First steps into Python

[katrinleinweber]

What should/will the learning objective(s) be?

We are going to get you started with Python using the Spyder Integrated Development Environment and teach basic Python data types and concepts like functions, loops and flow control.

To give you an idea what Python Scripting can be used for, we are going to solve a typical data-related problem: You downloaded some raw data from the internet as zip archives and need to extract them all before actually being able to start with data analysis.
Hence, we will write a small Python script to automate the extraction of data from a couple of zip archives for different climate stations.
During session #9 two weeks later, we'll have a look at how we can do some first analyses of some of these data.

What do participants need to know / install / bring?

• Own laptop with Anaconda already installed
• Data for the session can be downloaded here
  Original data source: Deutscher Wetterdienst, Climate Data Center
• No prior Python knowledge is needed.

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attendees on Oct. 17th: 8

[katrinleinweber]

I received one request to repeat this event. Thus, let's just continue voting.