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carpentries-incubator / python-novice-programming-gapminder

An introduction to Python for non-programmers using Gapminder data
https://carpentries-incubator.github.io/python-novice-programming-gapminder/
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Suggested order change #31

Open KateCourt opened 1 year ago

KateCourt commented 1 year ago

Currently, we work with the data early on, before teaching some core concepts. A different approach would be to build in complexity and introduce the data once learners have gained confidence.

Python fundamentals Lists Loops Making choices Analysing data Visualising data Analysing data from multiple files Functions Errors Debugging Defensive

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mwhamgenomics commented 1 year ago

I agree, it's currently the same as the Python Inflammation course, which I taught a while ago and hated the order in which things were covered - see https://github.com/swcarpentry/python-novice-inflammation/issues/983