Workshop: First Steps in Python

Friday 21 May 2021, 09:00 → 17:00 Europe/Berlin

Online (https://bbb.hzdr.de/b/erx-6j9-eu4)

General Information

Language	English
Cost	Free of charge
Level	Beginner
Registration Period	2021-05-10 to 2021-05-16

 

 

 

 

Registration

You do not need to set up an Indico account to register.

Please note: To allow for a fairer distribution of seats across the various centers, the initial seat count per center has been limited. We encourage those that want to register after the seats for their center have been taken, to register on the waiting list instead. Remaining seats will be distributed among the waiting list according to first-come-first-serve.

Code of Conduct

We adhere to the Software Carpentries' Code of Conduct.
You can report violations to

• The Instructors and Helpers
• The HIFIS helpdesk
• The Software Carpentries

Workshop Content

This workshop is conceptualized as a one-day event that covers the basic tools required for a research software workflow:

• Introduction to the Python programming language

Preparations

Participants are asked to make sure they have the necessary rights to install software on their computers.

Installing the Required Tools

For this workshop three tools are required:

• An installation of python

You can find detailed installation instructions for each of these tools here.

09:00 → 09:30 Organisation: Arrival and Set-Up

09:30 → 10:30 Introduction to Python Programming: Variables and Data Types

10:30 → 11:00 Second Breakfast

11:00 → 12:30 Introduction to Python Programming: Loops

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 15:00 Introduction to Python Programming: Conditionals and Functions

15:00 → 15:30 Coffee

15:30 → 16:30 Introduction to Python Programming: A more advanced example

16:30 → 17:00 Organisation: Wrap Up