Course objective

The objective of the course is to initiate young life-science scientists to python programming from scratch, fostering self-learning practice.

Organisation:

The course include twelve classes (two per week), each two-hours long, over a period of six weeks. A large part of each class will be devoted to practical coding ecercices.

Assessment

• The participants will be regularly asked to explain their code during the classes.

• Coding exercices and small projects will be proposed over the duration of the course.

Course material

The course will be based on the textbook published by Whitington (2023), as well as on online ressources from the python community.

Suggested readings

Whitington J (2023). Python from the very beginning. Cambridge: Coherent Press (2nd ed).

 

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