Topic 03

Python essentials

Lecture Material

• Python Basics: html, notebook

  • In-Class Activity - Python Basics: html, notebook

• Loops & Functions: html, notebook

  • In-Class Activity - Loops & Functions: html, notebook

• Unit Tests & Classes: html, notebook

• Style Guides, Scripts, Imports: html, notebook

  • Additional Script File - Style Guides, Scripts, Imports: wallet.py

  • Data Folder - Style Guides, Scripts, Imports: data.zip

  • In-Class Activity - Style Guides, Scripts, Imports: html, notebook

• Introduction to Numpy: html, notebook

• Numpy: html, notebook

  • In-Class Activity - Numpy: html, notebook

• Pandas: html, notebook

  • In-Class Activity - Pandas: html, notebook

• Data Wrangling: html, notebook

  • In-Class Activity - Data Wrangling: html, notebook

• Advanced Data Wrangling: html, notebook

  • In-Class Activity - Advanced Data Wrangling: html, notebook

Problem Set

• GradeScope Questions about Array programming with NumPy paper (Check the Course Canvas page)
• Advanced Data Wrangling In-Class Activity (link and notebook above).

Recommended Readings

• Python Programming for Data Science

• Python Data Science Handbook (PDSH)

Additional Resources

• Python documentation

• Think Python: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist

• A Whirlwind Tour of Python (WTP)

• Python for Data Analysis

• Array programming with NumPy paper

• Pandas Tutor

• Learning Data Science

• Kaggle Learn Python Tutorials

• Research Software Engineering with Python

• Introduction to Cultural Analytics & Python

• Python for Data Science

• Coding for Economists