Overview of Python

Python is a very popular language with simple object oriented syntax.

Here are a variety of resources that give a good grounding in Python and or might be helpful:

• Intro slides
• A youtube playlist of videos corresponding to slides
• My first year course site
• Reading list and collection of alternative resources from my first year course
• An OOP tutorial with role playing games
• The software carpentry site for Python
• A video on how to simulate a queue in Python
• Monte Carlo Simulation in Python
• Agent based modelling in Python
• Handling csv files in Python

If you find any more please do add them in the comments section below.

You might want to use a more advanced editor than the IDLE interface used during the workshop: atom is a very nice and powerful tool.

If you want to push yourself further and look in to modern software development tools, here are some starting points:

• A great first video of a playlist by software carpentry on software design
• What is so great about git
• Software carpentry tutorial for git
• Test Driven Development book
• Doctesting video