Supervised Machine Learning: Week 2 Lab

Course Q&A Machine Learning Specialization Supervised ML: Regression and Classification
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I’ve never used Python before and am stuck on the first lab assignment in Week 2 of the course. Am I supposed to be able to pick up Python and complete the lab assignment with no prior knowledge of Python or do I need a more foundational course before attempting this?
Any help appreciated.

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MLS and DLS assume you already know Python and are not designed to teach you Python. They introduce you to specific things like numpy, which might be new to a Python programmer who has not done linear algebra calculations in Python before, but that’s not the same as teaching you Python from scratch.

If you are already an experienced programmer in other languages like Java, JavaScript, C# or C++, then you may be able to just read some online python tutorials and then be able to learn “on the fly” from there. But if this is literally your first exposure to any kind of programming, then it is highly recommended that you take an “intro to python” course first. There are a number on Coursera, e.g. Python for Everybody from University of Michigan.

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