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Nina Zakharenko
Microsoft
Nina Zakharenko is a software engineer with over a decade of experience. She currently focuses on Python at Microsoft on the Cloud Developer Advocacy team. In the past, she’s written software for satellite control computers at HBO, code that’s helped people connect over their passions at Meetup, and implemented time-wasting features on Reddit.
Nina loves teaching developers and has spoken at conferences like PyCon Russia, EuroPython, and DjangoCon in the US and internationally. In her spare time, she enjoys snowboarding and hiking, drinking scotch, and tinkering with hardware, LEDs, and wearable electronics from her home base in Portland, OR.
Nina Zakharenko's Courses
Practical Guide to Python
In this Python course, you're going to learn how to structure your programs with functions, loops, logic, and objects and end the course using the Django framework.
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Intermediate Python
Microsoft
Utilize comprehensions to manipulate large quantities of data, Python's OO system, how to approach error handling, and how to utilize a web framework in your application.
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Python Fundamentals
Microsoft
Create and run simple Augment Python programs, including working with the available data types, writing functions and classes, and much more. Read more!
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Git In-depth
Microsoft
A deep dive into git, this course is for developers who use git and GitHub every day and want to learn the inner workings and use advanced techniques.
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What They're Saying
I just completed "Practical Guide to Python" by Nina on Frontend Masters! It is indeed quite practical and right to the point.
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Nathaly Toledo
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Wow "Practical Guide to Python" was fun! And a lot to go though.
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