nickdelgrosso/IFOM-Python-Workshop2019

Materials from a 3-Day Introduction to Python workshop held at the IFOM Institute in Milan, Italy.

IFOM Python Workshop 2019

Syllabus

Day 0: A First Introduction to Python

• Python Syntax Review:
• Activity: "Using OOP: Drawing with Turtle"

Day 1: The Core SciPy Stack

• Overview over the Python Tool Excosystem
  • Activity: Installing new Python Packages
  • Activity: Installing Git and Git-Bash for Windows
• Introduction to The Bash Terminal
  • Activity: Initializing an Project Directory Tree
• Broadcasting with NumPy
• Introduction to DataFrames with Pandas:

Day 2: Data Analysis with SciPy

• A Better Introduction to DataFrames with Pandas
  • Activity: Psychology Experiment Analysis
• High-Level Tools and Data Structures
  • The Split-Apply-Combine Workflow
  • Data Visualization Visualization with Seaborn
  • **"Tidy" Data: Long Data Frames"*8
• Multidimensional Arrays in NumPy
  • Activity: Cropping and Black-and-White-ing an Image
• Writing Scripts Interactively in JupyterLab
• Introduction to DevOps: Review over the files and tools that improve productivity.

References

• Python's Data Model: https://docs.python.org/3/reference/datamodel.html
• The String Format Method: https://pyformat.info/
• Operator Precedence Table: https://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~valerie/courses/fall10/155/resources/op_precedence.html
• Managing Environments with Conda: https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/tasks/manage-environments.html