Software Carpentry Python Lesson (Online)

Python is a popular language for scientific computing, and great for general-purpose programming as well. This is a beginner-level workshop for researchers presented by OU Libraries. Our workshops cover better practices for research, data, coding, and communication. No prior experience is needed (i.e. no prerequisites).

Topics covered:

• Variables and Assignment
• Data Types and Type Conversion
• Built-in Functions and Help
• Libraries
• Reading Tabular Data into DataFrames and Pandas DataFrames
• Plotting
• Lists
• For Loops
• Conditionals

Required software installs:

• Anaconda (Python) installation
• Shell (Unix/Bash) installation

Lesson:

• Plotting and Programming in Python