Research Guides: Python (programming language): Python Workshop Resources

Binder Links

Click the following links to launch the respective workshop's Binder.

Python Workshop GitHub Resources

Following are the links to the workshop repositories on GitHub.

Python I Workshop - Introduction to Python Part 1
First workshop in a series of five Python workshops. This workshop focuses on the basic building blocks of Python - syntax and data structures
Python II Workshop - Introduction to Python Part 2
Second workshop in a series of five Python workshops.
Building on topics of the "Introduction to Python Part 1" workshop. Basic knowledge on the data structures in Python or attendance at the "Introduction to Python Part 1" beginner's workshop is strongly recommended. This workshop covers the control flow, loops and function definitions
Python III Workshop - Intermediate Python
Third workshop in a series of five Python workshops.
Building on topics of the "Introduction to Python" Part 1 and 2 workshops. Basic knowledge of Python or attendance at the "Introduction to Python" beginner's workshops is strongly recommended. This workshop includes slightly advanced topics like objects, classes, file operations etc.
Python IV Workshp - Data Analysis with Python
Fourth workshop in a series of five Python workshops.
Building on topics of the "Introduction to Python Part 1 and 2" and "Intermediate Python" workshops. Prior experience with Python or attendance at these workshops is strongly recommended. This workshop explores 'pandas', a python data analysis library, using a data file
Python V Workshop - Data Visualization with Python
Fifth workshop in a series of five Python workshops.
Building on topics of the "Introduction to Python 1 and 2", "Intermediate Python", and "Data Analysis with Python" workshops. Prior experience with Python or attendance at these workshops is strongly recommended. This workshop deals with different libraries like matplotlib, pandas, seaborn, to visualize the data

Once you are in a workshop's repository, click the 'launch binder' button to launch the Binder. A Binder is an interactive environment that allows you to run code in the web browser without the need for any installations. The image below is an example from the Introduction to Python Part-1 repository.

Python Online Resources

LinkedIn Learning (Formerly Lynda.com)
- Installing Python
- Choosing an editor/IDE
- Working with variables and expressions
- Writing loops
- Using the date, time, and datetime classes
- Reading and writing files
- Fetching Internet data
- Parsing and processing HTML
Code Academy
- Python syntax
- Strings and console output
- Conditions and control flow
- Functions
- Lists and dictionaries
- Loops
- Advanced Topics
Learn Python Online
- Hello World!
- Variables and Types
- Lists
- Operators
- Strings
- Conditions
- Loops
- Functions
- Classes and objects
- Dictionaries
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