drewhendrickson/python_workshop

ipython notebook files for a week-long python workshop

Jupyter Notebook

python crash course files

ipython notebook files for a week-long python workshop.

These are based on a free python textbook written by Prof. Pieter Spronck at Tilburg University. The pdf version is available online: http://www.spronck.net/pythonbook/index.xhtml

Schedule:

Monday:

Using notebooks
Using python
Expressions
Variables
Conditions
GCM example

Tuesday:

Iterators
Strings
Lists
Dictionaries

Wednesday:

Writing functions
Text files
Comparing documents demo
NLTK

Thursday:

Other filetypes
Object oriented programming
Pandas
Plotting with Matplotlib

Friday:

Numpy
SciPy
Scikit-learn

Notes from our discussions:

How are floats reprensented in python and why does that lead to imprecision?: https://docs.python.org/3.1/tutorial/floatingpoint.html
To install NLTK via Anaconda, open the Anaconda Prompt and type: conda install -c anaconda nltk=3.2.4