Topics

Following topics will be covered in this training. The order and depth of topic may differ slightly depending on progress of participants.

Module I

Getting Started With Interpreter

• Installation
• Interpreters / Jupyter

Calculating With Python

• Numbers
• Text
• Collections
• Built ins

Programming Constructs

• Loops
• Conditions
• Functions

Science and Maths

• Statistics
• Chaos
• Riffle shuffle

Module II

Working With Files

• Read/write text files
• Scripts
• Backup

Matter of Style

• List/Dictionary comprehensions
• Common iteration patterns
• Make a deck and shuffle it!

Data

• Tabular data
• Data Cleaning
• Visualizing Data

Science and Mathematics

• Problems from science and mathematics

Module III

Object Oriented Programming

• Classes
• Time bomb - remembering state with classes

Simulations

• Choose five random cards from deck
• Probability of head Vs tail
• Prisoner’s Dilemma

Science and Maths

• Predator Prey Simulation