Coding Seminar at CMBR

Coding seminar at CMBR using Python 3.7.

Agenda (subject to change)

• Lesson 1: Hello, World! – Syntax, variables, types, arithmetic, control flows/loops, functions
• Lesson 2: Modules/Plotting – NumPy: vector/matrix operations etc., Matplotlib, intro to other coding languages
• Lesson 3: Handling real-world data – More about Matplotlib, editors, debuggers, cmd/terminals (maybe not all)
• Lesson 4: UNIX commands and Statistics – folder structure/handling by UNIX commands, pandas, seaborn
• Lesson 5: Instrument control – PyVISA
• Lesson 6: Q&A

Before-class preparation

1. Go to Anaconda website
2. Download Python 3.7 version of your OS and system (bits)
3. Launch the installer and install with recommended settings (leave PATH option UNCHECKED)
4. Open Anaconda Navigator, install VS Code
5. Download Lesson1_Exercise1.ipynb from above
6. For Windows users only: make Windows File Explorer show the file extensions always (Ref: Windows Support).