Hello and welcome to the course: "Encoding and Unicode Demystified in Python"

Why you should learn about Unicode and encoding in Python?

Unicode is very important as it is the worldwide standard for character representations, supporting 159 different writing systems and over 144,697 individual characters. So, Unicode allows computers to represent and manipulate the text of any existing system of writing in a consistent manner.

In short. If you write software that handles text, you need to understand how to use Unicode and its encoding.

The good news is that you can learn everything you need to know right here, starting now.

About the course:

This complete course provides an in-depth explanation of Unicode, encoding, and how it all works together, with practical examples in both Python 2 and Python 3.

The course covers everything that you will need to know to solve the problems caused by improper, broken handling of Unicode and its encoding. An example of this is when you see some ordinary text like 'ça va' go through a program or website and it gets totally ruined, ending up like 'ça va'?. I think you’ll agree this is not a good outcome.

By the end of this short course, you will know exactly how to write software that handles text correctly, every time!

So why wait? Let's get started today.