Python

Python Programming

Skill Set #1: Beginner Usage

• Getting started

  • Writing and running a Python program on NCI
  • Using the Python command line
  • Using a Jupyter Notebook

• Basics of Python programming

  • Formatting: Indentation and comments
  • Creating variables
  • Arithmetic and logical operators
  • Using various data structures
    • Integers and Floats
    • Strings
    • Lists, Tuples, Sets, Dictionaries
  • If...Else statements
  • While and For loops
  • Functions
  • Using libraries
  • Using Numpy arrays
    • Creating
    • Indexing and slicing
    • Array mathematical operations
    • Broadcasting
  • Using Dates

• Using Conda Libraries on NCI

• Debugging

  • Skills
    • Using the stack trace
  • Tools
    • pdb

Skill Set #2: Advanced Usage

• Advanced Python Programming
  • Lambda functions
  • Classes and Objects
  • Error-handling (Try...Except)
  • Using JSON files
• Code optimisation