I have enough mathematical knowledge but very less programming knowledge. From where can I learn the programming part so that everything related to programming (used in this course) becomes clear to me.
Thanks in advance
Prasenjit Sanyal
Yes, this course assumes you are already a pretty competent python programmer. It does introduce you to numpy, but you need to have good familiarity with python fundamentals. There are lots of ways to learn that and the best solution depends a lot on how much other programming experience you have. If you are experienced in any other languages like c, C++, C#, Java or JavaScript, then you can probably just work through some online python tutorials. Just google “python tutorial” and you’ll find lots of good material. E.g. here’s one from the official Python site.
If this is literally your first exposure to programming, then you’d be better off taking an “intro to python” course. There are lots of those available as well. Just go to the Coursera catalog and search for python and you’ll find lots of them, including some that are specific to machine learning. E.g. there’s Python for Everybody from the University of Michigan. I haven’t personally taken that, but it is highly rated by past students.
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