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Section 1.1: If this is your first time programming anything, begin with 1.1.1. Otherwise, it will suffice to read 1.1.1 for a statement of the problem and skip to 1.1.11. This introduces the syntax for commenting and basic arithmetic operations.
  
 
Section 1.2: This will give you relevant vocabulary for talking about Python and programs more generally. If this is not your first time programming, this section should just be skimmed.
 
Section 1.2: This will give you relevant vocabulary for talking about Python and programs more generally. If this is not your first time programming, this section should just be skimmed.

Revision as of 13:55, 30 November 2015

This Python Primer utilizes an IPython notebook kernel running on a computer in the APL and a browser-based IPython notebook front end located on your computer. That is, you don't need any special software just a computer with a web-browser and a SSH client.

You will start your IPython session by establishing a SSH tunnel.

Step 1 SSH into the remote machine and run the IPython web-based environment and direct it to a specific port. The command for this should look something like:

ipython notebook --no-browser --port=70xx

Step 2 On the local machine you can access this remote port using an SSH tunnel with port forwarding. The command for that will look like:

ssh -N -f -L localhost:70xx:localhost:70xx username@remotemachine

Step 3 Now to use the session all you have to do is (from the local machine) run your preferred web browser with the URL:

http://localhost:70xx

Textbook for the module

A Primer on Scientific Programming with Python by Hans Petter Langtangen (3rd Edition). Available online through the UO Library. To access it, follow this link: http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-642-30293-0

Activities

Intro to Python, Definitions - Chapter 1

Loops, logic, and lists - Chapter 2

Functions - Chapter 3 and NumPy

Input data and error handling - Chapter 4 and PANDAS

Functions on arrays and curve fitting - Chapter 5

String handling, files, and dictionaries - Chapter 6 and PANDAS


Useful Links

PANDAS - http://pandas.pydata.org/

NumPy - http://www.numpy.org

codecademy - https://www.codecademy.com/


Chapter 1

Section 1.1: If this is your first time programming anything, begin with 1.1.1. Otherwise, it will suffice to read 1.1.1 for a statement of the problem and skip to 1.1.11. This introduces the syntax for commenting and basic arithmetic operations.

Section 1.2: This will give you relevant vocabulary for talking about Python and programs more generally. If this is not your first time programming, this section should just be skimmed.

Section 1.3: Introduction to potential calculation difficulties, primarily floating point versus integer data.

Section 1.4: Importing mathematical functions from a library.

Section 1.5: Interactive computing. This section will teach you how to have the user input various parameters. IPython is introduced as well.

Section 1.6: Complex numbers in Python.

Section 1.7: Summary

Section 1.8: Exercises