{"id":613,"date":"2011-05-24T09:37:59","date_gmt":"2011-05-24T13:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/?p=613"},"modified":"2013-01-03T15:32:12","modified_gmt":"2013-01-03T20:32:12","slug":"nerd-break-learning-python","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/nerd-break-learning-python\/","title":{"rendered":"Nerd Break – Learning Python"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I have programming experience, but in all my years of university, barely anything was said about python in classes. At some point I decided that for personal (and potentially professional reasons), I should get with the program(ming) and learn languages other than javascript and variations of C. Luckily, the internet is full of resources and some of them are even good ones.<\/p>\n

A good starting point is the Python website itself. They have guides for non-programmers<\/a>, beginners<\/a>, and people slightly familiar with coding. There are books and websites\u00a0available\u00a0that also focus on python from a bioinformatics perspective, which makes it a extra interesting.<\/p>\n

The best find so far? Google’s Programming YouTube videos. Google had someone to teach python classes to their staff, the classes were recorded and put on the web for free.<\/p>\n

Day 1 Part 1<\/strong>
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Day 1 Part 2<\/strong>
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Day 1 Part 3<\/strong>
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Day 2 Part 1<\/strong>
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Day 2 Part 2<\/strong>
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Day 2 Part 3<\/strong>
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Day 2 Part 4<\/strong>
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There is also this section<\/a> on Software Carpentry that is totally amazing. Full of ppt and pdf’s, and great for people familiar with some programming concepts.<\/p>\n

Other Sources of Information Include:
\n– Think Python:\u00a0How to Think Like a Computer Scientist<\/a> by Allen Downey (free pdf manuscript is availible here<\/a>)
\n– Introduction to Computer Science with Python<\/a>\u00a0(pdf),on MIT OpenCourseware
\n– CodeAcademy – Python Lessons<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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