Who is this Python course for, and who is it not for?

It is for working professionals with no coding background who keep doing the same manual job with spreadsheets, exports or copy and paste, and who suspect a script could do it. Analysts who live in Excel, operations coordinators, finance assistants, researchers and marketers who handle campaign exports are typical learners.

It is not a full-time bootcamp, a computer science degree or a promise of a developer job. You will not build large applications, study algorithms in depth or prepare for technical interviews. The aim is practical: enough Python to automate and analyse your own work safely, and a foundation for the data, machine learning and AI app courses that follow.

What will I learn in this Python course for beginners?

Six modules, each one ending in a script you can actually use. Descriptions of the language and its standard library follow the official Python documentation on python.org.

1. First programs

What a program, a variable and a function are, then running Python in a browser notebook and on your own computer. You store text, numbers and true or false values, and change them.

2. Decisions, loops and collections

If statements, for and while loops, lists and dictionaries. You organise a set of invoices or tasks in a collection and work through them one by one.

3. Functions and reading code

Writing functions with clear inputs and outputs, and reading an unfamiliar script line by line before you change anything in it.

4. Files, CSV and errors

Reading and writing text files, processing spreadsheet exports with Python's csv module and handling errors so one bad row does not stop the whole run.

5. APIs and packages

Fetching data from a public web API, installing libraries inside a virtual environment, and storing API keys and passwords outside your code.

6. Git, tests and a finished automation

Saving and sharing code with Git and GitHub, writing simple tests that catch mistakes, publishing a small page with GitHub Pages and replacing one manual weekly task with a script.

Do I need any coding experience to learn Python here?

No. The course assumes you have never programmed. You need to be comfortable with files and folders, a spreadsheet and a web browser, and you need a laptop or desktop computer, because Code lessons cannot be done well on a phone. The first lessons run in a browser notebook, so there is nothing to install until module five, where you set up Python on your own machine step by step.

How does the personalised path adapt to me?

The diagnostic shows you a ten-line script and asks what it prints, then asks about the repetitive tasks in your week. If you can already trace a loop, you skip the first module and go straight to files and CSV. If the script means nothing yet, you start at first programs with no penalty.

Worked examples follow your role. A finance assistant loops over supplier invoices; a marketer totals clicks from a campaign export; an operations coordinator checks a stock list for items below their reorder level. Practice data is always made up, so nothing from your employer enters a lesson.

What do I practise in the Python course?

Every lesson ends in code you run yourself. One example from module four: Harbour Lane Bakeries, a fictional chain of four bakeries, exports its daily sales as a CSV file with a few messy rows. You write a script that reads the file, skips and reports rows with a missing amount, and writes a weekly total per shop to a new file.

The rubric is shown before you start. It checks that the script runs without crashing on the messy rows, that the totals match a hand-checked answer, that skipped rows are listed with a reason, and that your variable and function names would make sense to a colleague reading the code next month.

How long does it take to learn Python on this course?

Each lesson takes 10 to 15 minutes, including the coding task. How many lessons your path holds depends on your diagnostic and on how fast you work, so we do not promise a number of hours or weeks.

What do I get at the end of the Python course?

You finish with a final practical assessment: a short automation brief you complete in Python, with tests. Passing earns a recognised certificate. It shows you can write and test working scripts; it is not an accredited qualification and is not issued by the Python Software Foundation.

How much does the Python course cost?

The Python course is part of every Tosheo.ai plan, alongside the AI at work lessons. Learning alone, the Individual plan is USD 79 a month or USD 790 a year. For a group, the Team plan is USD 189 a month or USD 1,890 a year for up to 3 members, with each extra member at USD 49 a month or USD 490 a year, and volume pricing from 25 members. Start with the 7-day free trial; no credit card is needed.

Sources and scope

Python documentation, The Python Tutorial, checked 19 October 2026 ↗

Python documentation, csv: CSV file reading and writing, checked 19 October 2026 ↗

Python documentation, venv: creation of virtual environments, checked 19 October 2026 ↗

Git, About Git, checked 19 October 2026 ↗

GitHub Docs, What is GitHub Pages?, checked 19 October 2026 ↗