Programming and Plotting and Python Workshop

Lessons Overview

Part 1 - Programming in Python:

• Lesson 1 - Running and Quitting
• Lesson 2 - Variables and Assignment
• Lesson 3 - Data Types and Type Conversion
• Lesson 4 - Built-in Functions and Help
• Coffee Break
• Lesson 5 - Lists
• Lesson 6 - For Loops
• Lesson 7 - Conditionals
• Lesson 8 - Libraries
• Wrap-Up Day 1

Part 2 - Plotting in Python

• Lesson 9 - Reading Tabular Data into DataFrames
• Lesson 10 - Pandas DataFrames
• Lesson 11 - Plotting
• Lesson 12 - Reading and Writing Complex Files
• Coffee Break
• Lesson 13 - Writing Functions
• Lesson 14 - Variable Scope
• Lesson 15 - Programming Style
• Wrap-Up Day 2

References

The workshop materials are based on the Python Novice Gapminder lesson by the Carpentries with some custom modifications.

• software-carpentry.org