One-hour intro to Python

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Description

This lesson is an introduction to programming in Python for people with little or no previous programming experience. It uses plotting as its motivating example. This lesson references the Jupyter Notebook, but can be taught using a regular Python interpreter as well. Please note that this lesson uses Python 3 rather than Python 2.
Don't forget to bring your own laptop.

Time and Place

Where: Room B0.206, Science Park 904
When: Tuesday, October 10th, 2017 at 17:00 PM

Required Preparation

Prior knowledge

No prior knowledge required.

Software Dependencies

A working Python distribution. You can install Anaconda for an all-in-one setup. https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/

Link to the lesson notebook

To visualise

Click here!

To download

Right-click "Save link as" keeping the .ipynb extension

Credits

This lesson is based on a Software Carpentry lesson available here

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Added link to lesson notebook