Venue of workshop: University of Cape Town – venue (TBA)
Dates for the workshop: 30th October – 31st October 2018: Face to face practical workshop (bring your own laptop)
Workshop organisers: Ziyaad Parker, Suresh Maslamoney, Sumir Panji, Nicola Mulder
Application opens: 26th September 2018
Application for the workshop closes: 11th October 2018
Notification or acceptance date for the workshop: 12th October 2018
Link to application form: https://tinyurl.com/cbio-sfc
Course Overview Participation: The workshop is open to anybody who is interested in learning the Introduction to Python programming using the
principles of Software Carpentry.
Workshop Sponsor: UCT Computational Biology Division (CBIO) and H3ABioNet
Intended Audience: Students and Staff who would like to learn more about the basics of Python programming.
Tools: Python, Jypter Notebook, GitHub, Git, Numpy, Pandas, Linux/Mac/Windows
Objectives: After this workshop participants should:
- Be familiar Git and GitHub as well as using it
- Be familiar with Jupyter Notebook
- Be familiar with Python and executing scripts
- Understand the different Python packages
- Be familiar with steps and procedures involved in working with Python
Workshop limitations: The workshop is set for two days. This course will teach the foundations of Python programming Linux and Git.
Prerequisites: The participants must have their own laptop and install software below before the workshop:
- Python 3
- Numpy and Pandas Python package,
- Git
and - Jupyter Notebook
Without the above installed participants will not be able to complete the course. Follow these instructions on this link to install: https://swcarpentry.github.io/python-novice-gapminder/setup/
Link to course website: https://h3abionet.github.io/2018-10-30-SWC-course/
