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Hi, this is Ardit, your instructor.

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I would like to wholeheartedly welcome you to this course and wholeheartedly wish you success with Python.

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Now in this lecture, I'll give you an introduction to the course and quickly mention the content

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the course covers and towards goals you can achieve by taking this course.

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So let's start with the content.

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What does the course cover?

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Well, the theme of the course is automation, but that's just the theme.

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The hidden purpose over the course is to make you a master of Python by learning to automate everything

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that is possible to be automated.

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So in this course, you will master programming and create Python programs, which can do batch automation

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of different operations, which would normally take days to do manually.

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You will create programs that send SMS messages in batch acts as the browser automatically and click

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and get data from websites.

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Of course, everything via Python.

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So Python will do all that and sends emails to hundreds of email contacts, attaching files for each

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email, all with a click of a button of your script.

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And we will be generating and converting PDF files, working with APIs, building chat boots and

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many more.

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Everything can be automated with Python.

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You will even learn some of the most modern Python tools that have come out in the last few months,

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which take Python to a new level, really.

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So by the end of the course, you will surely be a decent Python programmer that can program just anything.

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One thing you need to know is that the course does not cover Python basics, and this was also mentioned

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in the course descriptions.

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So I assume, you know, Python basics, which is variables strings, numbers, lists, dictionaries,

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tuples, functions, conditionals and loops.

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If you know this, you're fine.

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You're ready to take this course.

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If not, then you should take a course on Python Basics first.

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I have a free Python basic course on my website Pythonhow at this link.

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There are no distracting ads on the website or in the videos, so you will focus on Python and learn

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the basics if you don't know already.

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So how do you take this course?

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Well, the videos are screencast videos, so I show you the screen while I code on my code editor and

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each video covers one Python program.

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So you are supposed to write the code on your editor along with me while pausing the video as you wish.

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But I do encourage you to experiment with the code and not simply rewrite what I wrote in the video.

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So try to change something in the code, run it again to see how the output changes, try to improve

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it further, make it better than my codes, and that will immensely help your learning.

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But don't worry, because even if you don't experiment with the code in those videos, you'll still

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get a ton of exercises which will not let you just sit and watch the videos.

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So often I show you how to write a program on video, but then I give you an exercise after that

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where you write a similar program using the concepts that you learned in the previous videos.

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And of course, you'll be able to compare your solution with mine afterwards.

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If you want to create your GitHub portfolio, so GitHub, as you may know, is a cloud based repository

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where you can upload your codes and others can see your code and use it.

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So you're free to publish this programs on GitHub, but I do recommend that you change something in

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the programs before you upload them.

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That's up to you though, it's just a recommendation. If you get stuck and you'll probably do, every programmer

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does.

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You can just do a Google search or Stack Overflow search, and that should have the answer of your problems.

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If not, you can also searching the Q&A forum inside the course.

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And if your search doesn't find anything, then feel free to ask a question in the Q&A.

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And you can also use our Discord server, where you'll always find a very helpful community being online

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24-7 so you are completely covered in case of issues with your code.

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Lastly, about the tools we will use, we will talk about that in the next video, so don't miss the

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next video, please.

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I'll show you the editor, that I suggest you to use for this course, even though you're free to use

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your favorite editor if you like.

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So the codes will work the same.

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So that's an overview about the course.

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Let's set up the editor in the next video and then we start coding afterwards.

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See you.