Event Details

Who is this for...

Who is this for?

PhD students, Researchers, Staff

Why attend this?

If you have never used Python before and want to learn how to; have used Python but want some formal training or need to advance your knowledge; or if you have data and want to be able to plot and analyse it. This is suited to beginners and intermediate users alike.

Prerequisite skills: No programming experience required

Resources Required: You need to bring your own laptop to work on.

For the course, you will need your own computer with Python 3 installed. Instructions for installing Python 3 on your computer can be found here: https://swcarpentry.github.io/python-novice-gapminder/index.html

if you encounter any problems installing Python or have further queries, then please email the RSE team.

Learning Objectives

Part 1:

• Understand what variables are and how to give them (assign) values to them
• Understand what data types are available and how to use them
• Understand what functions are and how to find help on what each function does.
• How to read data from files and create plots with the data

Part 2:

• How to make Python do many things with one command (for loops)
• How to make the code produce different outputs depending on the inputs (conditionals, if statements)
• How to process multiple datasets in one function.
• How to re-use code by writing functions.
• How to make your code more readable

Duration: One day (10 minute breaks every hour, and a 30 minute break for lunch [bring your own])

Course material: https://swcarpentry.github.io/python-novice-gapminder/

Location: Digital Scholarship Lab in the Library