Logistics and open discussion

Workshop schedule and location

TBD.

Agenda

The workshop schedule is as follows. All subsequent workshops are hands-on and participants should bring a laptop.

Date Topic Location and time Presenter
TBD Installation and Understanding Packages TBD TBD
TBD Core packages - NumPy, iPython, SciPy TBD TBD
TBD Plotting and images TBD TBD
TBD Data file I/O, process control (csh) TBD TBD
TBD Fitting and modeling 1-d and 2-d data TBD TBD
TBD VO and online astronomy TBD TBD

Workshop materials

All the workshop materials will be available through the web site:

  • Presentations
  • Tutorial and example scripts
  • Example data files

Installing Python and the rest

In order to follow along the tutorial sessions you need to have Python 2.6, 2.7, or Python >= 3.3 installed and satisfy these Python requirements. Please look ahead to the workshop on Installing Scientific Python. You are encouraged to attempt the installation on your own, but at the very least you should download the necessary package files for your configuration in advance of the session.

Open discussion

What experience do people have with Python:

  • None / basic (setting variables, using Python-based analysis tools)
  • Intermediate (functions, control structures)
  • Advanced (classes, modules)

Other topics of interest?

  • Embedding C / C++ / Fortran in Python
  • Making a GUI tool
  • Making a Python-backed web site
  • Classes and object oriented programming
  • Writing modules or packages for re-usable code
  • ??

A Comparison to SM and IDL is available.

Questions?

Final words

From xkcd:

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