Date: December 18 - 20, 2023
Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm PT
Venue: UC San Diego
Instructors: TBD
Helpers: TBD
Software Carpentry aims to help researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic research computing skills. This hands-on workshop will cover basic concepts and tools used with the Python programming language and version control with Git. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems.
For more information on what we teach and why, please see our paper "Best Practices for Scientific Computing".
Who: This workshop is open to UCSD students, staff, and faculty.
You don't need to have any previous knowledge of programming or the tools presented in the workshop to attend. A laptop is required for each session.
Where: Virtual (via Zoom).
Requirements: Participants must bring a laptop with a few specific software packages installed (listed below).
Contact: Please mail carpentries@ucsd.edu for more information.
Assessment: A Co-Curricular of Record activity recognition may be requested for the student who:
For more information on the UC San Diego Co-Curricular of Record (CCR), please visit the UCSD Engaged Learning Tools Co-Curricular Record page.
Everyone who participates in Carpentries activities is required to conform to the Code of Conduct. This document also outlines how to report an incident if needed.
Please be sure to complete these surveys before and after the workshop.
| Date | Session | Topics |
|---|---|---|
| Dec. 18th | Introduction to Python - Session 1 | Jupyter Notebook - Running/Wuitting, Variables and Assignment, Data Types/Type Conversions, Built-in Functions, and Help |
| Dec. 19th | Introduction to Python - Session 2 | Libraries, Writing Functions, Reading/Writing data in Dataframes, and Pandas Dataframes |
| Dec. 20th | Introduction to Python - Session 3 | Plotting, Lists, For Loops, Looping over Datasets, and Conditionals |
For this workshop we will be referencing the Plotting and Programming in Python Carpentries curriculum.
We will be using the gapminder data found on the Summary and Setup page. Please download the both data prior to start of first session.
We will use HackMD collaborative notes for taking notes, and sharing URLs and bits of code. Please use the following link to access the collaborative notes: pending.
To participate in this workshop, you will need access to the software described below. In addition, you will need an up-to-date web browser.
We will teach Python using the Jupyter Notebook, a programming environment that runs in a web browser (Jupyter Notebook will be installed by Anaconda). For this to work you will need a reasonably up-to-date browser. The current versions of the Chrome, Safari and Firefox browsers are all supported (some older browsers, including Internet Explorer version 9 and below, are not).
Video Tutorial: SWC Install Python on Windows
Video Tutorial: SWC Install Python on Mac
bash Anaconda3-and then press Tab to autocomplete the full file name. The name of file you just downloaded should appear.
yes and press enter to approve the license.
Press Enter (or Return)
to approve the default location
for the files.
Type yes and press
Enter (or Return)
to prepend Anaconda to your PATH
(this makes the Anaconda distribution the default Python).