Python Progression: Moving Beyond the Basics

In this short intermediate-level workshop, we will learn how to write Python with a focus on reproducibility and re-usability.

We will start in Jupyter Notebooks and later move to running Python scripts from the command line.

Who is the course for?

• Somebody who has written Python scripts or notebooks and wants to improve their code style and code re-usability.

• Somebody who needs to read, process, and plot data for their work or studies.

• Persons who already use Python for this but want to learn about libraries to simplify common tasks and about how to share their workflow in a reproducible way.

Preparation

• We assume everybody follows on their computer with network access

• Software install instructions (but we will go through this together)

Episode overview

Warm-up:

• Python basics

Day 1 morning:

• 11:00 - 12:30

  • Software install instructions

  • Jupyter Notebooks

  • Data formats, tidy data, and data cleaning

Day 1 afternoon:

• 13:30 - 15:00

  • Plotting with Vega-Altair

  • Learning how to adapt existing gallery examples

• 15:30 - 17:00

  • From notebooks to scripts

  • Command-line interfaces (CLI)

  • Good practices and tools

• 17:00 - 18:00

  • Q&A

  • Working on own scripts/projects

Day 2 morning:

• 09:00 - 09:45

  • Version control (motivation)

  • Reproducible environments and dependencies

  • Where to start with documentation

• 09:45 - 10:20

  • Profiling

• 10:30 - 11:00

  • Automated testing