Workshop 2013-01-23 : Introduction to Python¶

General Informations¶

• Date : 2012-01-23 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Place : Concordia University, EV building room 2.184 (1515 St. Catherine W)
• Language : English
• Public : open to all
• Trainer : Brian van den Broek

Prerequisites¶

• Minimal knowledge of programming. E.g.: to know what a variable is, conditional statements (if, else) and loops (for, while).

Technical Setup¶

Be sure to have these programs installed before the workshop:

• Python >= 2.6
  • Linux
  • Mac OS X
  • Windows: x86 or amd64 (learn more).
• iPython
  • Linux
  • Mac OS X
  • Windows (learn more).
    • For your comfort : pyreadline syntaxic coloration

Content of the Workshop¶

Plan¶

• INTRODUCTION
• BASIC NOTIONS
  • Interpretor
  • Syntax
  • Variables
  • Types
  • Built-in : built-in functions and language's structure
  • Objects and namespaces
  • Introspection
  • Containers
  • Iteration
  • Comparisons and logic operators
  • Conditionnal
  • Files
  • String formatting
  • List comprehension
  • Scripts
  • Functions
  • Import
  • Modules
  • Data persistence
• EXERCICE
  • Objective
  • Approach
  • Algorithm
  • Solution
• CONCLUSION

Material¶

• Presentation page (full content of the workshop) : http://bit.ly/XPD4SV
• Solution for the exercice

Satisfaction Survey¶

• Thanks to give us your feedback for this Workshop : http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HNBTJ3F

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