Introduction

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For teachers: Learning outcomes for this day

  • You can find and load a Python package module

  • You can determine if a Python package is installed

  • You can use an isolated environment

  • You can install Python packages

  • You can write and submit batch job scripts

  • You can use the compute nodes interactively

  • You can use a Python IDE

  • You can create plots in matplotlib

Learning outcomes of this session

  • Learners have read what they will learn

  • Learners can find how to download and extract the exercises

  • Learners understand how this day is organized

  • Learners can find their NAISS project

For teachers: Lesson plan

Prior questions: - What is Pyton?

Why is this course important?

Python, according to the TIOBE index, is one of the most used programming languages used today.

What is Python again?

Python …

  • is a high-level programming language.

  • is a general-purpose programming language.

  • emphasizes code readability

  • uses indentation to indicate structure

  • is dynamically type-checked

  • supports multiple programming paradigms

  • has a comprehensive standard library

  • has thousands of packages (pieces of re-usable code)

  • has official documentation

  • has a forum

Running Python on an HPC cluster allows scientists to run their code that needs either (1) massive computation, (2) massive storage space, and/or (3) storage of sensitive data.

Exercises

Exercise 1: the learning outcomes of today

The goal of this exercise is to find out what you will learn today.

For teachers: What is in that form

With this exercise, we’ll discover what we’ll learn today.

Give you confidence levels of the following statements, using this scale:

  • 0: I don’t know even what this is about …?

  • 1: I have no confidence I can do this

  • 2: I have low confidence I can do this

  • 3: I have some confidence I can do this

  • 4: I have good confidence I can do this

  • 5: I absolutely can do this!

Give you confidence levels of the following statements below:

  • I can find and load a Python package module

  • I can determine if a Python package is installed

  • I can use an isolated environment

  • I can install Python packages

  • I can write and submit batch job scripts

  • I can use the compute nodes interactively

  • I can use a Python IDE

  • I can create plots in matplotlib

Exercise 2: downloading and extracting the exercises

The goal of this exercise is to download a file on your favorite HPC cluster and extract the exercises.

Done?

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