Python Training recommendations

[turnzilla]

@7yl4r do you have a suggestion for beginner Python training, does USF offer workshops or are there better online training programs? Thanks for a great and helpful session!

[aineesea]

This is a good question.

[7yl4r]

Finding the right learning materials for python is going to vary a lot depending on your coding experience and your learning goals. I recommend project-based learning generally, and interactive lessons for absolute beginners. Here are some links that might be useful:

• List of recommended tutorials by python maintainers.
• colab.google.com : you can go here and immediately start writing & running python code. great for being able skip over the installation steps. You can get the same result by using a JupyterHub to serve jupyter notebooks, or other services like myBinder.
• build connect four @ code academy : a fun project-based interactive lesson

The variety of material out there is huge, so don't get discouraged if you are struggling with a particular learning material; just look for another way to learn it. I am going to leave this issue open so that others can share experiences and insight as new comments.

[MathewBiddle]

IOOS hosts the IOOS Code Lab https://ioos.github.io/ioos_code_lab/content/intro.html, which is a collection of tutorials and examples of how to access and utilize the many IOOS technologies and data sources available. It even walks through how to install conda and build environments, which I keep coming back to.

[7yl4r]

The IOOS materials are especially useful for those interested in the earth sciences or geospatial data.

[seantb]

Commenting on this as practice for using GitHub, but I came across this one for Python learning that I liked. I've only used it minimally so far, but I plan to continue.
https://nerdparadise.com/programming/python4minutes