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Python for Data & Automation
Write the Python that analysts and engineers use daily: clean idiomatic code, files and APIs, pandas for real datasets, automation scripts that run unattended, and testing and packaging habits teams expect.
About 1 h of reading, plus practice5 modules · 25 quiz questions · final exam
Skills you'll learn
What you'll be able to do
- Write clear, idiomatic Python with the right data structures
- Read and write CSV, JSON and Excel files and call REST APIs safely
- Clean, join and summarise datasets with pandas
- Build automation scripts with logging, error handling and scheduling
- Structure, test and share code with virtual environments, pytest and Git
Syllabus
- 1
Python foundations, written the professional way
5 min5-question quiz- Values, names and types
- The four core data structures
- Control flow and comprehensions
- Functions
- Mutability and copies
- Errors and exceptions
- Strings
- Style: PEP 8 and tools
- Summary
- 2
Files, JSON and APIs
4 min5-question quiz- Paths and files
- CSV
- JSON
- Dates and times
- Calling REST APIs with requests
- Secrets and configuration
- Excel files
- Summary
- 3
Data analysis with pandas
4 min5-question quiz- Load and inspect
- Selecting and filtering
- Cleaning
- New columns
- Grouping and aggregating
- Joining tables
- Time series
- Export
- Summary
- 4
Automation scripts that run unattended
5 min5-question quiz- Structure of a solid script
- Logging instead of print
- Idempotency: safe to run twice
- Working with files at scale
- Sending results: email and messaging
- Web data, responsibly
- Scheduling
- Monitoring unattended jobs
- Summary
- 5
Organising, testing and sharing code
4 min5-question quiz- Virtual environments and dependencies
- Project structure
- Testing with pytest
- Code quality tools
- Performance: measure first
- Version control and collaboration
- Notebooks versus scripts
- Summary
- ★Final exam & certificate15 questions · 30 minutes · 70% to pass · 3 tries
Your certificate
HireSol certified in Python for Data & Automation
Signed by HireSol and verifiable online with its own ID. Download it as a PDF, add it to LinkedIn in one click, and it shows on your HireSol profile to companies.
Questions
- Who is this course for?
- College students, freshers and anyone switching careers who wants a job-ready grounding in Python for Data & Automation. It's a beginner course; every module explains the ideas with worked examples from real jobs.
- Is the course online and self-paced?
- Yes. It's fully online: about 1 hours of reading across 5 modules, on your phone or laptop, whenever it suits you.
- How do I get the certificate?
- Pass the quiz at the end of each module (70% or more), then the final exam: 15 questions drawn from a larger pool, 30 minutes, 70% to pass, 3 tries. Your certificate is issued the moment you pass.
- Can recruiters check that my certificate is real?
- Yes. Every certificate has its own page on hiresol.cloud with an ID and a digital signature from HireSol, so anyone can verify your name, the course, your score and the date.
- What happens if I fail the final exam?
- You have 3 tries, with new questions each time. If all 3 miss the mark, the course locks and you can unlock it again to start over.