Duration of the online course: 6 hours and 20 minutes
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Save hours of repetitive work by turning routine IT chores into reliable automation. This free online course helps you build practical skills for modern IT and software testing workflows, using Python and Bash to handle real-world tasks more quickly and with fewer errors. Instead of relying on manual steps, you will learn how to run scripts confidently, interact with the operating system, and build simple solutions that scale from personal productivity to team-wide impact.
You will start by getting your environment ready across Windows, macOS, and Linux, so you can work wherever you are most comfortable. From there, you will connect the dots between command-line productivity and Python scripting, understanding when each approach is the best tool for the job. As your automation skills grow, you will practice working with files in a safe, clean way, making your scripts easier to maintain and less likely to break in production. You will also explore how pattern matching with regular expressions can quickly turn messy text into usable data, a common need when dealing with logs, configuration files, and system outputs.
Beyond writing scripts, the course emphasizes the mindset that separates ad-hoc tinkering from dependable engineering: testing and troubleshooting. You will see why automated tests are a cornerstone of high-quality software and how they reduce risk when code changes. You will also strengthen your debugging habits and learn structured approaches to narrowing down issues efficiently, so problems that once felt random become measurable and solvable. Finally, you will touch on managing data and processes and gathering interactive input, rounding out the essentials needed to build automation that is both useful and user-friendly.
By the end, you will be better prepared to contribute to IT operations, quality assurance, and automation-focused roles, with skills that translate directly into day-to-day technical work and help you communicate more effectively with developers and system administrators.
Video class: Installing Python on Windows, Mac, and Linux | Google IT Automation with Python Certificate
30m
Exercise: Which of the following is NOT a task typically handled by an operating system (OS)?
Video class: Working with Bash and Python | Google IT Automation with Python Certificate
32m
Exercise: What is the primary benefit of using a Bash script for debugging tasks?
Video class: Testing Python for Beginners | Google IT Automation with Python Certificate
48m
Exercise: What is the primary benefit of implementing automatic tests in software development?
Video class: How to Run a Python Script | Google IT Automation with Python Certificate
36m
Exercise: What is an advantage of using an interpreted language like Python over a compiled language like C?
Video class: Python File Handling | Google IT Automation with Python Certificate
40m
Exercise: In Python, when working with files, what is one primary advantage of using the 'with' statement over the traditional open and close methods?
Video class: Regular Expressions in Python | Google IT Automation with Python Certificate
56m
Exercise: What is the purpose of using regular expressions (regex) in IT automation?
Video class: The Linux Operating System and Bashing | Google IT Automation with Python Certificate
25m
Exercise: Which command is used in Linux to create a new directory?
Video class: Troubleshooting When "It Doesn't Work!" | Google IT Automation with Python Certificate
1h03m
Exercise: What is a common debugging technique used to efficiently find the cause of a problem in a large list of possibilities, especially when the list is sorted?
Video class: Managing Data and Processes | Google IT Automation with Python Certificate
45m
Exercise: Which Python function is used to capture user input interactively?
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Course comments: IT Automation
Neven Sayed Ahmed Sayed
thanks so much
Hafizuddin Sahari
I have had a very good experience learning this course. Thank you