Python is a general-purpose programming language that is suitable for a wide variety of core tasks in the digital humanities. Learning Python fundamentals is a gateway to analyzing data, creating visualizations, composing interactive websites, scraping the internet, and engaging in distant reading of texts.
By the end of this workshop, participants will:
- Understand what Python is and, in general terms, what it can do.
- Run Python programs, both by interacting directly with the interpreter and by preparing and running scripts.
- Distinguish among five core data types—integers, floats, strings, booleans, and lists.
- Become familiar with core programming concepts, including variables, loops, and conditionals.
- Engage with error output and use the internet and documentation to independently research language features.
- Learn how to find and import code from external sources to solve more complex problems.
Interacting with Python
Types
Variables
Running scripts
Errors in Python
Lists and Loops
Conditionals
Input
Using Google
A little motivation
Objects in Python
Python resources
Session Leader: Amanda Leary
Based on previous work by: Patrick Smyth and Caroline McCraw
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