Skill Up with Python: Hands-On Data Science and Machine Learning Projects
2h 21mIntermediate2024-10-22
Authors

Shaun Wassell
Full-Stack Software Developer

Pearson
Course details
Python has risen to popularity as one of the most versatile and beginner-friendly programming languages in the world. Its simplicity, readability, and extensive libraries make it a powerful language in a wide variety of different domains, including web development, data analysis, scientific computing, artificial intelligence, and automation. If you’re looking to kickstart your Python programming journey, this hands-on course was designed for you. Join instructor Shaun Wassell as he offers an interactive approach to building your Python skills through a series of practical projects, all written from scratch. Test out your new know-how along the way in areas such as data analysis, machine learning, web scraping, and more.
Learning objectives
Perform sentiment analysis on real-world text.
Work with image recognition tools.
Scrape basic data from websites.
Learning objectives
Perform sentiment analysis on real-world text.
Work with image recognition tools.
Scrape basic data from websites.
Skills covered
Data Science FoundationsMachine LearningPythonArtificial Intelligence (AI)Programming LanguagesData ScienceOpen SourceSoftware DevelopmentOne-Off
Concepts
Introduction
- Skill up with Python - Introduction
Manipulate and Visualize Data in Jupyter
- Learning objectives
- Get started with Jupyter Notebooks
- Load data into Jupyter
- Manipulate data with pandas
- Visualize data
Perform Sentiment Analysis
- Learning objectives
- Learn about sentiment analysis tools in Python
- Learn the basics of NLTK
- Incorporate sentiment analysis into an application
- Analyze with real-world data
Work with Image Recognition
- Learning objectives
- Learn about image recognition tools in Python
- Learn the basics of OpenCV
- Incorporate image recognition into an application
Scrape Data from the Internet
- Learning objectives
- Learn about web-scraping tools in Python
- Learn the basics of the Beautiful Soup library
- Format and use scraped data
- Modify web-scraping logic for other websites
Conclusion
- Skill up with Python - Summary