Overview¶

This module introduces the fundamentals of Python programming language.

Content

The course emphasises hands-on experience with Python in the UPPMAX environment. It focuses on the basics and can be taken by someone without any prior Python experience.
You will learn:
- How to load and use different version of Python on our clusters
- How to create and run a Python script
- How to work with basic builtin data types
- How to use UPPMAX modules to load a Python package
- How to reading files
- How to writing to files
- How to creating a command line program that can take input arguments
- How to use control flow statements
- How to draw a plot (i.e. an x-y line plot)
- How to bundle code into reusable functions

For teachers

Classic-style lecture and exercises can be found at and

flowchart TD
  python[[Python]]


  user_input[User input]
  file_io[File I/O]
  command_line_arguments[Command-line arguments]
  variables[Variables]
  operators[Operators]
  functions[Functions]
  python_packages[Python packages]
  graphics[Graphics]


  python --> |has| python_packages
  python --> |has| variables
  python --> |has| functions
  python --> |has| operators
  functions --> |use| variables
  operators --> |work on| variables
  python_packages --> |allow| graphics
  python_packages --> |allow to use| user_input
  python_packages --> |allow to do| file_io
  python_packages --> |allow to use| command_line_arguments