As part of our “Trainings” work package, the DKZ.2R curates and provides a variety of trainings, seminars and courses. As a part of this, we are offering an official Carpentries Workshop on the 3rd and 4th of November on the topic of “Plotting and Programming in Python”.

We will cover the following Topics:

  • Variables and Assignment
  • Data Types
  • Importing Libraries
  • Reading Tabular Data
  • Lists and Dictionaries
  • For Loops and Conditional Statments
  • Functions
  • Programming Style

Workshop material is available online and will be presented by instructors who will walk you through the steps and are available for questions throughout the event. If you are interested in taking part in the workshop, you can sign up here.

All workshop material is also available online on GitHub: Link to repository

  • Title: Plotting and Programming in Python
  • When: Monday, November 3rd (10:30am-5pm) and Tuesday, November 4th (9am-5pm)
  • Where: UDE, Campus Essen, Germany (Room R12 R06 A52, Universitätsstr. 12, 45117 Essen)
  • Format: This workshop in In-Person and no remote or online attendance options are currently planned.

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