Week 3: Get up to speed — Python, notebooks, GitHub

Python programming crash course, Jupyter notebooks, GitHub introduction, and Exercise 1 distribution

Lecture

A crash course on Programming in Python

A brief introduction to GitHub (quick tour; self-study)

With the TA

The project: what we expect, and how a proposal is approved (exercise session 1)

Finger exercises (at the end of the lecture; self-study)

Demos & notebooks

Introduction to Jupyter Notebooks

Introduction to Numpy (quick tour; self-study)

Introduction to Scipy (quick tour; self-study)

References

GitHub Quick TourBrief introduction to GitHub

Problem set

Problem set 1 — notebook2026 edition: statement and scaffolds in one notebook, with self-checks. Read it here; work on it in your workspace.

problem_set_1.zipThe notebook with its data, for working on your own machine.

Problem set 1 — solutionThe worked solution, with its output. It also sits next to the problem set in your workspace.