Plotting and Programming with Python

Date
9 May 2023 to 10 May 2023 - 14:00-17:00
Location
Training Room 108, Computing Centre
Speaker
Norbert Gyenge, Joe Heffer, Christopher Wild

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Please note that this workshop will take place over 2 days from from 2-5pm on 9th May and 1-5pm on 10th May.

Who is this lesson for?

This lesson is an introduction to programming in Python 3 for people with little or no previous programming experience. It uses plotting as its motivating example but will teach you the essential foundations of programming in python.

What will we learn?

This workshop will use software carpentry’s plotting and programming in python lesson which includes everything you need to get started with python via sections on:

  • variables
  • data types
  • functions
  • libraries/packages
  • tabular data with pandas
  • plotting
  • lists
  • for loops
  • conditionals

How will it be taught?

This will be a practical and hands on, in-person workshop lead by expert instructors.

Prerequisite knowledge

No previous programming experience is required but you should have some knowledge of files and directories/folders.

Technical Requirements

You will need to install some software, all major operating systems (windows, macos and linux) are suitable and instructions will be send out prior to the workshop.

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