one of the leaders of the project. In the mid-1990s he was the host of Internet:TCI, a national television talk show about the Internet that ran for several years on the TCI cable system. He was long-time a columnist for the IEEE Computer Magazine writing a monthly column called “Computing Conversations” that features video interviews with famous technology leaders and innovators.
